Cavale
was never plagued with as much terror and misery as it was when Mina
arrived, having being rescued from the surrounding forests by a good for
nothing orphan named William. This girl claimed that she had no
knowledge of her past, though many in the town believe this to be naught
but a convenient lie, enabling her to terrorize the city with yet
another killing; another viscous attack.
Mina
is desperate to proclaim her innocence, but with only fellow orphans to
help her, she finds it difficult to prove that the real villain, is an
elusive figure, shrouded by a cloak, who has been watching her ever
since she came to the town. Just as all hope seems lost however, Mina
finds herself a most unexpected ally, one who truly has the authority to
help them.
Yet this aid has its own ulterior
motives, which the orphans are quick to suspect. The orphans do their
best to uncover these secrets of Cavale, but in doing so find themselves
not only at odds with that shrouded beast that ceaselessly pursues ,
but also at odds with the very people that once strove so relentlessly
to help them.
Many miles from Cavale, lurking
in a vast, underground fortress lie the source of this danger. These
fallen beasts, the Children of the Arcane are trapped beneath the soil,
forced there by the very people that once created them. Only those who
were once human, now tainted by the dark energies of their masters, may
walk the earth still, searching for their masters, the key that will
restore the world once more, to their power.