Once a young and handsome lord, Fenrir Stormclaw was corrupted by the lure of greater power at the hands of a demon sent forth by the evil god Cellorond. Betraying his countrymen, Fenrir began down the road of learning Cellorond's evil sorcery, twisting his body and making himself immortal. During the first war against him, he was overthrown and slain in single combat by the dog, Magnus Kenner, who was granted lordship for his bravery.

His mortal body destroyed, Fenrir's disembodied spirit roamed the world until it happened upon Lady Deltryse, a jackal sorceress who offered to help him gain his body back. After one hundred years, Deltryse succeeded when she sacrificed her bastard daughter, Lydia Talon, and the Dark Lord Fenrir rose again. Now the Wolf Empire is consumed in an all out war against the Dark Lord and his immense armies...