Scandinavia, 815 AD. When the Anglo-Saxon warrior known as BLACK SHUCK washed up at the court of King Ivar, it was discovered he was the monarch’s bastard son, sired during a viking raid on the town of Dunwich. Shuck successfully aided Ivar in his fight against the monstrous Jötunn, the beast that dwells within him taking over in the heat of battle. When the King died, Shuck assumed his role and married Queen Freydis…