Witchfinder #1

In 1879, Sir Edward Grey, the man known as the Witchfinder, is drawn into a chilling mystery when Lord Wellington, the sole survivor of a doomed Sahara expedition, begins to recount unearthly discoveries—ancient bones and a hidden underground civilization—before being murdered before his eyes by a creature that seems to rise from the shadows. As Grey investigates the death, a cryptic note surfaces during Wellington’s autopsy, hinting at a deeper conspiracy tied to the secrets the dead man was about to reveal.

In the shadowed tunnels beneath London, Sir Edward Grey is brought before The Captain, a man whose authority extends into the city’s hidden depths. As the night unfolds, Grey is drawn into a strange gathering at the home of a medium named Mary, where the line between the living and the unseen begins to blur.

In the shadowed halls of Mary Wolf’s home, Sir Edward Grey confronts a creature born of ancient dread, his methods questioned even as the threat looms. When August Swain appears—representing the enigmatic Heliopical Brotherhood of Ra—Grey rejects their offer to claim the creature’s bones, deepening the mystery. With Mary and the Captain, he follows Reverend T.S. Blum into a forgotten church, where a chilling tale of Hyperborean survivors and their descent into the inner infernal realm begins to unfold.

After surviving another encounter with the creature, Sir Edward Grey and Mary Wolf pause for a beer in the afternoon. Grey’s mind drifts to his knighthood by Queen Victoria and the London press’s grim nickname—Witchfinder—echoing the infamous legacy of Henry Hood two centuries prior. The Captain then leads Grey to Martin Gilfryd, the disciple and suspected killer of the one man who might have truly helped end the creature’s reign.

In "Chapitre 5" from Witchfinder #1, Sir Edward Grey grapples with betrayal as his newest allies fall one by one, their deaths echoing the chilling warning of Mary Wolf’s apparition. With the ghost of the dead woman urging caution and the shadow of the Confrérie Héliopique de Ra tightening around him, Grey must unravel a conspiracy that reaches into the very bones of his mission.