In the Great Tarasen Empire, there lived a family. Adraco ad-la Adda, his wife, Sem nib-da Vas, and thier young infant, Ibsin. Adraco was a well-known Priest of the Atheslian Temple in Ace, the capital of the Tarasian world, until one man, Balmond Vam-Sheer, accused him of murdering the King. Now Adraco and his family on the run. They are running to find a safe place for not only themselves, but their young son as well, and in hopes of evading Balmond's grasp.