As darkness rises in Bleasoria and the White Queen's magical sword mysteriously disappears along with her dispatched troops, powerful swords begin appearing across the realm to chosen bearers. A boy in Isloya gains druidic powers guided by ancient spirits, a woman in Ayeon discovers a life-and-death blade to free her fellow slaves, a street thief acquires mind-reading abilities to rule the underground, and a young woman hatches a forbidden dragon egg that only royals should be able to control. These separate events are harbingers of imminent peril, and only when these sword-bearers unite will they have the power to stop the spreading darkness from consuming their world.