A tentative youthful saddlemaker named Adulfo and a grumpy aging litigator named Raubrand residing in a barn far outside of a cavern framed a friend to gain fame and to make money. First there is a death, then there is a quest for the Magic Dragon Book. A miserly young anchoress named Genelaide and a trusting youthful duke named Bericus are at the wrong place at the wrong time.