Madrid of 1623. Spain's King Philip IV and his Prime Minister, the Count Duke duke of Olivares, rule over half the world. But perennial warfare has drained the finances, transforming the streets of Madrid into a constant struggle for survival.
Grand Inquisitor Bocanegra and his allies are eliminating all witnesses of the failed assassination attempt on Prince Charles, but Alatriste manages to escape to a church as sanctuary. Not one to be easily outsmarted, Bocanegra has Maria's ...
After a bond of sorts is established between Alatriste and Prince Charles, Guadalmedina assigns him his next job: bodyguard to Charles wherever he may choose to roam. When the destination of his choice is, of all places, the Infanta's ...
After selflessly enabling Prince Charles' escape from the convent, Alatriste is locked away. And while it looks like Maria is ready to do some covert work for Bocanegra to save her sister Ines' life, another spy heads for Spain with ...
Madame de Brissac looks to make Padre Ferrán her ally in driving a wedge between the English prince and the infanta. With Alatriste's help, Elvira Barragas takes revenge on the assassins who killed her brother and uncle, and Inigo finds out ...
The Captain and his old friend Ferrán, who out of penitence has become a radical priest, have struck a deal which would save Maria's sister Ines from certain death. When only Alatriste keeps his promise, he is as furious as Maria, but it is ...
Pressured by Buckingham that an unmarried prince's return to England will mean war between their two nations, Olivares suggests a secret wedding to circumvent the all-too-catholic obstacles in the way and requests that Alatriste and Quevedo ...
The moment Prince Charles and Infanta Maria Ana have waited for for so long goes up in smoke when the captain realizes they have been betrayed. Not a moment too soon, for only moments later, Malatesta and his henchmen show up--Alatriste ...
After saving Maria from Guadalmedina's henchmen and hiding her with Copons keeping watch, Alatriste rides back to team up with his poet comrade Quevedo to find out the real traitor from conniving Luis de Alquezar.
Grand inquisitor Bocanegra contends the death of the infanta Maria Ana's confessor is an omen for even more evil that will be fall Spain if the wedding goes through or King Phillip's play he wrote for Queen Isabella were to be staged as planned ...
While Malatesta has his mind set on revenge, the Captain smells a rat, knowing that if he can get his hands on the kidnapper and Sabine, they will be the ideal pawns for a trade-off against innocent Inigo...but time is running out.
