Count Tigrevurmud Vorn of the Brunish territory of Alsace is taken prisoner by Eleonora Viltaria, a war maiden of the neighboring kingdom of Zhcted. She will return him to Brune if his ransom is paid, but she has another reason for keeping him.
Duke Thenardier's force
is marching toward Alsace!
¡Las tropas del Duque Thenardier
marchan hacia Alsace!
¡El ejército del duque 
Thenardier se dirige a Alsace!
As tropas do Duque Thenardier
estão indo para Alsace.