In the depths of an abandoned monastery at the heart of Noctira, a vampire priest named Andreius lived alone. Once, within the stone walls of this sacred place, he had sworn to honor the gods of his kind.

Prologue I dreamed I was a huge dark bird, drifting the thermals above the world. With my raptors sight I saw the suffering and horror covering the earth below, and it broke my heart; I heard her shatter.