An innocent fugitive of justice, framed for war crimes he didn't commit. A battle-scarred veteran, tortured by the horrors of war. A devout monk, determined to oppose ecclesial powers who have lost sight of the true Spirit of Faith. This is The Erne Warder: Arghan of Danniker.

At the start of our tale, Arghan lives in hiding as a monk, working in secret to defend his faith, until forces beyond his control force him to reveal his true identity and face them head-on.

A frustrated young genius, trapped in a world too small for him. An orphan, raised by the monks of Precipice Peak. A lover of books, solver of riddles, and explorer of mysteries. This is Gavek of Cairhn.

At the start of our tale, Gavek serves as Arghan’s apprentice and librarian of the Monastery of Cairhn, working in secret under his supervision, using his uncanny gift for languages to translate copies of the Lost Scriptures in an effort to reveal the greatest secret of them all — The Name.

A cunning huntress. A dedicated mother. A pragmatic leader. One of the few survivors of the massacre at Koerska, an enclave of Cortavia’s persecuted Tzyani minority, Wrytha Pan-Deighgren rose from the ashes of her war-torn youth, overcoming both the troubles of her past and the later death of her husband to become Clan Mother of her refugee tribe.

At the start of our tale, Wrytha tracks the exodus of her twin sons, whose defection to a band of radical zealots she believes will lead to their destruction.

Pattron the Hospitaller, native of the tropical nation of Trenegal and longtime friend of Arghan of Danniker. A veteran of the Zeulan war of 410, Pattron served as a battle surgeon alongside the Erne Warders in the struggle to save Cortavia from conquest.

At the start of our tale, Pattron serves as one of the senior monks of the monastery of Cairhn, traveling the countryside healing sick and injured villagers in defiance of Abbot Cybion's edict. One of a tight inner circle of Cantorvarian monks working to recover and translate the Lost Scriptures.