For many years the kingdoms of Vestege and Esterre have been at war. The continuous border disputes led to the bloody battle of Telias' Cauldron, in the heart of the valley that separates the two kingdoms. The devastation of the battle forced a tenuous ceasefire to be established, but bad blood can't be so easily settled and disturbing reports of savage attacks spread to both sides. Briar, a Mages Guild initiate, is sent to investigate the disappearance of the last company of soldiers that mysteriously went missing, including Briar's betrothed.