Before the dawn of Renaissance, the world was consumed by the epic struggle between the Islamic<P> Empire of the Ottomans and the Christian Kingdoms of Eastern Europe. Two momentous events<P> marked the raging war: the Fall of Constantinople, and the Conquest of Hungary.<P> The year is 1448.<P> Transylvania and Wallachia are about to be invaded by an army of Sultan Murad II, who calls himself<P> The Shadow of Allah upon the World. Lorian Comosicus, heir of a mysterious Draconic ring, and his<P> younger brother, Silvan, traverse the border mountains with the ill news that the Ottomans placed Vlad<P> Dracul on the throne of Wallachia. Lost in the vast forests of Transylvania, they meet Sir Gregor Dahr<P> Altair, an imperial knight and a powerful member of a secret fraternity sworn to defend the Realm of<P> Hungary. Together they rush to warn the great trading city of Hermannstadt of the incoming tempest.