The keep of Westwind, located in the cold mountainous heights called the Roof of the World, is facing attack with the adjoining land of Gallos. Arthanos, boy and heir to the ailing Prefect of Gallos, wishes to damage Westwind because the idea of a land where women guideline, regardless of how small and how isolated, is certainly total anathema to him.

Saryn, Arms-Commander of Westwind, is dispatched to the neighboring land of Lornth to get support against the Gallosians. But Zeldyan, regent of Lornth, has complications in her family. To protected Zeldyan’s help, Saryn must pledge her personal support-and any Westwind guard pushes she can raise-to the defense of Zeldyan and her child.

The fate of four lands, including Westwind, depend on Saryn’s actions.