The best Grady of No Clan could hope for was to spend the rest of his life in a cycle of monotonous paperwork and desperate loneliness until he joined his unnamed ancestors in death. Then one shift the posters appeared all across the Floor:

Calling all Clanless!

Earn your place amongst the Thegen! 

Bring glory and honor to your name! Protect your homeland!

Here was a chance, no matter how slim, to become one of Rockhome’s vaunted warriors, and live like one of the heroes from the books he loved so dearly. With nothing to lose, Grady joins the countless other clanless who put their names forward for this unprecedented opportunity.

Only he is chosen.

Just as his luck seems to be improving, Grady is trapped in the dark machinations of Keyrdegen Salzum, the mountain’s warlord and protector. Bound to Salzum’s will by an ancient and profane procedure, Grady is stripped of his body, his identity, and his agency. 

After a lifetime of meekly sitting behind a desk, the fates of every Clanless and the entire city of Rockhome rest on Grady’s narrow shoulders. To save his people, and himself, he must harness the wisdom of legendary heroes, both past and present, in order to find his own Way.