The land, once unified under a single banner, has been divided into four territories, each territory ruled by a family: The Diamonds - wealthy and corrupt, The Clubs - strong and resourceful, The Hearts - ambitious, though loyal to a fault, and The Spades - hard and merciless, And all of whom desire power above all things.
Centuries of bloodshed have won a tenuous peace between the families. To prevent another war, the Four of a Kind, an order of wise and holy men, have been entrusted to keep the peace at any cost. Each King is watched closely by a member of this conclave, though, like all things, corruption has, too, spread through their ranks. The land, yet again, finds itself poised on the edge of a sword.