Two lone warriors, the living legend known as Druss, and the tortured Skilgannon, form an unlikely alliance to fight the supernatural threat of the Joinings, and soon grow to become friends.
Waylander the Slayer, the prince of assassins, must lead his small band warriors in a life-or-death mission against a horde of evil sorcerers who are on the verge of breaking free of a spell of imprisonment that has lasted for millennia.
Fighting a prophecy that foretells the death of her unborn child--the future king--and a subsequent age of terrible carnage, Queen Axiana flees the Lords of the Undead, and three Drenai soldiers step up to battle them.