It all begins in the same place ... Tensions between the world’s two largest nations are rising. The Empire of Mercia hopes to dismantle the monarchy of the proud, refined Kingdom of Arcadia, and draw the nation under its watchful eye after countless crimes against the use of magic. Those who use magic - an art most foul; an irrevocable, dreadful temptation that must not be exercised – are slaughtered without question.