A noble child born of an illicit rendezvous is sentenced to death but instead secreted away. He is found by a peasant couple and raised as their own as they risk betrayal and imprisonment to keep their son. The truth of his heritage comes to light at the same time a band of outlaws heightens their threat on the peace. The band of brigands suffers its own distress as fugitives seek to discover their lair and claim the plunder for their own. A trap is set for the renegades but complications result in unwanted results that find the bandit queen imprisoned and decisions being made that will seal her fate.