Elf Mauros lost his parents early and was taken up by relatives, and then troubles fell on the unfortunate man’s head as if from a cornucopia. He considered himself the most unlucky elf in the world, but the truth, which was accidentally revealed to him in a magical iron book, turned out to be much worse: Mauros was destined to become the Black Marshal and conquer the whole world in the name of the god of war Armars and the Dark Coalition. The elf realized that he was a pawn in the game of the Great Lords of the Elements, Great Witches, Sorcerers, Gods, free spirits and even the restless dead, but at the same time, thousands of lives on the Southern Continent and the outcome of the coming war depend on him. Will Mauros be able to emerge victorious from the cruel game of the true masters of the world? Will he save his soul and body? Will the prophecy of the iron book come true?