A young man yearns to learn about his father - what brought him to a land so far from his own, how he came to love his mother, who was so different to him. One day, his mother gives him a book, so that he can learn both sides of his heritage.

His father is a human soldier by the name of Cenwulf, the first human to be admitted to the royal guards. And through what he reads, the boy learns some valuable lessons, and comes to appreciate all that his parents have done for him more than ever before.