Setioch, commander of the dying Warfire Brotherhood, has a problem. A psychotic campaign of conquest is rolling over the world, making recruitment impossible and profit rare.

He seeks respite and time to rebuild in the capitol of the Old Empire of Thaudia, one of the few nations not yet crushed under the fist of Fyrexia and their never ending thirst for domination.

There truly is no rest for the wicked.

Along with his few remaining mercenaries, he will become embroiled in the chaos of war as it boils through the cracks- and find himself a reluctant protector along the way.

To the west, just under the scar in the world known as the tear, something has remembered itself in The Dark- and set in motion the return of centuries-absent powers.