In the future, a disease has appeared causing stain-like marks to develop on people's skin. This was the beginning of a downward spiral that slowly saw humanity regress and eventually split in two with very little in between.

 

Now, on one side, disease free people inhabit the over-dominant kingdom of Serenity. Scientific breakthroughs have thrusted it technologically and culturally centuries ahead of all other nations.

 

But these privileges come at a cost : image culture is everything. People are judged and divided into castes according to how they look. Everyone's DNA is registered through a biological pool for cleansing and monitoring. Masks are mandatory. Imperfection is taboo and only the flawlessly beautiful can sit at the kingdom's apex.

 

On the other side, the Outlands : where stain-born and Serenity cast-outs live a backwards lawless life ruled by chaos and warlords.

 

As both sides clash over resources from the old world, Chesterman, a mysterious, ruthless leader rises to power and plans to pull everyone into a conflict that will bring the kingdom of Serenity to its knees and shake its values to its very core.