Nerula is a legendary kitezhi princess from Uneria who defeated the "god"-emperor Ruharden of Uneria in 783. She freed a million slaves and made Uneria a rare country that retained its matriarchal structures despite technological advancement. She has ended up, due to the Fragmentation, in Duros in 9,809, enslaved by the wayi nigisiti empress Bereketi. With her are an emim warrior Duredd from Roskatan in 81 and the dongxue builder Okoe from the Crag Kingdom in 8,471. Serving the empress is the ururual slave-master Nshruashra. Players must save (and possibly recruit) Nerula, destroy Bereketi, and send the rest back to their home times.