A fast-paced struggle, born at the dawn of time, ends in a cataclysmic clash at the gates of the Seven Hells.
Chaos has shaped a landmass called the Elder Continent. Wars have divided it into various autonomous regions. Under the watchful eyes of the seven Greater Gods, peace settles in after a long war. Now back home, soldiers grow crops and raise their families, and all over the land, devout adepts join the Priesthoods in their daily sermons.
Then Chaos returns.
The world trembles before the Shadow Legion. An army of Undead with a strict hierarchy, the Legion numbers many low-ranked soldiers, merely very efficient in breaking minds, and fewer leaders, the highest-ranked of which are able to change the texture of the world around them. With strange tattoos blazing sharp crimson as they delight in human fear and torment, the Legion's Council claims the souls that are just passing into the Realm of the Dead.
Astride winged stallions wreathed in flames, the Legion pillages first the city of Adén Edríth. Before the ruins are swept away to make room for what will become the Fortress of Dread, however, a woman bearing the amulet of Kayde, God of Death and Magic, saves a last heir of this city, chosen by the Greater Gods themselves...