They are thousands of... Sardes, tribes, warriors, barbarians, to break over the Empire. Surrounded by enemies in the court, the Empress is alone. In the small town of Arsalam, at the border of the roads of the west and the Sea Close, the Dragon Knights hold... They have resisted, for years, and always, against wild hordes, without reinforcements, without supplies. Their enemies are no longer Dragons, but humans. And despair... And doubt...