Ridmark Arban is the Shield Knight, defender of the realm of Andomhaim.  

The kingdom of Andomhaim has defeated one invasion of the deadly Heptarchy and its spider-priestesses, but so long as the legions of the Heptarchy hold the Isle of Kordain, Ridmark knows another war is coming. 

And the Exarch of the Isle wants another war, hoping to conquer Andomhaim for the glory of the Heptarchy. 

But neither the Shield Knight nor the Exarch realizes that the true lord of the Isle of Kordain desires this war to begin.

For the war will be the instrument to achieve his dark designs...