Jacob Kuisl is a formidable executioner from the ancient Bavarian town of Schongau. It is through his hands that justice is administered. The townspeople fear and avoid Jacob, considering the executioner akin to the devil... In the summer of 1666, Magdalena, the daughter of the executioner from Schongau, and her husband Simon Fronwieser arrived at the famous Bavarian monastery of Andex to thank God for the miraculous healing of their little children. At the same time, strange murders began one after another in the monastery. So strange that the monks began to whisper: there was a witcher in the area! All the evidence irrefutably pointed to Brother Johannes, the monastery's pharmacist. He was captured and handed over to the local executioner, who, under torture, must extract a confession from the unfortunate man. Having accidentally learned that Kuizl's daughter was in the monastery, Johannes conveyed to her his request - to notify the Schongau executioner, his old friend, at all costs. This one will definitely save the innocent - and cruelly punish the real witcher...