Err: Book I

Bron is a young man with a taste for adventure. He yearns to travel, to see magick and to see the world and at 23 years of age, hasn't figured out what he wants to do with his life. He spends most of his time lazing about, visiting inns and drinking mead and ale while dreaming about adventures. He also visits the library where he reads about brave warriors and swashbuckling heroes.

His mother and father grow tired of his willful laziness and lack of interest in working or anything other than fairytales. They begin to punish him with trivial acts in a desperate attempt to force him to go out and find work, which doesn't work.

When Bron is told to go and help his father on the farm, he goes to the inn instead to spend the last of his money on alcohol. A fire breaks out, caused by some unruly dwarves and Bron finds himself on a journey with the most unlikely of companions; a half-ogre named Bull-head Bill and a group of travelling elven bards.