Renaud de Patanaude was the youngest son of a minor noble in Aquitaine. With no hope of an inheritance he becomes a squire and eventually wins his spurs as a knight and sets off to seek a new life fighting the Mores in Spain. His plans go awry when he falls in with a band of brigands, is robbed and rescued by an old Templar knight. He begins a new adventure which will lead him into world of intrigue, betrayal and violence and, to ultimately, become a Templar and witness the destruction of the order in France.