The Band of the Hawk-whats left of them-are on the run, Guts and Casca having rescued the Hawks leader, Griffith, from the horrors of the King of Midlands dungeons. Starved, tortured mercilessly, and imprisoned in an iron mask, Griffith hangs on to life and sanity by a thread . . . and hell be no help against the Kings latest charges sent to bring him back to pay for his dalliance with the Kings daughter. Now the depleted Hawks will have to face the Knights of the Black Dog, led by the merciless, bestial Wyald . . . one bad dog whos even worse when he unleashes the beast within!