Breter and zabiyak Egert Soll have already happened to kill in a duel more than once - however, the death of an unknown student, who became another victim of Soll, did not get away with him. He lost his next fight - and the sword of a strange indifferent stranger left a deep mark on Egert's face, the one that later turned into a scar. A scar on the face is a spell on the soul. A spell of cowardice that turned a brilliant fighter into an etchable, fearful, persecuted creature. Salt is destined to know the path of trials, for only the one who imposed it can remove the spell. Meanwhile, about an indifferent stranger with a sword, it is only known that fifty years ago he was the Gatekeeper and almost let into the world an unknown Force that appeared from the Outside...