Aratta was a powerful power yesterday, and now it is left without a legitimate ruler and is plunging into darkness. Every resident of the country, be it a prince or a grandson of an Ingrian sorcerer, the sovereign of a warlike people or a renegade expelled from his own tribe, understands: the former life, the former world will no longer exist. Amazing rumors are circulating about the kidnapped heir to the throne - Ayura. They say that he is alive, works miracles, and even the fierce Serpent Sea obeys him. Maybe he is really the son of God and he is able to defeat the Original Serpent with an arrow fired from a solar bow? In the south, in the mountains of Nakharan, an ancient sign of power - the Serpent Sun - was raised to the banners. The bodyguard of Tsarevich Shiram, declaring himself the king of a free people eager to destroy Aratta, starts a war. But his bride Ayuna disappeared without a trace in the forests. There is rumor that she was kidnapped by werewolves... Meanwhile, two children in a forest full of monsters find a magic tree, and in its hollow - a golden thread, similar to a string. If they knew who was guarding her...