This is a very strange world. It is inhabited by different races: Marathas, Canim, Icemen, insectoid Vords and even descendants of Roman legionnaires. Here, every resident receives a supernatural ally as a child - a fury of water, or fire, or earth, or air. Thanks to these creatures, the peoples of the powerful Aleran Empire lived for centuries without civil strife and together repelled external enemies. But now the supreme power has weakened, the nobility is mired in quarrels and intrigues, and the country is steadily sliding towards civil war. The paradox is that the only person who can challenge the impending catastrophe is a young shepherd from the harsh northern wilderness.