Three years after the Mad King's War chronicled in Path of Radiance, the instigator nation of Daein and the victorious kingdom of Crimea are both still rebuilding. Crimea is ruled by Queen Elincia, but Daein, lacking a proper heir, has fallen under the occupation of the Begnion Empire, its people ground down by a corrupt senate and an oppressive imperial army. Now a small band of freedom fighters rises up, struggling to end the long, dark night of Daein's subjugation.