Born on the night of All Saints, 1337, Francois de Vivray was promised an exceptional fate: he would live a whole century. Ironically, this century included a war that would later be called the Hundred Years... In January 1423, François turned eighty-six. After many knightly deeds, he took up alchemy, trying to comprehend the highest wisdom. He knows that he has only fourteen years to live, but hopes to see France liberated from the British. After all, although the country captured by the British and their Burgundian allies is on the brink of destruction, Joan of Arc awakened crazy hope in the hearts of his compatriots.