Paladin Defender Kateryn is charged with leading a small force to
escort a relic of deep spiritual importance from Spartha, back to its
rightful home in the Brothermark. With her is Paladin Defender Orion,
freshly promoted and still in the limelight after the heroic stand
against the forces of the Abyss at the Battle of Andro
The fragile alliance between Basilea and the Order of the Brothermark is
holding together, but increasingly under strain. With the Order of the
Brothermark suffering both the demons of the Abyss and from the
influence of their former comrades from the fractured Brotherhood, the
Basilean Duma knows that it is time to act. Even a simple gesture could
symbolically prove their good faith and intentions for the future of
this vital alliance. Paladin Defender Kateryn is charged with leading a
small force to escort a relic of deep spiritual importance from Spartha,
back to its rightful home in the Brothermark. With her is Paladin
Defender Orion, freshly promoted and still in the limelight after the
heroic stand against the forces of the Abyss at the Battle of Andro.
When news of this vital task grabs the attention of Teynne, champion of
the Abyss, however, a dark plot is hatched to drive a wedge between
Basilea and the Order of the Brothermark. Am'Bira, a disgraced former
temptress, is tasked with leading a force to obtain the relic under
Kateryn and Orion's charge. After an initial failure Am'bira is left
with no choice but to attempt to manipulate the secretive, underground
forces of the undead simmering beneath rural Basilea's surface in an
attempt to achieve her mission. With the dead rising within Basilea
itself, Kateryn and Orion are left isolated and alone at the head of a
small band, desperately attempting to fight off the forces of evil as
well as the bitter politics driven between two factions aligned by faith
alone.
