In the opinion of all, Soliman is a failure. But the war is rumbling and he will have to face up to his responsibilities by compensating his lack of talent and courage by ingenuity and rubbish... Soliman, son of a great Alchemist, is only disappointed for his entourage. When the region is attacked by a powerful Necromande, the young man, the last surviving Mage, is forced to wage a war lost in advance. He then joins his former cellmate, Iixos, a fierce and irreverent barbaric from the South. In wanting to flee his duty, Soliman will meet his fate.