Returning from a war he cannot forget, the King's Sentenial becomes embroiled in the trouble surrounding an arcane vessel of power, a cauldron imprisoning the daemon Mastk. He undertakes a journey at the behest of the imp Flinstirr Gobbynstein that has far reaching implications to both his past, and his future. Hunted and coerced, the Sentenial must fight to survive the dark influence of the cauldron, or the lands will surely fall to darkness. Along the way he finds allies, old friends, and love, only to be driven to the point of despair and madness in the conflicts that ensue... which may yet cost him his very soul.