In the northernmost part of the realm of man, in a cottage on the outskirts of the small, isolated village of Brightseed, lives Roarke. In the shadow of the mountain range that signifies the end of the civilized world, he leads a simple life in solitude, far away from the rumored brilliance of the southern cities. Or so he thought...Until one night, when he is awakened by an animal that leads him to one of his snares, where he finds something that...