Pampas of Ayken

Plot
The stranged son of an independence hero, raised in Ichigual, returns to Lontanahue to enact revenge on Anselmo, the Fist of Lontanahue, the lattest surviving member of the founding fathers who unjustly exiled his family almost a century ago, alongside a cadre of his followers.

Although he manages to infiltrate Lontanahue, thanks for the most part to the help of his second in command, Orfelina, Efrain and his host quickly find themselves on the run from the combined armies of both Lontanahue and Silver City. They eventually find solace in Calcha as they meets Maudilia, a very excentric planeswalker who's financing the local rebellion so that the central government doesn't disturb her cattle raising business. Together they learn about Sarmiento's army which is actually mostly composed of Tanguites, elemental constructs made with, and of, music. While the rank and file is composed mostly of soldiers from Lontanahue.

The Silver City meanwhile is thrown into disarray as "Che" Gilberto Urdemales, the rocking gaucho, finally returns from his interplanar travels to hit the local musical scene by storm. He succeeds by a long shot. However, his passionate performances give him more than he asked for and start raising the locals from the grave! Filling the streets of the city with undead hooligans and people trying to one-up Gilberto. The president finds no alternative but to reroute his army of tanguites to clean the mess in the city.

The armies clash and the Calcha rebels begin to gain the upper hand as the tanguite army starts to fall apart as they stop receiving reinforcements. Efrain finally manages to infiltrate the presidential palace and murder Anselmo, but he's caught and seemingly executed. The news of this reach Ichigual, which prompts it to enter the war against Lontanahue, leaving the nation surrounded and on the brink of surrender.

A month later Efrain shows up back in the middle of the Carnival festivities. Turns out he wasn't murdered but instead his spark ignited during the execution. On one hand, this gives him a messianic character that elevates him to an almost living saint status, but on the other hand. Since he wasn't murdered, it's argued, there was no casus belli for Ichigual to enter the war.

So, persecuted as a war criminal and without knowledge of the whereabouts of his allies, Efrain finds, once again, himself on the run from the law...