The world in the aftermath of a magical apocalypse. Horrific creatures and trapped fiends roam the lands, and the surface of the earth has been twisted--seas boil, poisonous stinking swamps stretch for miles, a great plain of ice moves toward an inland sea, and a great wound rips down to her molten core--yet amids the chaos stand the Iron Marches, a bastion of law and stability.
Yet even in the Marches there is no peace. The dwarves rule with an iron fist and their human serfs chafe under their dominion. Rebellion stirs below a facade of complacency and the dwarves must watch not only for enemies from without, but also from within. They put their faith in the great god Baal and his Inquisitors to protect and preserve the land. Meanwhile, humanity wonders if this is their fate in perpetuity, or will they throw off the yoke and claim a lost birthright.
