The imperial family's advisor is a witch, a hag, the devil in disguise.
At the turn of the 20th century, unrest stirs in the far-north Empire of Muscovy over bread and war, taxation and tyranny. The shadows whisper about the imperial family and about an immortal witch.
They whisper, "The imperial family's advisor is a witch. An old hag with a head full of white hairs. She knows magic like demons. The devil in disguise, tricking the emperor with her dark arts."
As the "witch" is violently exiled from the capital, the gears of revolution continue to turn toward blood.