Ferius was only twelve years old when the Jen-tep killed her parents and burned her village. The Jen-tep magicians would have dealt with her, but the girl managed to escape. Life was like a nightmare - rags instead of clothes, constant lack of water and food. But everything pales before the terrible spell that the Jen-Tep magicians cast on Ferius. Now, after some time after meeting her, all people begin to feel such burning hatred for her that they are ready to kill her. The girl is already accustomed to loneliness, to being alone against the whole world. But one day at the tavern, exhausted by the heat and thirst, she met a mysterious gentleman in a border hat. And this changed her life and destiny forever. That gentleman's name was Durall Argos...Prequel to the "Tale of Lost Magic" series.