The board is set with knights that gleam with pride, nobles whose words can lacerate, commanders that plan their next move, and soldiers who are used as pawns. But the game is becoming more desperate and with desperation comes corruption. A young soldier named Augundrik learns of such corruption and decides to desert his infantry at the cost of being hunted down like a beast for his knowledge of treachery. Now on the run, he and another wish to end the war without deceit, but war is hardly fair.