The world dawns on the 191st year of The Age of The Eternal Empire. As the snows of winter retreat back to their home in the mountains, life in the Grant of Kaldaria presses onward. With the onset of spring, farms are taking to their fields once again, hard at work tearing apart earth and stone to make way for the planting season.
But a new season brings new dangers, and after a particularly hard winter, monsters and men alike both turn their hungry eyes to new prey...
'Stash - Cook on The Periwinkle and six other men lost their lives in the Murlock assualt on the peaceful crew of The Periwinkle, Kaldari Cargo Hauler. The boarders and their Calamayr familiar were repelled by the efforts of the Tribute Four.
Shattered and limping, the battered crew of The Periwinkle, Kaldari Cargo Hauler arrive on the shores of The Port City of Rystanburg.
Fredrich, Archbishop of Rystanburg passes away due to illness, leaving the fate of Serene, The Speaker of The Goddess in turmoil.