Synopsis

Baltimore investigates a small town in Estonia where the Red King has been seen. But he has little luck getting the townsfolk to speak with him, and a farmhouse full of broken, bloodied bodies is his only lead.

Art by Peter Bergting (The Portent, Domovoi).

Number 22 in a series.

Plot Summary

February, 1920- Harju Estonia: Henry Baltimore, Thomas Childress, Harish, Sofia Valk and the Undertaker are in the room with Quigley's corpse starring at a black cat with red eyes, just like the one that stood over Sofia's dead husband Villem, just before he rose from the dead as a undead blood thirsty monster.

Henry and Harish chase after the cat but once outside it disappears and Henry assumes it is more then just a cat. When Sofia reminds the group of what the cat did to Villem, the group decide to bury Quigley at once, before he can become what Villem had been.

On the way to the graveyard the group comes across a murderous Villem, but this time they are prepared for the unstoppable killing machine. Sofia douses her former husband in oil and Henry sets the monster ablaze.

This seems to stop the monster but when it colipases a small monster pops out of the corpse but Henry is able to stab it before it can escape. This action draws the attention of the Witch of Harju, who curses the group, turns into a big black bird and flies off.

After Harish and Henry return from trying to track the bird the group decides to continue their plan of burying Quigley, and on the way to the graveyard the undertaker tells the story of the Witch of Harju and how it is a spirit of vengeance summoned by the women of Harju over the lose of their children to the plaque.

Once at the graveyard they attempt to bury Quigley but before the can start they are attacked by a horde of zombies and the group appear to be out numbered and surrounded.