 Set in early 14th century Wales, Wilkin Brattle, a Welsh knight in the army of King Edward I of England, is betrayed by an Englishman with a lust for power who leaves him for dead.When Brattle is near death, a child apparition implores him to lay down his sword and follow the path of a different man.Later in life, Brattle lives as a happily married peasant farmer in Wales, awaiting the birth of his child.