Queen Elena travels to a remote border county after her beloved daughter Clara suffers a violent attack, only to uncover a treasonous domestic conspiracy. Her royal consort Roland has harbored a hidden paramour for years, fathering an illegitimate son who committed the assault on Clara. When Roland attempts to leverage medicinal herbs to protect his secret family, Elena unleashes full monarchical fury.
Securing rare antidotes through loyal vassals, Elena stabilizes Clara and strips her duplicitous husband of all titles and royal privileges. Refusing exile, Roland organizes mutinous garrisons to besiege the royal gates, marching straight into Elena's military ambush. The queen risks civil upheaval to demonstrate that treachery against the royal bloodline warrants absolute annihilation.
