Darron hated his life. He was born to a peasant family in the Koruggai Dominion and when he turned five, he was given away to the High Order as per his village’s fanatical traditions. He endured harsh and brutal training as a common foot soldier in the Order throughout his childhood. When Darron reached adulthood and left the initiates rank, he left that hell only to enter another. He was put into the charge of one of the higher-ups in the Order, Master Gramod Vehrund, as a menial servant.

In the outer lands of the world there is a small country called Ellaswier that has a unique bond with the Fey of the surrounding forest lands that mutually ensures both their survival. Ellaswier is bordered by rough seas to the north and a treacherous mountain range to the south. The mountains are nearly impossible to pass which provide them a measure of safety against the Koruugai Dominion just south of them. If their armies ever attempted to cross over the mountains and succeeded, Ellaswier wo