Upon the goddess's soul lies the awesome weight of the seals, a weight that inflicts torments so great that her very flesh seems to be torn asunder. But the continuity of all reason and order of the world rests in her life, and she can do naught but suffer in silence under the burden of her great duty. Only with death does the goddess's task end. At the moment of her passing, omens and portents appear throughout the world, identifying the next young women who is to become the bearer of the seal. None can refuse this sacred duty; it is an evil nightmare that must be repeated, again and again, for as long as mankind still lives

Againist the vast and awesome Empire stands the Union, an alliance of nations great and small. The Union protects the goddess, and for many years the two rivals have matched each other in strength and power. But now the Empire has gathered demons beyond reckoning, and it seeks to make the entire world its own. The balance of power has crumbled.