England 1238: Young Adela of Waringham and Bedric, the son of a peasant family, grew up together. While Adela is sent as a lady-in-waiting to the king's sister and is married off to a knight, Bedric toils in the fields of Waringham, subjected to the misery of serfdom and the whims of Adela's brother. When the situation becomes unbearable, he flees. In London, he meets Simon de Montfort, the king's brother-in-law, who risks a rebellion and a break with the crown to push for reforms. As plagues and crop failures sweep the land, a war breaks out, heralding a new era. Yet Bedric and Adela have never forgotten each other.