The echoes of the Distant Battle are still alive in the memory of people. Now the western lands are again in the grip of magic. Emperor Kraen, at the cost of his own life, concludes a peace agreement with the head of the elemental magicians, not knowing how this will turn out in the future. The captain of his personal guard, Sherian, is the first to leave the empire and begin the path of loneliness. As a shadow warrior, he glides through the worlds, growing older and stronger step by step. He searches for himself in a series of events, not knowing that fate is about to confront him with the past and awaken the magic lurking in the blood of shadows.