A day of celebration and passing the torch quickly turns into one of terror and uncertainty. Amaltheia and Corla eagerly await their chance to prove themselves in the trials to become a master mage. However, no one at the Vicemagus Temple would be ready for what happens next. The ground quakes and rips apart. Trees and plant life decay, and the very sky above flashes an ominous red. Four lives converge as the mages attempt to find the source of the destruction before it claims them, and the world they live in.