Casius is a veteran expeditionary with many tales to tell, his experiences and deeds lay heavy on his soul. It is this mission though that will catapult him and his two companions, Maddie and Alissa, into a war that had been in planning for nearly a millennium. Many trials are to be faced and many questions answered, many more answers revealed to be lies and half truths. Can the companions discover what the villagers of Raitan found in the depths of the earth? Will they simply perish in the cold heartless northland? Can they unlock the secret of the lost god's fate...