The mid-17th century. Mikael Cornelius Lind grew up away from Norway, in a foreign country, knowing nothing about his ancestors from the House of the People of Ice—cursed by the evil sorcerer Tengel. Suffering from loneliness and misunderstanding, Mikael finds an outlet for his abilities by uncovering a plot against the heir of the Swedish Queen Christina Carl-Gustav Pfalz—one against whom conspirators are scheming.