Baron Wismerhill and his friends find themselves wrestling with the dead-living of Der Hem Shelbem, an army of putrefied soldiers and other hideous creatures led by a Prince of the same acabit. Comment of our hero: "Boudiou, feared, the bestiau." The fight is terrible, and Wis seems badly gone, when Haazheel Thorn arrives to the rescue and disintegrates the putrefied. Following this little trip, Wis is invested with the magical powers of the Prince and inherits his fabulous treasure. Meanwhile, the Order of Light stands up against the empire and Fratus magouille to become emperor in place of the emperor. Arrogant attitude which displeases him, and also at Parsifal, commander of the Order of Justice. So this is the imperial army and that of Parsifal on the foot of war.