Many years ago, a priestess gazed into a seeing pond and muttered the fateful words, "The Time of Shadows is upon us." Now, the war Clayden Kiel tried so hard, and sacrificed so much, to prevent has come to the land Phalindros. Dark secrets and deep passions drive the lives of those who will shape the fate of the world. Choices must be made, and paths chosen. Whether those paths lead to salvation or destruction, one thing is for certain, they will run red with blood.