Winter still grips the realm of Averlund as chaos looms. Cailen, Sentinel Initiate, a young man on the cusp of achieving a decaded old goal, is sent away to carry an all important missive. His home, a crumbling fortress built for a long forgotten war, lies empty its small company of Sentinel Initiates follow the drums of a new war.

A veteren of countless battles finds his final fate, struck down not by blade, but by an insidious spell. An ignoble death, unworthy of such a storied warrior, tears the veil between the planes.

A band of hapless fools set out to seek adventure, but inadvertently expose the realm to the fury of an ancient evil. They must find a way to stop an abomination and undo its insidious works.

The winds of Averlund are driven by chaos and they carry upon them the stench of death and despair.