Among the scattered fringe cities bordering the Cienbal desert, the true
name of the Monster of Karth is spoken only in whispers...RAZ I'SYUL
ARRO. A sellsword of the utmost caliber, Raz is a killer of paramount
skill and highest regard. Towering tall even amongst the atherian, he is
the only of his kind to live free in the "civilized" confines of
mankind's varied cultures. He has no need of loyalties, his sole
affections pledged to the gold crowns that buy his time and skills.
Wed to his blades, Raz's only friends are the Moon and Her Stars and the
shadows they bring with the night. But Raz was not born to the
mercenary's way, to the butchery and battle of day-by-day survival.
Raz, like a sword, was hammered from steel and fire and ashy smoke,
forged on the ruins of an old life. And Raz knows who he owes this new
path to, this carved way of blood and iron. The Monster of Karth, after
all, would never forget who gave him that name. And some debts can't be
paid in gold....