Kaewer Jirvaerka is the daughter actual living legends. Her father walked out of the destruction of Atlar and began the process of reconstituting a lineage of magic thought extinct nearly nine thousand years ago. History records his last stands by the handful, not the singular. Her mother lead the first Unified Drailleon Fleet to war against the Anejit in the Ascension wars over three thousand years ago. Her tactics are considered gospel in all the Drailleon remnant nations. Both are still masters in their field and leaders in the Irakan Imperium. The Jirvaerka name carries an authority in the interstellar empire that's hard to overstate.

A Lieutenant in the Imperium Navy's Kidorlus branch, the Irakan Imperium's elite special operations branch, at only 179. Kaewer's life is on track to meet the expectations the Jirvaerka family name places on her. Recalled home after a particularly bizarre and troubling set of missions, Kaewer returns to Iraka expecting a short vacation and a chance to brief her mother and the other High Admirals in person. Instead, her return prompts forces moving in the shadows to set off events that will derail her life and threaten to topple the Imperium she's sworn to defend.