Master Haemonculus Bellathonis is sent by his master, the mad Archon Malixian, on an important mission - to retrieve a rare bird for his collection of avians. But the bird is in the possession of one of the secret masters of Bellathonis's coven, and so the haemonculus enacts a daring plan to break into the master's hidden chambers, deep in the heart of the dread city of Commorragh.