Snakard was a wealthy mercenary and legendary warrior. But mistakes were made. He turned into a poor and petty merchant-raiding pirate. His hopes vanished. But one day, the magic-wielding and mysterious Lord of Tennivoor, Xisanisto Dedriacko, offered him a job; a dirty and bloody, but quick and tempting, potential rise to wealth and power.

Geruke was the son of a wealthy nobleman and legendary warrior. But mistakes were made. He turned into a poor and petty blacksmith apprentice. He struggled to pay off exponentially escalating debts that he acquired in order to buy an antidote to save the life of his poisoned friend. Debts that an order of religious but money-hungry knights called the Templaga have been violently pressuring him to pay back. His hopes of a life of wealth and luxury vanished. But one day, his friend offered him a dirty and bloody, but quick and tempting, potential rise to wealth and power.

Snakard's and Geruke's paths collide. Some hopes thrive and some hopes die, when the power-hungry pirate sails to Archi Town, the blacksmith's home, to gather twenty sacrifices; food for Xisanisto's feral vengeance and toys for the source of his shadow sorcery, the Shadow Smith.