It's been five years since the Dragonkeeper vanished, but his presence is still felt as the realm drifts closer and closer to turmoil. In the desert land of Lynia, a new king seeks to reunite the pieces and resurrect the kingdom from the ashes, his mind driven by thoughts of power and revenge. In the kingdom of Grena, a feud between a tyrannical king and several of his high lords draws ever closer to civil war. In the mountainous disputed lands in between the Free Kingdoms, a village finds that their simple way of life may be threatened as the outside world begins to invade. All the while, to the east, the powerful Aylean Empire lurks, their army regaining its strength as it sets its eyes on the Free Kingdoms, waiting for the opportunity to strike, to conquer that which the Dragonriders of Tyri never could.