As the son of the village blacksmith, Taren was little different from other children. He worked hard and played hard, and found time for a bit of mischief now and again. It was a good, simple life, far from the troubles to the South. But when a village not far from his own is burnt to the ground, Taren suddenly begins to understand the world is not what he thought it once was. And after an altercation with a nobleman leads to Taren being banished, he suddenly finds himself alone on the road, his meager possessions strapped to his back as he sets out to find a new place to call home. And in the back of his mind, his father's final warning echoed - "Stay out of the forest."