His faith broken by years of battle as a crusader, Behman, a medieval knight, returns to central Europe to find his homeland decimated by the Black Plague. Behman and his trusted companion Felson are apprehended and ordered by the dying Cardinal to deliver a young peasant girl - believed to be the witch responsible for the Plague- to a remote abbey where her powers can be destroyed. As Behman and five others set off on this dangerous journey, they realize that the cunning girl is no ordinary human, and that their mission will pit them against an evil they never could have imagined.