Meandering along a lonesome dirt road rides a cart carrying a boy who will change the world. This boy holds in his body a heart that beats unlike any other. Purchased as a slave for the metal elves he travels to Mi'lah, an elvish bordertown tetering on the edge of the High Elven kingdom, their the boy finds his purpose and destination. Grand conspiracies and ancient promises of repentence clash with the will of one boy. "Caution, my friend, the crystal knight pleas Beware of the magic you feast For when the crystal knight leaves his disease Now approaches the great crystal beast."