Prince Vladimir of Kiev sent his relative Dobrynya as mayor to Novgorod. But hatred and flame meet Dobrynya. Someone dark and powerful sent a plague upon the inhabitants of the region, so that they, even without remembering themselves, would cruelly resist the new faith - Christianity. Gradually, Dobrynya begins to understand that the witchcraft was cast by his mother, the powerful witch Malfrida. She disappeared when Dobrynya was still a child... Fate brings the Novgorod mayor together with the young priest Savoy, who does not remember his past, but who somehow knows the name of Malfrida. And her traces lead to the wild forests of the pagan Vyatichi. There, where the terrible Lizard rages - a dark ancient evil. However, there is something more dangerous in these forests. A terrible enemy that even the powerful witch Malfrida fears. And there is no escape from it...