 The three best of the disbanded Musketeers - Athos, Porthos, and Aramis - join a young hotheaded would-be-Musketeer, D Artagnan, to stop the Cardinal Richelieu s evil plot: to form an alliance with enemy England by way of the mysterious Milady. Rochefort, the Cardinal s right-hand man, announces the official disbanding of the King s Musketeers. Three, however, refuse to throw down their swords - Athos the fighter and drinker, Porthos the pirate and lover, and Aramis the priest and poet. Arriving in Paris to join the Musketeers, D Artagnan uncovers the Cardinal s plans, and the four set out on a mission to protect King and Country.