Lifelong friends Charles and Aurin have called the city of Hudcoeden home since they were carried there as infants from the fallen city of Falderal. Aurin, a skilled swordsman serving the city guard, carries only an old sword said to belong to his father as his tie to a family that died when he was too young to remember. Charles, whose background is shrouded in a Wizard's robe, is seeking to hone his magical skill as a member of the order of Wizards...