The world of Calradia has changed. The Sarranids have retreated back to the south far away, and the Rhodoks have risen to power, aided by the Head Scholar Talkrath's invention of gunpowder. All around the Rhodok mountains, the Nords, Swadians and Khergits have thrown themselves upon the enemy, only to be destroyed by the firearms of the new empire. The Vaegirs, having been beaten down to a tribe, have begun to develop weapons, of their own, though...