Huge territories surrounded by a magical Curtain have turned into a giant playing field. The Lord of Darkness, buried under the Gray Stone, advances his only black figure - and all the armies of the world are in motion, taken by surprise by Cordale Jr., the collector of evil. Good brothers in white cloaks and predators of Fettah the Lord of Beasts, men-at-arms of Roingard of the Iron Hand and cold winds of the Witch of the North, city militias and baronial squads - they all become chess pieces on a round board inside the Veil... None of the players knows how the game will end. And can such a game be completed?