veritatem back on the hunt for baigujing as his right hand woman/former general, a keres-based shapeshifter who used to help him track down souls on the battlefield, a couple other supernaturals who used to be in his war party way back when before they dissolved in the 13th century, a daemonic "good guy" rival he used to butt heads with, ivan tsarevich and the huntsman for a bad guy alliance against destroyer, morozko and the snow maiden, more fae and daemons