Twelve years ago, a man rode out of the Great Northern Mountains on a magnificent white stallion, and entered a city called 'Myr, ' where he met a girl named 'Aileen.' She was a sweet girl and a true daughter of the god Law, but she gave herself to this handsome stranger, and in the nature of young men, the stranger took her gift and left her without a backward glance, but instead a child. This is not the story of that man. This girl, Aileen, raised up a strong son, and named him Eric, and schooled him as a true son of Law. She, the shamed daughter of a brewer, remained true to her one love and prayed for his return, and remained chaste. The girl, Aileen, tried to live an exemplary life despite her one failing. This is not her story. This is the story of a bastard who realizes that his father is ruthless Emperor of the Eldadorian Empire. This is the tale of a boy who will become a man, and of a man who has yet to realize his fate as the champion of a god.