A small monastery nearby a quiet remote town welcomes travelers who are caught outside the town walls after the nightfall. One morning, priests address those about to depart - a grave matter is upon these lands - a terrible evil artifact that should never be in mortals' hands has made its way into the town - and a local cult is about to begin the world-ending ritual. Promised payments in gold and favours from the church, a ragtag team of misfits takes on the quest. But there is a complication...