It's the beginning of the Age of Despair for the world of Shar'lín. A‘chiad Dachaigh, First Home, has fallen. The Árd rígh of the Itheadair Fala, the Thane of Thanes, has died and his hammer, the symbol of his position, has been lost. Böb Flatcap, the last living member of the Fighting Tankard Brigade, must crawl his way out of the depths of Sy'klar (Under Continent) to avenge his former lord and reclaim the Artifact of his people.