In Northern Rus, terrible times have come. Prolonged rains and frosts in the summer of 1228 (A.D.) destroyed the entire harvest and led to a harsh famine in several of its principalities at once. From the west, taking advantage of the weakened Great Novgorod, the Russian lands are threatened by strengthened knights of the Order of the Swordbearers and the troops of the Livonians. At the same time, in Pskov, a vassal of Novgorod, and even in the capital itself, unrest and a conspiracy against the rule of Prince Yaroslav are brewing. In neighboring Danish Estland, the armies of King Valdemar II are pushed back by the “crusaders,” losing their fortresses one by one in the process. To wait it out in the remote forests of the Drevskaya pyatina—or to stand in one line with their former enemy against one big common threat? The Andreev Brigade is preparing for new battles.