Zelotes, a young paladin longs for adventure, and he gets it after swearing his oath to the great Sunfather. However, he soon finds that he got himself into more than what he expected as events unfold behind the curtain. War brews between the Western Kingdoms and the Dragon-ruled East, strange priests have began coming down from the dark, frozen North, preaching of their Forgotten Lord, and rumors spread of loosening boundaries between the planes, all as an ancient, dark power returns.