The Harvest Festival begins! Four flat-broke college kids come together to fight off froglodytes and earn fortune’s favor. As the sun sets on a congregation of newfound friends, Abathar and Atarah find they have something curious in common.

An ordinary day passes within the sturdy walls of Highgate as everyone prepares for the annual Harvest Festival: a time of celebration and thanks giving for the bounty of Calpurnia’s blessing. That is, until cryptic dreams cause some unpleasant disturbances.

A bartender begins recounting the tale of Aurora Nova, a group of adventurers known well throughout the land. But before they were heroes, they were simply a young half orc, a girl with leaves in her hair, a healer, a runaway, an orphan, and an elven daughter. Little do these children know how their fates will entwine with that of a bastard emperor far outside their walled home.

Five college students embark on a quest for revenge after mysterious visions and a violent attack on their isolated province force them into the world beyond their walls.