The Lands of Ashura are made up of warring Kingdoms. At it's core is the ancient realm of Mernovia, ruled by the venerable King Reinhardt. Civil war has ravaged the realm for eight long and bloody years. Brother turned upon brother, father battled son. In the country's darkest hour one man, General Marcus Kerr, rallied the broken and fractured forces loyal to the King and finally defeated the army of the Traitor Arshak Tril. Having captured the traitor and bringing him to Mernovia's capital city, Trent, Marcus now only desires peace and the simple luxury of life with his family and tending his ancestral lands, he leaves the city once he has handed over the traitor to the King's guards and sees his men rewarded for their long years of service and loyalty to himself and their country. But unbeknownst to Marcus many still plot against the king, a coup is being orchestrated, by those within the capital and they would see the King and his most loyal subject dead. A series of events are about to unfold that will dash Marcus' hopes for a quiet life brutally curtailed, his family torn apart, his name wickedly tarnished and his world set alight by fire and drowned in blood.