The Hull Companions' reunion was short-lived - they were separated again. Friends find themselves at the center of a war, the true reasons and goals of which are much more serious than any of them can imagine. They fight for Mithral Hall, but what really hangs in the balance is their own souls and the very existence of Faerûn. The world has plunged into darkness, the rivers of the North have turned red with blood, orcish hordes are ravaging the lands, cities cannot withstand a brutal siege, old friendships are being tested, new alliances are being born... But in the end, the outcome of the bloody war depends on the choice of only one dark elf - the choice between life and death, mercy and revenge, law and chaos... between peace and war.