With the turn of the century nearing, the lands around the Sword Coast have been brewing with troubling rumors of unrest all throughout the region, from communication and travel with the Icewind Dale civilizations cut off to whispers of numerous cults beginning to gather in worrying numbers. In such times of peril, paths make way for folks of all walks of life to rise up as defenders against these treacherous evils, becoming heroes of legends that bards sing their stories to for centuries to come.