This is the world of a long and hopeless war with Chaos, a world where magicians play endless games with other people's lives, blood flows in torrents, and survival is even more difficult than maintaining kindness and nobility in oneself. Horst Vihor, a wandering artisan, finding himself in a hopeless situation, becomes a figure in the hands of a powerful sorcerer. The ruthless owner plays the game, not paying attention to the fact that his piece may experience pain, fear and disgust for what it has to do. In continuous wanderings, Horst ends up where no other person has been before, finds himself in strange and dangerous situations, he is forced to learn to fight and kill. Trying to free himself from addiction, he seeks help from other magicians and even from Chaos. But at the same time, he has no idea where exactly his desire for freedom will lead him and who exactly he will become once he finds it.