Zarn never cared for power, fame, or the endless struggles of the world. Living in the slums with his tamed beast, the blue-flamed lion Mico, he battles with his sickly body and his almost ever present weakness. As someone easy-going and afflicted with his own cross to bear, he only wishes for a quiet life away from the ambitions of the strong. But, of course as a protagonist, fate has other plans for him.
A mock battle with the son of a prodigious family set things in stone for fate to do his thing.