A terrible beast appeared that year in the province of Nîmes, which lies at the foot of the Ferrian mountains. He killed only women and young children, with enviable consistency bypassing male hunters and wandering Sarks who could resist him. When the magistrate of Nimes sent a petition to Epinal with a tearful plea to the king to save them from the misfortune, they sent the Chevalier Armand de Caville, better known under the half-joking nickname "Madcap" and an elf named Cheka'Iso - the last native of the city of Eranidarka, destroyed by the Adranians in unknown circumstances. With the arrival of these two in Nîmes, the most interesting events began.