Through the Fifth Crusade, the bloody siege of Damietta grinds to a stalemate and a Christian soldier begins having visions… Raphael of Acre, a initiate from the Shield-Brethren, becomes a war hero throughout a vicious fight for control of a Muslim stronghold. One of his companions, Eptor, is certainly wounded in the fight and falls under the influence of strange hallucinations. When a excellent plots to manipulate Eptor’s visions into war propaganda, Raphael struggles between duty to the cause and responsibility to his faith. Unable to reconcile his functions as Christian and soldier, Raphael looks for out an improbable way to obtain counsel – the great pacifist Francis of Assisi. Part of the Foreworld Saga, Dreamer confronts the paradox of using sword and fist in an effort to spread a note of humility and compassion.