Set during a time that very much resembles Europe during the Middle Ages BESERK is a story of revenge set in the castle town of Midland. Recently the town has seen the rise of a wicked king who uses demonic minions to control and victimize his subjects. However when a lone soldier enters the town calling himself the Black Swordsman and armed to the teeth many sense that the king's days of unchecked oppression are over. Soon the Black Swordsman is plying his trade by hunting down the king's evil servants giving no quarter and preparing to exact his vengeance on the king. Contains episodes 1-5.