The age of wild hunt and savagery is over. Cat still gets the mouse, but in soy sauce and with chopsticks. In these days even the smallest of prey can live in peace for a full lifespan, so long as they bow to their predatory overlords. The scavengers run the abattoir and get the leftovers. Life and death and hunger are one: harsh as it may sound, it used to be so much worse. But the rest of the world obtrudes upon this ancient realm. Black Ships bring with them plague that saps life and ruins meat, and staves of thunder and smoke that fell even the strongest. The barbaric visitors know nothing of honour, their hearts consumed with greed. Bend to them, or break. A farmer who does not fear. A butcher bound in death. A warrior who'd rather not be. For their ways and traditions to survive, all three castes must join together. Do battle against the outlanders, in defense of everything they know. And in so doing, come to possess new insight of one another... and of themselves. Perhaps they'll find that not all change needs to be fought. Perhaps.