In a fabled castle in a mysterious land resides a young prince upon whom the land's very destiny resides. A prince whose bloody and vicious exploits will create a legend that will terrify humanity for generations to come. Except the young prince that Sir Apropos finds is, in fact, a wheezing, pasty-faced nothing nicknamed Flad the Inhaler. And it is up to Apropos to help Flad find his inner impaler, lest an entire country fall to its enemies.