Le loup blanc

A weary traveler shuttles between Paris and Brest, waking to the rolling plains of the Perche one night and to the gothic shadows of Vitré the next. The narration sweeps through fragrant orchards, mist‑laden rivers and finally the once‑proud forest of Rennes, now thinned to a bleak tangle of stumps and iron‑clanged forges. The stark landscape hints at a world where nature and industry clash, setting a tone that’s both rustic and foreboding.

Within those scarred woods lives a distinct caste of charcoal‑makers, coopers and loggers who claim the forest as their birthright, rejecting any external rule. Their fierce independence fuels a simmering conflict with the new regency that follows Louis XIV’s death. As rumors of a mysterious “White Wolf” begin to surface, listeners are drawn into a tale of loyalty, rebellion and the lingering echo of a vanished wilderness, all steeped in the vivid atmosphere of early‑18th‑century France.