Vulture Luger's body is dead, but his disembodied essence continues to exist among the living. He has lost everything that can be lost. Zemmour's demons turn him into a source of manic influence and force him to find a successor among the people. The duke’s illegitimate child becomes the curse of the ruling family, a parricide and the cause of the death of an entire kingdom... There is no one to break the chain of bloody crimes; The Vulture's dark power transforms everyone who stands in his way. Only the old hunchback - the Duke's former jester - has a slim chance of resisting the temptation of evil...