A handful of mercenaries, teamed with a blind elven seer and his assistant, have set about to complete a simple mission: travel to the steamy jungles of Takta Lu Lama and retrieve some lost information left there more than a millennia ago. This rag tag assembly is formed by Dugan, an escaped gladiator; Vinder, a dwarven axe for hire; and Cadrissa, a young mage. Each concerned about the other and their mission only as far as their forthcoming payment requires. The mission would be much simpler too if there weren't other forces at work complicating matters. One is a young knight from the north who unexpectedly comes to join their band. Another is a lich, manipulating things around and in the mercenary band to bring about his desired end. Not to mention the hobgoblins, who have come to call the very place the mercenaries are seeking, home. And then there is the faint feeling the blind seer has that there's something larger to which they are called to be a part. Something much more encompassing than this current mission at hand