The rich kingdoms of people are the home of glorious knights, powerful magicians and treacherous courtiers; the parched sands of the great desert of Rathash, inhabited by countless hordes of snake-tongued k'zirds, greedy and vile; the endless green steppes of Rugodar - the homeland of proud orcs, fearless giants, unstoppable in battle; even the islands of the children of the ocean, the skilled sailors of the Wakri - the whole world froze, waiting for what was to come. Because echoes of war are already heard in the skies, the likes of which the bizarre and beautiful world of Parn has never known, and multimillion-dollar armies are preparing to clash in a hot battle. Because the great shaman and the great healer have already begun their long journey. The son of a famous king, raised by orcs, and the daughter of a vile usurper, who suddenly lost everything, in return, knowing herself and finding a Purpose. Those on whom the future will depend. Because the rotting hand of the merciless Nekros is spread over the world, and the dawn of darkness is approaching...