A woman, Valerie, returns to find her parents, the Duke and Duchess, have been executed and their bodies desecrated on the city wall by the Temple, which falsely brands her family as heretics. Her ally warns her it's a trap laid by the king, urging restraint. Fueled by rage and grief, Valerie publicly swears an oath of vengeance against those responsible, declaring she will one day make them kneel and pay with their lives.