Dane Whitman has now been The Black Knight for a few years and is learning to control the blood lust of the blade- and then he dies. In a routine battle Dane is suddenly decapitated by an unseen shrouded figure, but he is miraculously healed and returns from the dead, needing to kill more than ever. One day his castle is broken into by a woman dressed in black with a biker helmet, when she comes back Dane captures her and finds out that it is his daughter Jacks, who he didn’t know existed. When he was in his early 20’s his fiancé was diagnosed with terminal cancer and he fled, not knowing that she was pregnant, and she died shortly after giving birth. When she is an adult attending college in London, she is attacked by the same man who killed Dane, leading her to find out that he is Mordred and set out to kill all of the descendants of King Arthur and his knights. Because of this she discovers who her father is and tries to steal the Ebony Blade to kill Mordred, but in the brief time she has it she tries to kill Dane out of bloodlust. Together they eventually learn to share the burden of the blade and kill Mordred together.