An outlawed relic-hunter flees north from the Pontific of Zanzuria’s wrath and falls afoul of bounty-hunters. In a struggle for survival, he comes face to face with an unpleasant secret hidden deep in the forest: a menace lain hidden for many years. Here in a land of scattered kingdoms, strange beasts and ageless magic, he gathers others of his kind who are only too ready to exterminate the bane.
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