Paranoid but almighty, the sorcerer Xinixo had seized control of the
Impire. But ruling the imps and most of the world was not enough. He
would never feel safe until he was universally loved, so he would smash
everything and then rebuild the whole world in his own insane image. Who
could resist him?
King Rap of Krasnegar and Shandie, the rightful Imperor, were still at
large and determined to resist the evil, however slender their chances.
Their one, faint hope was to enlist the help of the remaining free
sorcerers of the world, those not already spellbound by Xinixo. Their
quest soon ran into disaster. Their messengers were betrayed or
ensnared. A rampaging goblin army had captured Shandie and was about to
torture him to death. Rap was mired in tropical jungle, hoping his wife
and children were safe, back home in Krasnegar. They were not in
Krasnegar and certainly not safe.
As the flames of war raged across Pandemia, news of the disasters
penetrated even into Thume, the Accursed Land. Outsiders believed that
the pixies had been extinct for a thousand years, but they still lived
there, hoarding their magic. Their ruler, the Keeper, adamantly refused
to meddle in events outside her borders, but one young pixie girl was
prepared to rebel against the ancient order.
