A company of reckless dwarven adventurers sets off from the capital Gorten to the outskirts of the City Without Summer in search of the legendary treasures of ice dragons. Having reached the coveted caves, instead of finding the treasure, the unlucky gnomes manage to awaken a nightmarish monster - a dragon. Unlucky treasure hunters barely escape and end up stuck in Istar without money or any prospects. Meanwhile, something alarming is brewing in Gorten. Intrigues are woven behind the king's back; his closest friend and adviser, the Grand Master of the Order of the Sacred Flame, Sir Ildiar de Not, falls into a cunningly laid trap...