Born a noble of a dying house, Draven fled his home at a young age and struck out as a mercenary. Now, years later, his company takes on a new kind of contract, an assassination. The target of which, casts Draven’s life into turmoil. He embarks on a journey, seeking vengeance against the one responsible, compelled to violence by an inner darkness that augments his strength and speed. He leaves a bloody path of death in his wake with the help of two women, warriors from the Eastern Kingdom known as Thahn. A place where weakness is killed before it has a chance to fester and infect the clans. Torn between his nature as a killer, and the duty to the family he left behind, Draven must ultimately discover what he is, and decide who he will become.

Draven sets out to fulfill his duty to his family, intending to finish what his father started. While Cyra struggles to find her place in the world, and Sa’ar faces the demons of the choices he has made… All the while, Thahn's clans march against Asard, plummeting the world into greater chaos as new Ascended rise from the shadows. As the monster inside him grows stronger, Draven must fight to control his darkness, or risk succumbing to its bloodlust.