Your favorite medieval pair get into darker musings as Finola and Cillian find themselves face-to-face with the Ancient Dearg of Celtic myth. These powerful forefathers to Vampires do not take kindly to strangers, and especially not strangers who want to murder them dead. Meanwhile, Valor's whispers continue to play on Padraig the Grotesque as his daughters and kingdom wonder how long they can live in fear of a madman.