The sole survivor of an expedition against a cult in Kiron's Southern Desert, Galeon Promos returns home amid both adulation as a hero and suspicion that he has committed crimes against The Temple of Os. Ashlan Vylnaxx seeks to quickly move past whatever it was that happened in the wilderness and team up with Galeon on further expeditions, however Galeon's own beliefs and perceptions about his village and his religion were seriously damaged by the terror of war and the horrors of battle magic. What Galeon decides to do could cause him to become and enemy of his own people and pit him against Ashlan Vylnaxx, Xoria's greatest hero, his mentor and one of his only proponents within the gates of his home city.