After a brutal winter that left countless dead from starvation and exposure, a cruel mockery of peace stretched over the war-ravaged kingdom of Salvar. With their resources stretched thin during the harsh season, the clash and clamor of the civil war died down to a dim, but constant hum. While spring brought life back to Salvar, it also rekindled the fires of war between the Church and the Monarchy, who had both merely been spending the winter marshaling their forces and preparing their stratagems.