In a world of epic heroes and fantastical creatures, someone needs to have a day job. Setting out to make her mark on the world, the young elven wizard Tal’avera finds herself caught up in a world of intrigue and malevolence as a random mugging changes the course of her life in ways she never expected. After procuring the services of the city’s most renowned tiefling private detective, the elven adventurer discovers there is more to life than dragon slaying and dungeon delving.