Knyaz" igov Grunlaf, zaklyuchiv soyuz s vozhdyami drugikh borejskikh plemen, idet pokhodom na Sinegor"e. Chernyj mag Kras, stremyas" k torzhestvu zlogo nachala v lyudyakh, poperemenno podderzhivaet to Grunlafa, to Vladigora. Ego glavnaya tsel" - sdelat" ikh slepymi orudiyamisvoej voli. Na nekotoroe vremya emu eto udaetsya. L"etsya krov", goryat stolitsy oboikh vrazhduyuschikh gosudarstv...