When Captain Malcom Kin, captain of the West Army, received orders to eliminate a people called the Firstborns, who were deemed enemies to their way of life by the Ten Heads of State. He immediately began to ask questions about killing unarmed people. The Master at Arms promptly reminded him of his duty as a captain in the army. Captain Kin reluctantly accepted his orders. But unknown to him, those orders would take him on a journey to learn the truth about the Ten Heads of State, as well as himself.