It would seem a simple story. A young herbalist, an orphan, is forcibly married to the son of the village headman. According to tradition, the girl should spend her wedding night in the bed of the lord, but the owner of the land decides to cede his right to a visiting nobleman from the capital of the Empire.

However, the heroes are not at all who they say they are. The province is about to be engulfed in rebellion. A conspiracy is brewing in the capital of the Empire. A cult of ancient magic is awakening to life... And a seemingly simple story can shake up an entire continent.