Fury and his ward, a young Master Parquagh, engage with a blind Irishman of considerable acrobatic ability named Murdoch to secure this treasure, who in turn invites fellow rogue Natasha to join him in his quest. Strange also tells of an ancient and powerful weapon traveling to London from Jerusalem, and Fury is directed to bring it safely to the crown, as it may be the most powerful relic ever seen by human eyes. Each man seeks answers to the issues of the crown, Fury to the machinations of the Count of Latveria and Strange to the unnatural weather and energies that have begun to spook royal and common alike. Queen Elizabeth I sits on the throne of England riddled with a wasting disease, asking for advice from her Spymaster Sir Nicholas Fury and her physician Dr Steven Strange. Into this mix, Neil Gaiman drops another set of great heroes and villains: those of the Silver Age Marvel universe. The end of the Elizabethan era and beginning of the Jacobean (with the death of Queen Elizabeth I and the rise of King James) were a tumultuous time, and every part of the UK was affected, even to such extremes as impacting Shakespeare, whose plays suddenly turned against the Tudors and towards the Stuarts to match the changing of the times. 'The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.'

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