On San Pietro Island, in Sardinia, Sophie Mutter found in a cave a graffito with the ancient symbol of the Tau. Apparently, it's proof that, as the tradition goes, the survivors of the legendary Children's Crusade took shelter in the Sardinian isle. Harlan recalls what Caleb once told him about the beginning of the harsh clash between himself and the Master of the Night, Nergal, that took place just in that occasion. Forced by Harlan, who accuses him to conceal too many crucial secrets, Caleb evokes an old episode of his long life on Earth– it happened during the XIII century, when he accompanied the crazed voyage of a children's army throughout Europe, between a myriad of adventures, battles, miracles and meetings with bandits, false beggars, pirates, Muslim warriors and, of course, Nergal himself with the terrifying demons of the infernal secret police...
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