In the third millennium, the world changed. Climate, nations, all were in upheaval. The Outside World transformed into a poisonous, scorched desert, known as "The Cursed Earth". Millions of people crowded into a Boundaries, where roving bands of fairies created violence the justice system could not control. Law, as we know it, collapsed. From the decay rose a new order, a society ruled by a new, elite force. A force with the power to dispense both justice and punishment. They were the police, jury and executioner all in one. They were the Judges.