Melchior’s bride Keterlyn occurs to witness an assault on a younger man. The sufferer, who has misplaced his reminiscence, doesn't know who he's and the way he ended up in a Tallinn. A hoop discovered on the scene leads Melchior to the path of the nocturnal brotherhood, questions are additionally raised by the troupe of freaks who carried out on honest day. Ominous indicators recommend that not solely is the stranger recovering from a homicide try in danger, however Melchior and Keterlyn as properly. On the similar time, an inquisitor generally known as a ruthless witch hunter arrives on the town. Melchior's potential to "converse to the useless" and to note invisible traces of homicide have raised the suspicion that he could also be a harmful heretic. And the place of the enemy of the church is on the stake…