With the mark of an outcast

The newly formed garrison of Landštejn Castle is unexpectedly caught off guard by a fierce dispute between two well-organised groups of peasants, who are independently claiming the exclusive right to provide paid assistance to passing merchants. The situation escalates with the burning of two forest homesteads. To make matters worse, a caravan of colonists heading for the distant estates of a Moravian monastery suddenly vanishes without a trace. It soon becomes clear to the small and inexperienced Landštejn garrison, led by a handful of the castle's men with Sigibert of Sichelbach at the helm, that they are facing treacherous and exceptionally determined criminals…