War is raging in Europe; the Grand Duke of Burgundy, Charles the Bold, is locked in mortal combat with the Swiss Confederation, which is supported by many European states. The commander of the Life Guards company of Charles the Bold, Baron van Hutten, also known as the bastard Armagnac, is always in the forefront of battles. The Baron already has something to lose, fate has given him a family and possessions, but as long as the war is going on and his father’s killers are alive, he will be in service. Conspiracies, intrigues, secret societies, hired killers... well, what else could stand in the way of Alexander Lemeshev, an ordinary modern fencing coach, thrown into the fifteenth century by the will of Providence? For him, everything is clear: honor and dignity are above all. But sooner or later life will give the bastard the right to choose his own destiny.