Tipperdingeli noor krahv Melchior saab vanaisalt päranduseks ainult kolm asja - sadula, sule ja pasuna. Ta saab sõbraks ketserist munga ja rändava skolaariga ning asub rännakule, peagi avastades, et maailm vajab järjekordselt päästmist... Young count Melchior of Tipperdingel receives only three things as an inheritance from his grandfather - a saddle, a pen and a bugle. Befriending a heretic monk and a traveling scholar, he sets out on a quest and soon discovers the world needs saving...