Trials and Tribulation. Every pirate has experienced these things when they sail the Grand Line. Maxwell sailing with Straw-Hat Pirates have had their own fair share of troubles along their journey. Now they're close to half way mark, but that doesn't offer a reprieve. No. This is the beginning of a long, long night.

The Torans, after refusing sanctuary to King Endon and his family, were banished from their home by the Oath Stone and had traveled into the Valley of the Lost. But what if not everyone was there? This is the story of Orion, a Toran youth who had left to follow a vision, and his travels during the rule of the Shadow Lord.