Welcome to Eren, fair traveler.
You have entered a land of peace, a place where creatures of all origins may coexist and thrive in mutual friendship. For centuries, Eren has been a sanctuary for all who seek its embrace, but recently a shadow has been cast over the land...
Our neighbors to the south, the bloodriders of Jeod, have begun attacking supply trains to our silver mines in the Giok Mountians. The mines are the furthest outposts from our mainland, and consequently they are the weakest. I suspect the bloodriders raided the mines to take the veins of silver for their own, but as we haven't had any ravens for two weeks I cannot be sure of their intents. The survivors, if there are any, have gone without fresh supplies for nearly a month, and the attacks are only getting worse.
I fear the worst for our kingdom should the bloodriders persist in their attacks - for the elves grow restless and the skinchangers have called for outright war. The humans refuse to join a side, of course, though I have seen them hide stockpiles of weapons in my visions. Even the Fair Folk have made preparations, tearing down their fields of greens in favor of growing the plants from which they extract their poisons. As their empress, I can only hold back the flood for so long before their lust for revenge over rules me. Every child must know by now that there has been no word from the mines, and I can hear their cries for retribution at all hours.
I have but one hope for keeping the peace in Eren, and it is a fragile hope indeed. At the height of my father's reign, nearly twenty years past, a secret convention of representatives - one from each region of Eren - met to discuss the possibility of war in the near future. They agreed that the peace of Eren should be of the utmost priority, and formed a guild known only as Syndicate to protect the realm at all costs. It is now that I must call upon Syndicate to reclaim the mines, if they still stand, and force the bloodriders back into Jeod. Without them, peace is lost and Eren will crumble beneath the weight of war.
Now, it's up to you...
As a member of Syndicate, you and your four teammates must travel to the mines and assess the damage. Take caution, the bloodriders are not likely to have abandoned the viens of silver in the mine's belly and will kill you on the spot if they see you. Should all of my theories be proven wrong and Jeod's thirst is not for wealth, but for war, you will be Eren's only hope. Destroy their forces and protect our border, but be warned.
There are whispers of a great power rising in Jeod - an abomination who seeks to crush my empire for the wrongs done to him.
Be on your toes, stranger, for not everything is as it seems beyond the Wall. Go forth and avenge my people, earn glory beyond compare, rise to your title - but do not pay a price greater than you can afford. Death comes swiftly outside of Eren, and it often comes on the hooves of a bloodrider.
