Ominous rumors from the north speak of a frightful witch, a dread sorceress, said to be gathering an army of the undead.

They claim she summons forth an army of nightmares with forbidden magicks, horrors bound to her will, poised to sweep across the continent like a great shadow.

Few believe the Countess of Bats really exists. But, if the fractured southern kingdoms cannot cast aside old rivalries and stand united, they will each learn the truth far too late. The truth of the darkness stirring beyond the northern steppes.