Death, I time that many people fear. Over the course of Earth’s existence, there have been many cases of being resurrected and gaining new powers. They are called the Deathless. The Deathless were hated for centuries because the very idea of them went against the teachings of God. A Great War began in 1914. The humans of the United Republic in west against the Deathless of Yerania in the east. In 1997, the United Republic was victorious and a new age began. Being a Deathless was to be punishable by death. Since then, the church has fallen, but the government is still being influenced by the religion itself. Deathless in the United Republic live in hiding and fear. Hoping for the day that they will be allowed to live in peace again.
Berich, a boy whose father killed during the Great War and whose mother died during pregnancy, has been a Deathless for five years. He lives with his adoptive father, Jeremy who knows of his secret and teaches him how to conceal himself against the government. His life is changed when a group of Deathless attack his school in search of him. Berich is revealed as a Deathless and runs away. He is met by a stranger who shows him of a secret organization known as the Kindarin. The Guardians of Life and Death. Berich joins this group in order to right the wrongs of the United Republic, but also to create peace between the Deathless and humans.