(from the back of the book) Ysilia, the battered city, ruled by the henchmen of the demon master, where the daily work of slavery and hardship exists and the country gives only horror and cruelty. If you're a young man born in that city, and still carries in his heart the desire for freedom and adventure, there is nothing more to do than to set out one day to find your way to freedom. But even if the are hunters are shaken off, there still is one last obstacle to overcome to reach the border of the black country: the Black Druid Forest (Schwarzer Druidenwald)