A man wakes up with no memories and is horrified to find himself in a room that clearly belongs to a dark wizard given its decor. He's even more horrified to discover that he himself is the dark wizard who styles himself Dread Lord Gavrax. He's a middle aged mediocre dark wizard living in a tiny castle above a pathetic village served by goblins and a creepy majordomo who mostly talks about torturing people. Gav even has a princess locked away in the dungeon. Unfortunately, he can't just free the princess and sneak away to live anonymously because it seems she's a component in a ritual that he agreed to participate in with three other, far more impressive, dark wizards. If he fails to show up with the princess they will obviously hunt him down and kill him slowly, but the more he learns about this ritual the more wary he is about participating, let alone sacrificing an innocent woman.