Ancient trouble brews... But that is a long way off.Gabriel, Ellen, Voscov - heirs to their respective thrones - and Valerina, heiress to her clan, are... friends. They meet on an island under dubious circumstances and just seemed to hit it off.
Upon barely scrapping their way past the jaws of death, they leave the island, and carry with them a great treasure.The four are greedy, however, and unwilling to share, hence for the most part, are trying to brutally murder each other. Nicely. Because they're friends.