The Legendary Player slowly shuffles a magical deck of Key Cards. As soon as the first Card falls on the table, the skies darken at the other end of Tedge Everence, anticipating the imminent appearance of the rebellious Elders; the next Card leaves the deck, and the tired mercenary Nord, whose heart beats with a strange ragged rhythm, rushes to the aid of his friend, not even knowing about the fate prepared for him; another wave of the hand - and the little boy Rodrick, finding himself far from home, is left alone with his fears; the next Map flies into the air - and the dashing adventurer Grant descends into an underwater cave in an amazing bathyscaphe, where a monster embedded in the rock awaits him for a thousand years; another wave of the hand - and a split is brewing in the environment of the supreme dragon, and the gnome Narvi is already standing at the entrance to the Cursed Quarries, thoughtfully smoking an old pipe. And in the Mertol observatory, the old sorcerer Owen sees prophetic dreams about what happened a long time ago, in those days , when the Player did not yet have his magic Cards and all the Elders united against him.