What happens when a God runs away? Dissatisfied with his uselessness in a nation that has progressed past him, The Storm God Emperor Hektorious flees his gilded court in an attempt to find something worth doing and enlists the help of one of his bewildered priests to guide him through a world he no longer recognizes. His abrupt departure throws the empire into chaos and as the Empress he left behind does her best to hold things together, a peasant girl named Thera is sent to track him down after a chance encounter with Hektorious reveals she may be more than meets the eye. Unfortunately, his family aren’t the only ones looking for him as a sinister conspiracy within the empire comes to light. Can the Emperor ever truly escape? Can the Empire survive without him?