Thanks to the mysterious artifacts of the ancient civilization, Ivery managed to lead his detachment out of the Dusty Castle through a magical portal, avoiding a fight with the magicians of the emir. He successfully reached his ancestral castle and defended the right to inheritance in a mortal battle with his half-brother. But what's next? How to keep ambitious warriors and talented masters in the wilderness on the border of the border? How do you turn a seedy lot into a prosperous barony? How to resist the territorial claims of a powerful neighbor?