While he is four years old, Jorun, Redwin's younger son, spills the melting metal on his face... Marked for the rest of his life and jealousizing the talent of his older brother, Jorun is devoured by anger. If Ulrog, his older brother, inherited their father's gift for the forge, Jorun, inherited only his rage... Unable to control this increasingly rebellious son, Redwin entrusts him to a recruiter of the Iron Legion, a company of mercenaries bringing together the courters who flee the weight of the dwarf tradition, dishonor or justice...