Count Ivan Ludilshchikov, a newly-minted aristocrat, healer and generally the head of the emerging Ludilshchikov clan, realized that you can't cook much porridge in the capital. There and without him and noble, and rich, and even healers enough. Therefore, he moves to his homeland, in the small but rich city of Sarapul, where he, with his title and regalia, can play one of the first violins. Meanwhile, the civil war in Rassey, with the support of a contender for the imperial title from abroad, is gaining momentum. Ivan will also have to participate in this war. Events of alternative 1907-1908.