A fantasy story that follows the paths of three strangers as they unwittingly thrust the town deeper into a clash against the classes. As the waves of social unrest break higher, the tyrannical High Lord Fairmont makes his move for the elder widow Madame Azalea, who holds his deep secret plan impotent. In the turmoil of the angry town, wanders the pale man: silent, deadly and with purpose; he crosses paths with the three strangers.