The world is on the move. The Burdikan empire continues their advance deep into the heart of the Northern continent, enslaving entire nations and putting all who resist to the sword. Resistance to Burdikan intrusions have become increasingly brutal and fierce, and now both Nazarite and Melakan corsairs run rampant in the white sea, torturing, killing and enslaving both each other and any and all unfortunates who come across their paths. Meanwhile, pietistic heresy has managed to capture almost the whole of Eastern Isles and Parts of Northern Lusantavia, much to the Holy Legate's chagrin, and Heretical Magicians are beginning to now openly rule as petty kings and nobility in defiance of millennia of church doctrine. To make matter worse, monster attacks are escalating in frequency throughout the continent as fiends take advantage of the general mayhem and ever increasing societal decay. Perhaps worst of all is the increasingly volatility of mana current across the known world, making the usage of magic ever more dangerous for its practitioners year by year.  The Knights of the Black Moon are a military order serving under the authority of the universal church, experts in the destruction of fiends and charged with the protection of Nazarite souls from the machinations of diabolical powers. The price of serving in this order is high, and growing higher still, as newly promoted Knight-Commander Alexios Toumondville is finding out more and more everyday...