[center][color=8882be]It is currently the Year 615, the afternoon of Hjorst the 4th.

As the Estalan retinue rides for Port Sesta, those outside of the crown wait for the company to arrive. Two ships flying the coat of Anarcas dock into the harbor, its occupants bearing the northern standard. Catching the militia off guard and slaughtering the opposition, they begin to occupy the city in an open act of war.

A dangerous pirate war brews along the Thanatian Sea, the threat expanding upwards to regional Estala and the Archipelago. The factions stand stark and powerful, with little to no resistance currently prepared for their forces. The Estalans have not yet enlisted support from the Island—Kingdom of Rozel.

There are unexplained shadows in the Gift.[/color][/center]