The first Savage Tide has already touched the mortal world, yet none who are alive today recall this terrible time of red ruin.  It swept over an ancient city, transforming beggar and noble, merchant and thief, resident and visitor, one and all into feral, ravenous fiends.  What took the ancients hundreds of years to build came crumbling down in a matter of days.  When the tide's final ripples faded, only ruins remained.


Now, after a thousand years, the hidden architect of the Savage Tide gazes upon new targets.  This time, the doom will not be limited to one hapless city.  This time, all of civilization is perched on the terrible shore, blissfully ignorant of what the tide is about to bring in...