Prince Vadim did not want to go under the hand of the brave Rurik and died a fierce death in the battle of New Grad. Vadimov's warrior, Nezhdan Voenezhich, is looking for a new service with the prince of Kremenets - Churila Mstislavich. But a warrior cannot pass by someone else’s misfortune - and now he is no longer alone, but with Bratila, a sorcerer who was beaten mercilessly for refusing to kill a man with poison, and with the beautiful Nadezhya and her younger brother, whom the village decided to give away as slaves, for unpaid her, the village, tribute...