High in the mountains, the ancient, hundred-mile Brass Stair winds its way to the heavens. At its top, a village of Giants stands amidst abandoned gold mines. Rumors of a winged Dragon guarding the site frighten away most of the adventures, but not all...

In Kulthea's Second Era of Ire, a Dwarven king hollowed out vast caverns high in the Garlon Mountains of northeastern Jaiman. His citadel atop the mountain was guarded by a gate - to reach it, guests climbed an immense brass stair a hundred miles up in the rugged cliffsides. As the Wars of Dominion raged, servants of the Unlife gained control of the Narlshaw region, and the Dwarves' gold mines were abandoned.

Bewildering Flows of Essence divide the Narlshaw from the rest of Jaiman. The Dragonlord's Skyriders patrol the chilling air. Tales of a huge Dragon flying over the Brass Stair and of Cloudlords astride their soaring mounts make the region ill-at-ease. In a land where all fear the Dragonlord and few serve the Good, adventurers seek ancestral treasures in an atmosphere of ever-increasing danger.