Nemesor Zahndrekh was once counted amongst the greatest generals in the dynasties. By his campaigns of conquest did the world of Gidrim rise from ruling a small and insignificant planet on the fringes of the galaxy, to the iron-handed governance of a dozen star systems. Zahndrekh's armies are an ever-present peril upon the galaxy's eastern fringe, yet for all his military genius, Zahndrekh does not see reality as it truly is. His mind suffered damage during the Great Sleep and, as a consequence, he is trapped deep in the past, in the Wars of Secession that wracked his corner of the