Garren has spent many years building his home in the Kaldari border town of Plen. A satisfied husband and father, he is known as one of the best scouts in all the provinces despite his identity as a half-Kaldari bastard. Although he tries to ignore the war brewing between the Kaldari and the Children of Elseth in the north, one man's mistake brings that war to his doorstep and changes his life forever.

This short story told from Garren's point of view is a prequel to Sydney M. Cooper's novel, "Forsaken Lands Book 1: Tragedy."