The story takes place in The Kingdom of Spain in the seventeenth century. Alatrisde (Viggo Mortensen Viggo Mortensen) is a famous army captain and Balboa (Unax Ugalde). 's guardian. Alatrisd hopes to cultivate Balboa into a real man who is as strong and powerful as himself, but Balboa falls in love with a dangerous woman named Anjelica (Elena Anaya Elena Anaya). Alatrisd is worried because Anjelica's father Luis (Jesús Castejón) and she once had a grudge.
Asked by the head of the Inquisition, Frey (Blanca Portillo) and the king's clerk, Atlas Ride and Louis accepted a very dangerous assassination mission. However, while performing the task, Alatreid was convinced by the noble spirit of the assassination target (actually the British Crown Prince), and let them go, which also brought trouble to himself. Due to the anger of the powerful, the lives of Atlas Ride and others are very unsatisfactory. Balboa and the captain both lost their lovers because of the influence of the powerful. Balboa was also addicted to gambling and even spying for the French until he was caught as a slave. The captain made a living by doing dirty work, and nearly put his life in it - even with all his hard work, his life was a tough one. Atlas Rides worked hard, and finally rescued Balboa, who was imprisoned. At this time, Captain Atlas Ride had no expectations of life, but he still decided to continue to fight for his own reputation and for The Kingdom of Spain. They joined the Cartagena infantry regiment on their way to Rocroix, which was on the front lines of the war between Spain and France.
