Some men are just rugged through and through: mean as a gorax, born with an eagle eye, and possessed of such irrepressible gumption they become legends in their own time -- or at least in their own minds. Alten Ashley is such a man. Unlike some braggarts, though, he lives up to his reputation is an exceptional hunter of great beasts that stalk the wilds of western Immoren. Most men feel fear at the emergence of previously hidden enemies and the onset of war, but not Alten Ashley. For him, these conflicts hold the thrilling promise of both gold and danger.