How does a man know when he crossed the line? When does he realize that his soul has tasted the sweet nectar of heresy and found it more wonderful and compelling than what he had feared it would be? Louk Shannegh, a hive-born scoundrel in service to Inquisitor Helsing of the Ordo Xenos, is faced with these questions in the aftermath of a battle for the Imperial planet Tenea.

During Onyxia's mission in Stormwind, the mercenaries rise and the Black Dragonflight dwindles. After the most devastating losses in Azerothian history, the Flight must claw its way back from the brink of extinction and once again into glory.