A cold-hearted general sets out to win a pointless war. A haunted scholar flees from his past, stumbling closer to a truth he does not want to see. An ambitious warrior rises the ranks with wanton brutality, and painful regrets. They are all trapped within a swirling conflict leading to the heart of magic. There are those who seek to end it, those who revere its power, those who see the good it can bring. What truth does magic hide? What price will they pay to uncover it? Where will their journeys lead? It all begins within the volcano, the Mortar of Magma.