Five years have passed since the Summer of Fire, and the downfall of
General Salamander. The outside world has begun to heal, but inside
Tartaria, where brother fought brother and whole clans were wiped out,
the wounds still run deep and raw. Fear and suspicion have made
rebuilding hard, and rumours of a new threat rising in the shadows of
the steppe have reached Aberddu.
Once again, the Aberddu Adventurers Guild find themselves heading to
Tartaria. This time they are in the company of two powerful but
eccentric wizards, ostensibly engaged in an attempt to expand the
continental portal network. Cosseted and used to their own way, the
wizards have little first-hand experience of the world outside the walls
of the Mages Guild, and have much to learn about life in the war-torn
shell of a once-great nation.
The adventurers will have to teach them that there is more to be feared
than bad manners, fisticuffs, and unsatisfactory bathroom arrangements
as they travel together down the Fireborn Road.