Hammett Brinon born in the Town of Ashborne works as a mercenary since his family was slaughtered along with the rest of the town he was born in. Ashborne was a peaceful town only getting into small skirmishes with the local bandits. none of the neighboring Empires bothered to siege considering the land the town was built on held no valuable resources. One day the peaceful town was slaughtered and sieged by a vampire lord and his undead legions.