Demons, intrigues, steam ships and submarines, vampires and other monsters, love and hatred - all this in the eastern scenery of the Yanakato empire.... There was a stir in the imperial palace. It turned out that Lord Vidari was really dead - he was found in his own bedroom by Pak-Len, the emperor's personal servant, shortly before the First Adviser Zian, accompanied by his guards, burst into the ruler's chambers, preoccupied with rumors of treason. The doctor called said that the emperor was poisoned with a potent poison.