For five hundred years, the survivors of the Great Wars lived peacefully in a valley sanctuary shielded by powerful magic. But the enchanted barriers have crumbled, the borders have been breached by predators, and the threat of annihilation looms once more. In his last moment Sider Ament, bearer of the last black staff and its profound power, gave stewardship of the staff to the young tracker Panterra Qu, who must take up the battle against evil.