The difficult road, watering the blood of enemies and friends, tears of despair and sorrow, brings the Keeper of the Diamond and Wooden Swords, the magician and necromancer Fess to Narn, the abode of the Dark Elves. But the inhabitants of the magic forest refuse him shelter, seeing the future of the black wizard as the Apostle of Darkness, who is written to bring death to Evial in his family. Fess failed to find refuge with the light elves. Having accepted the battle with the faithful servants of the Inquisition - the pupils of Brener Castle and allowing to capture the air magician Giles, Fess violates the word of the necromancer for the third time. In a desperate bid for revenge against the Inquisition, Fess loses his remaining friends, his newfound love, and is as close as ever to the Grey Limits. The time of the magician's wanderings is coming to an end, the time of the magician's loneliness is coming.