#1-2 The Monarchies of God
Hawkwood and the Kings
The world is in turmoil. In the east the savage MerÂduks, followers of the Prophet Ahrimuz, have capÂtured the holy city of Aekir. The western kingdoms are too distracted by internecine bickering to intervene and the Church seems more obsessed with rooting out heresy. It is an age where men go to the stake for the taint of magic in their blood, where gunpowder and cannon co-exist with werewolves and sorcerers. It is the turning point when two great religions will fight to the death and the common folk will struggle to merely survive.