In Refuge of Embers, the story follows a character named Biorn, but you can change his name to whatever you want. He lives a simple life with his friends in a frontier town. Just outside of the town he lives in is a ring of dense forest filled with all kinds of deadly beasts. Something happens that leads him to go to the capital city of Faruwine, where he encounters several interesting characters and situations that leave him grasping for what to do next. Biorn is just a guy from a small village, and he and his friends have no idea how to handle the ongoings in a big city such as Faruwine.