The Malkinian dynasty is strong and famous, descended, according to legend, from the goddess of Light Intarra. But terrible news struck the world: the emperor was killed. And now his children have to expose the culprit. In order to return to the Dawn Palace and rule the empire, the monk of the mountain monastery Kaden, the future perfect kettral warrior Valin and Ader, who has just assumed the post of Minister of Finance, must withstand a series of tests. Standing on different sides of the barricades, each in their own way, they will learn to endure hardships, put up with fatigue and pain, distinguish justice from cruelty, courage from stupidity, and friends from flatterers and traitors.