Eight hundred years before Jame and Tigh, a great hero lived. Destined to be the Queen of Emoria, Hekolatis wants to experience the world before settling down and, after she earns her warrior braid, decides to go to Balderon with her best friend Taine to work in her aunt's blade shop. Learning the blade trade is interesting enough, but Heko's warrior heart gets restless and she joins the Balderon Auxiliary Guard and meets Zandar, a university student studying to be a military historian. Between facing love for the first time and the growing unrest in the world, Heko's wish for some adventure just may come true.