The year is 227 of the Fourth Era. The lands of Tamriel are in turmoil. The aftermath of the Second Great War plagues the northern states that make up the remnants of the Empire in the wake of a renewed Aldmeri Dominion while the newly independent kingdoms of Hammerfell, Orsinium, Daggerfall, and Skyrim hold together by the tenuous threads of alliance, sustained almost solely at the expense of their common enemy. But this is not a story of nations, nor kings and queens, emperors and gods. This is the story of one man in a world where warmth and cheer are all the sweeter for their rarity. And all the more rare they are for a member of the Order of White Cairn, a guild of monster hunters for hire, made up of outcasts, former criminals, and anyone who no longer truly has a place among people. Trying to forget the past that he can never truly escape, he looks forward, hoping for a brighter future. But what the future has in store for him could be more than what he bargained for...