The old loner Roth, dead in his toilet hut! Commissioner Hansen can hardly believe his eyes when he sees the corpse, pierced by a crossbow bolt. Criminal Master Haffmeyer is also shocked, although he still remembers Roth's former criminal activities well. Has the old oddball's past finally caught up with him? Or was his death merely an accident caused by a few medieval enthusiasts wandering through the forests around Eisenberg with their replica historical weapons?.