The terrible war is over. An army of illegal magicians was destroyed, the bones of a necromancer were gnawed by barrows in the Attakhan steppe... An Agreement on Eternal Peace was signed - and every student knows that such agreements are valid for at least two or three years. Alas! Old Earth did not receive even such a short respite. Trouble struck again. The witchcraft fires of the Thrones of Power are blazing, hordes of orcs are descending from the mountains. From the north, from the deep forests forgotten by the gods, ancient Evil is creeping into the world along animal paths. Who will stand in his way? Well, of course they are, mercenaries of Fate! They already have experience in matters of this kind...