Craeft Proudhill, an illegitimate child, seeks to join the Ascean Knighthood to improve his standing in life. Hoping for glory and money after a lifetime of poverty and shame, he manages to become a squire, one of the many sworn defenders of the Ascean Empire. He later joins up with another squire and forms a squad led by a knight, and they make their way to the city of Krasnolovka, only to find it under assault by the Lusus, magic eating abominations...