Don't you hate it when death gods land on your planet and start playing real-life risk? Peter Kroon lived as a semi-sentient slave to a cursed ring that siphoned his life force to fuel Court Rahashel's ghoul armies. One day, while aimlessly wandering the Stalpia city sewers, he encountered a dying resistance captain. In a desperate attack, the captain cut off Peter's ring, restoring his sentience, and handed him humanity's greatest weapon: an armband with incomprehensible potential.