After his father is murdered by Elven Separatists in the Gerwaldian colony of Gefghed, Dirk is taken to the Guildschool in Royal Kronnig. There, he becomes a Guildsman – a defender of the three vows, and a Protector of Justice. Travelling south in search of the men responsible, he discovers along the way that justice and revenge are very different things, and that not all those who wear the Iron Seal are true custodians of the law...