Introduction: A married couple set out to find a stable life.A young man strives to serve his people in uniform.A barbarian goddess marches to rescue her people.A retired civil servant searches for his new path forward.A pirate queen schemes to find safe harbor. These tales wind around the world of Kraagheim. The world has been enjoying the bounty of the Age of Intervention, where gods step onto the world and see their will carried out imminently. But the gilded cage is straining. Tensions within are growing while the end of the age looms....