For centuries, the rulers of Ceredigion, Occitania, and Brugia have battled and intrigued against each other to enlarge their borders at the expense of their neighbors. Within the fractious kingdoms are scheming dukes, princesses, and nobles who vie with each other for power and position. Disloyalty is deadly. For if one betrays the king and is found guilty at the Assizes, the punishment is swift and perilous. Those who defy the customs and morals are executed by being bound in a boat and put into the river by the Sanctuary of Our Lady and then plummet to their deaths at the base of its massive waterfall.
