Darien, content but sometimes oblivious, has lived his entire sixteen summers under the shadows of the Breathwynd Mountains. That is, until the night his village becomes engulfed in flames and his life is irreparably altered forever. Vowing to discover the ones responsible for destroying his village and setting out on a journey through the forbidding and mystical Grove, he encounters a group of mercenaries led by General Lockhart; a man whose soul searching stare alone could make anyone quiver in fear. Learning that the mercenaries are chasing down a group of individuals known as...