Few on Horus believe in the existence of a great ship built by Thersites, a lame, despised, half-blind and half-mad shipwright originally from Port Qar. Of course, they will say, these are nothing more than sailors' tales. However, from the previous book we learned that a huge ship, launched by unusual warriors for some mysterious mission, was secretly built from everything else. Horus was built in the northern forests and, having passed through Alexandra, broke out into Thassa, beginning its journey to the “End of the World.” ", venturing into the waters beyond the Distant Islands, from which no sailor has ever returned.