Tom Badgerlock led a peaceful life for many years with his adoring wife Molly at the Willowwood Manor, which was granted to his family for loyal service to the crown. But behind the façade of a respectable middle-aged man lies a tumultuous past. For in reality, Tom Badgerlock is Fitz Chivel the Seer, a bastard of the Seer dynasty, once convicted of using animal magic, and a trained killer. A man who risked a lot for his king and lost a lot in his life... In his personal lair room, on a shelf there is a triple figurine carved from the memory stone and depicting a man, a wolf and a jester. These three were once inseparable friends: Fitz, Nightwolf and the Jester. But one of them is long dead, and another is long gone... One evening on the Winter Festival, a messenger arrives to find Fitz, but mysteriously disappears, leaving nothing but a trail of blood... What kind of message was that? ? Who sent it? And what happened to the messenger? Suddenly, Fitz’s stormy former life bursts into the peace of his new world, and there is no trace of safety left... < /p>