Razzam is the youngest of three children, having an older sister and an older brother. He lives in Brenville, a modest village of twenty-seven houses, a blacksmiths and an inn.

His enemy is Kranbon. Kranbon is irritable and argumentative. He hates Razzam for no apparent reason.

Razzam proposes a trip to find The Shangrilal." His friends agree to go along with it. Unexpectedly, the Shangrilal turns out to be a person, one who can give the answers to all their questions.