Two worlds share the same orbit around a single sun. Jesice is a country upon the first planet: An island marked by a massive, sheer cliff. This nation was able to reach the other world, and found that all inhabitants there had been slain. Structures and technology were discovered–magic-powered devices that remained intact.

With pressure from the eager citizenry back home, a small city, Hardpan, is constructed as a first settlement. Thousands of people are given the chance to live upon and explore the vast, empty planet.

It is then that a virus infects most of the settlers. It causes sickness that is fed by the magical energy that permeates the atmosphere; therefore, the only known cure is evacuation from the planet. This leaves Hardpan vacant, and a scant few survivors on their own as the government retreats back to Jesice.

This is where the story begins; where those abandoned will seek their fortunes. And where one who survived the destruction will seize a missed opportunity.