Few survived the atomic disaster and humanity has built new civilizations with what they remembered and what they found. On the Continent, technology is banned because it is believed to have been the cause of the Great Devastation. Naedekov, Lixia and Luanlamn are the three noble kingdoms that rule the middle lands, while the Varegan tribes populate the north, and the empire of the Odras controls the south. Only on the Island of the Living Dead people freely study the past and the lost technology; a refuge for those who are dead for the Continent.
After the mysterious deaths of his father and brother, Hel Ikengard greviously inherits the throne of Naedekov. For him, becoming the Tsar means the end of his freedom. During the emotional breakdown of the heir, Skaia Batu arrives from the Varegan tribes, accused of their Majesties deaths. Although she is a victim of the late Tsar’s raids into Varegan territory, she warns Hel of imminent danger. An entire Noble city has been massacred and the tribes cannot survive on their own.