First Minister Grandwell is on a mission for his dread lord, King Hallory VIII of Pendleton. He knows that failing the king means death. He has to travel to remote city that has been invaded by legendary beasts: phoenixes, unicorns, griffiths, pegasus, and tiny dragons, and collect them for the royal menagerie. He has a battalion of royal guardsmen at his disposal, but the mission is proving more difficult than he had anticipated.