The Renge Is a wedge of land between two converging rivers that is divided into four 'lands'. Millennia after the rule of the fabled King Qarkis I, the land has gone through changes. Waves of invaders have ruled, one after another, and the gods have left after wars of their own...the last being fought with their human subjects.

A new evil has risen in the form of the Inquisition, led by a maniacal demimage. When a savior is foretold, the demimage and the emperor conspire to kill the child.