With the black death spreading across eastern Albion, and the remaining Albion force amassing in Emain Macha, Hibernia found they now had two foes threatening their way of life. The king was troubled and knew that if he did not put an end to this, all of Hibernia would fall. He called upon eight of Hibernia's best scouts.

The first to arrive was resident of the city of Howth, which could be found deep in the Silvermine Mountains. He was a young lad by the name of Ethan Foglhadha. Professionally he was a well known as the Lurikeen ranger that had previously scouted many of the Midgard movements. King Fagan ordered him to scout the movements of the famed Kobold shadowblade, Ugmug.

This news troubled Ethan as he had seen the village where his grandparents lived destroyed in a mater of minutes under Ugmug's hand. He traveled to his home in Howth, to his wife Alexis and sons Banning and Alaois. Upon entering the