Erik is a man, a thief and a rebel, when, after a wild hunt, he escapes from the Baron's henchmen, just because he, of course, by pure chance, carries the jewelery of his wife in a knapsack, into the deep elven forest. He gets a lesson in the forbidden territory immediately, not from the elves, but from orc. An elf, who doesn't kill him, even though it would have been her duty, rescues him instead...