The first in the series tells a tale of a 15th century Jiggy who meets a scheming lawyer named Merlin, and a pickpocket named Arthur It's not easy being a peasant. Jiggy's medieval life is one dirty dung heap of trouble after another. Worse, he has to work for the dumbest knight in the land, Sir Bozo de Beurk. But when Jiggy discovers a pair of magic balls, his fortunes might be about to change.