The queen of the Empire of Divine Spiritas has made a decree. All able bodies are to meet in Budri Veldt in preparation for a military expedition to determine the cause of this global threat. After an attack happens in the port, 5 strangers from different walks of life have been asked by the Oakenfold family to follow their military trade route west to determine who or what turned their oldest son to stone, packed him in a crate, and sent him back to Cabrygg.