 In the woodlands of Crestlin, within the village of Lycian lies the foundings and fate of the kingdom. With the arrival of a neighboring Queen and her daughter, two brothers contest in a bitter struggle for the hand of the alluring Lady Elizabeth. Lord Draken, heir to the throne of Crestlin, and his peasant brother, Telus, find themselves victims to the influences of love, jealousy and betrayal. But when they are played into the designs of a fanatical revolutionist their rivalry over the Lady turns into a conflict that will see the blood of royalty spilled.