Lydia Talon is a mutt, a bastard born between Lord Xantos Sicarius of Falconpoint and mysterious jackal priestess in the East. Growing up alongside her noble siblings, she trained with her brother Xepher to be a warrior and an assassin. Her lower social status however led her to be tempted by the coin purses of the noblemen visiting the castle, and many a lord lost gold to her during her adolescence.

Her journey into the east has begun her down a road where the future is clouded in shadow, where she will be forced to confront her demons and make perhaps the most difficult decisions of her life...