For a thousand years, the soul of the ancient sorcerer, doomed to eternal torment, was enclosed in a special seal, which allowed the adherents of the primordial church to curb and direct the wild magical elements stored in the vast depths of the anomaly, known under the laconic name of the Source. For a thousand years, the empire, urged on by the clergy, kept it under fifth the whole world, not noticing the impending catastrophe. But the Cursed Night came and the altar, saturated with the blood of innocents, exploded, releasing the elements that desecrated the flourishing region and turned just yesterday a powerful state into a territory torn apart by civil strife. Magic was banned, which enemies did not fail to take advantage of, including the mysterious race of Ymers, once banished to the icy wastelands uninhabitable for life. And only a few know that the soul of Damnath from a broken seal moved into an inconspicuous young man, whom everyone considered weak-minded. Author's notes: Everything is according to the canon - several heroes, intrigues, conspiracies, battles, bloody cults, magic and so on. Landmarks - the same Joe Abercrombie, Scott Becker, Robert Wegner. The novel consists of four parts: I - The HermitII - Endr and the ThugsIII - The Hunter and the SeerIV - The Fall of BasiliteThanks to Klever the suitable cover.The text of the book was translated from the original language using an artificial intelligence program. For the most part, the translation of the text is of very high quality, but in some cases, due to the imperfection of the technology, there may be incorrect phrase translations in the text, as well as single words and expressions may not be translated.