We decide to start zeppelin shopping, which is our cover for being in Germany. Goodwin and Tailspin go to a zeppelin factory and ask what we could get. The owner, upon hearing that Goodwin in a lord, brings them to a comfortable lounge and asks them what options they would like. They choose the standard 40-caliber guns on the zeppelin. They give the man a $5,000 down payment; the shop guarantees a January 1, 1935 delivery (two months out).

Von Keller and Westmore have returned, and ask us to join them in the study. They speak of something called the “Malleus Maleficarum” (literally Witch Hammer) which is a guidebook that the inquisition used to identify and punish witches and other heretics. There was also a hammer, more specifically a warhammer, that carried the same name. Hitler and his newly formed SS have decided to find any items that might harm their regime, since the hammer has great powers against people with any magical abilities. It was last seen in the possession of a man named Gustav Wachenheimer, a German inquisitor 200 years ago. He entered the Black Forest and was never seen again. We find the name of the church that Wachenheimer was affiliated with near Freiberg and the Black Forest, St. John’s, and decide that is the best starting point.

We come to Freiberg and St. John’s church and are greeted by a clergyman. We ask for information on Wachenheimer; Goodwin says that he is researching for a paper on the subject of the Malleus Maleficarum and would like some materials. The clergyman seems resistant to let us see these materials as they are considered to be dangerous, though he relaxes after Goodwin assures him that we mean no harm by researching these materials and do not wish to harm the reputation of the church or servants of the Lord. He shows us the books in their small library and we start looking for information. Goodwin leaves him $20 as a donation for the service.

We shuffle through all of the books looking for information on Wachenheimer. After we search for a while, we find a stack of papers that may have been his journal. We read through it. In his last entry he writes that there are large concentrations of witches in the Freiberg area and he has tracked the coven’s activity to an area a few miles northeast from the town in the Black Forest, and that he is making preparations to investigate and possibly purge the heathens. He also has lists of the people he suspects as consorting with the devil; we get about 6 names.

After finding the information, we plan to head into the forest to investigate.