The planet of Glarion had known no meaningful peace for several decades. The tense truce that had managed to exist had recently been broken when the ruling Presido Mumthaz was assassinated. The Armiture political party seized the opportunity to intensify the chaos and try to seize power but the Coalition political party was no little party either. They were very reluctant to hand over the hard-fought political gains they had gotten in recent times.
Added to this background was the prevalence of all sorts of unsavoury characters in the cities of Glarion. They were ready to do anything and everything to survive. This was certainly true for the three thieves who furtively moved into the dusty halls of an ancient temple in the city of Notarium.