Originally, the Araknights were highly distrusted and even reviled, their strange spiders of naturally growing stone and metal – and soon wood as the creatures began to interact with the world around them – seen as invaders, as creatures that were not natural. But over time, the ranks of the Araknights grew to become heroes and celebrities across the land. Some towns even came to have personal Araknights who protected them.
To this day, most Araknights are independent, but report to a being known only as the Seer. Some rumor that this being is in fact the only remaining original Araknight, one of the eight drow who came from the Underdark to bring the Araknights to the surface. But above all, they needed to learn one thing, to value the connection between spider and rider. And to never lose faith in their Arakforce, the mystic bond between the two.
- from the publisher's blurb