1500s, Hungary. 6-year-old Dani watches her father's murder and abduction of his mother from his hiding place. When the Turkish marauders retreat, the little boy carves an image of the killer on a lance to take revenge as an adult. Dani, who has grown to be a young man, has been preparing to fight for years, until he eventually becomes a master of the lance. And the day will come when he can finally face his father's killer.