For already several centuries, the Empire founded by humans who defeated the gnomes, elves, orcs, and Dan-u has been sustained by blood and fear. The pillars of the throne—the seven Magical Orders—hold unlimited power over the souls and fates of the country’s inhabitants and over the Emperor himself. But the day of revenge is coming soon—the day when the great battle begins, because the sacred sword Immельсторн has already awakened deep within the Drung Forest, and the ever-brighter glimmer of its diamond “brother,” Drag-nir, illuminates the secret caves of the Underworld Tribe.