Bragus is a blacksmith and a respected man in the city of Khorinis. He had a good life: a loving wife, an adult daughter, a trade he was known for. Then someone broke into his home and murdered his family. Bragus knew exactly who was responsible. The city guard agreed that the evidence was insufficient. Bragus handled it himself, killing the perpetrator before the man could flee the city, and was sent to a penal colony for it. What he found there he had not expected: the Valley of Mines had been overtaken by a zombie outbreak of unknown origin. People had transformed into the walking dead overnight, with the lucky ones barricaded in caves or gathered in the Old Camp at the castle. From Necromancer Xardas' tower on the hill, waves of light and thunder were the only explanation anyone had seen.