Avera had always grown up being bullied by the other village children for being a """"halfling"""", and being mercilessly trained by her father, the local blacksmith, for the day """"they"""" come for her. Who they are and why they would be interested in her, a simple halfling girl from a rural village, she is never told, but one night the village is attacked and she learns what her father hoped will never be revealed.What is Avera to do now that """"they"""" have arrived?