In the world of Allraan, different nations fight over magical objects known as the Rune-Lenses. When the Galdean Empire sends an expeditionary force to discover ancient rune-lenses in remote legions, they team up with a local village group, only to discover one and plunge the region in a new conflict over it's ownership. Two young men, from different sides meet and form an unlikely friendship before this conflict begins and drags them into a war neither asked for.