The new King sits the throne uneasily. He has been selected as a weak man, easy to control, as he prepares to launch a counter offensive to the other side of the mountains. However, a resistance movement among some of the nobility seeks to undermine him. A strange child roams the Castle. Secrets of the previous King are being unraveled, and his advisors jockey for power and influence. As the King learns the rules of power, so do those around him with deadly consequences.