After his father dies on an ill fated voyage into Kiron Bay, Galeon Promos delves into the book collection he left and learns about the legends of the heroes of Kiron. He dreams of going to preparatory school and becoming a Battle Mage and defending the village from the dangerous cults that threaten the peace and tranquility within the gates of Kiron's most civilized society. With no money and only average grades, he has hardly any hope of doing anything except setting out to sea and manning the fishing nets like his father. Kiron's greatest hero, Ashlan Vylnaxx, however, is having trouble with the bureaucracy and politics of the Temple of Os and needs willing students to join the Battle Mage discipline. He sees the young and enthusiastic student as exactly the kind of person he needs to strengthen Xoria's forces against the threats he encounters in the wilderness. This sets in motion the events that will lead Galeon to see the true horror of war and magic in battle that was never told in the legends of his father's books and to question the motivations behind his village's actions against the cults of the wilderness of Kiron.