Drama set in the Middle ages. In the background of the plot is the story of a prince of Wallachia who exiled his brother, but was later killed by his brother's son helped by a group of Crusaders. He takes the throne and his wife gives birth to twins. One of them is expelled from the palace and brought up as a decent young man by a captain (played by Sergiu Nicolaescu himself), the other stays in the palace and becomes a nasty, selfish villain. As both of them turn 20, they go to seek a mythical Crown of Fire, guarded by Time itself. Yet only the pure-hearted one can have it.