Nigel Gore

The once powerful King Lear chooses to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, and so begins one of Shakespeare’s most moving tragedies. At the crucial point of relinquishing his realm, Lear demands to know which of his daughters loves him the most. His ambitious older daughters answer with false praise and lavish flattery, however his youngest daughter, who does truly love him, answers with honesty. Wildly unsatisfied with her response, Lear’s rage sets in motion catastrophic consequences. Ultimately stripped of his privilege and its trappings, Lear must reckon with his own humanity.

狡猾な政治家が台頭し、戦士たちが追いやられようとしている帝国。ある日、強欲な大臣から賄賂を要求されるも、それを断った上に彼に刀を向けたバルトーク卿が反逆罪に問われるという事件が起きる。その後死刑判決が下され、自身のまな弟子であった騎士ライデンの手で斬首されてしまう。1年後、ライデンは酒に溺れる毎日を送り、ほかの騎士たちも刀を捨てていた。だが、その裏で彼らは主君バルトークの敵を討ち、堕落した権力者たちへ報復する計画を進めていた。