A home improvement project 800 years in the making that includes way too many wolves, rat parts, and beards. It's the story of the Tomten of Åbo Castle, from Finnish folklore.
The creatures are women with varying degrees of faces from British folklore. The one thing they have in common? Drunk, possibly concussed guys are the only people that have seen them.
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Music:
"Halpver" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Gene's Waltz" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Evidence Room" by Blue Dot Sessions
"The Snowgarden" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Our Ears, Deceivers" by Blue Dot Sessions
"The Onyx" by Blue Dot Sessions
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