In Oscitan, Bakael is the only Master Inquisitor Ashinn, the dwarf people. He goes with the elf Tanaween to the village of his childhood. There, the miners are mysteriously killed. The bodies, half devoured, suggest that they were attacked by a wild beast. However, it is strange that the victims are only minors. As he begins this investigation, Bakael has to face the demons of the past, this tragedy, which has marked him for ever.