The kingdom of Mickelthy, settled in the Setetory region of the continent of Raulbhach, spent sixty years building a reputation: skilled artisans producing quality goods from the region's natural abundance, a king genuinely loved by his people, and a daily life that seemed stable enough to be legendary. The recent disruption of that stability is visible in the behavior of the nobility, who have begun treating the common people's labor as a resource to be extracted rather than a livelihood to be sustained. Mark is a forager who returned to his home village of Kothaerill to find that the king's knights had ridden through and taken food and supplies by force, cutting down anyone who objected. The conduct is an affront to everything the kingdom was supposed to be. Mark and his companions set out to reclaim the peace that has been taken from their people.