It has been two hundred and thirty years since a force of heroes nearly forgotten prevented an apocalyptic event known simply as "The Cataclysm". The details of this event, and those leading up to it, are sparse. In The Free Cities, the people of Nifarr & Cymeria fight enemies both outside of and within the walls. In the south, The Principality of Drouin has a new ruler uninterested in debate or delegations. To the east, the fortress-city of Kazad Vontaruhm has been beset by a strange force, and in the skies, a comet heralds the return of a repressed memory, a force of will wishing to be felt.