In the small city of Kathros in West Eamon, the High Priest's sacred white sceptre has been stolen by the evil renegade priest, Elrem. He has fled south to the Cliffs of Fire, and using the powers of the sceptre, built himself a tower and created monsters to defend it. If Elrem is given time to unlock the sceptre's full powers he will destroy the entire city! In the sceptre's absence crime is returning to Kathros and overrunning the city...
The high priest of Kathros has come to the Free Adventurers Guild to find an adventurer willing to brave the dangers of the cliffs and the tower and bring the sceptre back. The task has fallen into your hands. You will be delivered to the coast by boat and from there you must make your way up into the cliffs and find the tower. The boatmen will bring you back to the Guild at any time, however the longer you take the greater the threat will become...