The common dream of being a hero plagues the average village teenager, and Jack is no exception. He is content with admiring the soldiers occupying his small town, and eventually inheriting the role of a blacksmith.  His life came with constant reminders that he wasn't suited for dangerous dangers, so he isn't sure how he ended up in trouble with a mysterious visitor looking for her sister and the strange man on the hill and his stranger pet that might possibly need help with...saving the world?