Nine years following the execution of the old Sovereign, the four dukedoms of Augustein teeter on the brink of combustion. Excess magic ore mining has resulted in unstable regions of shifting trees, violent storms, and a creeping plague of stillness. Watchmen struggle to fend off the relentless attacks of Aberrations while strict regulations on magic ore force aspiring magicians to sacrifice their own finite reserves at the cost of their health and, ultimately, their lives.