Oberiene snarls in rage at the devastation before him. This vast wilderness of plants and trees has been burned, reduced in hours to charred and smoking debris. Oberiene sees now why his father sent him and his troops to his place. Llovar must be stopped.

In the peninsula of Thelgrim, the colony of Groman has fallen to Llovar's evil forces. Its rich farmland once fed Elves and Man alike, but has now been overrun, and its capital Nonalli is under siege. The Great War has begun, and days of plentiful bloodshed and powerful sorrow lie ahead.