The story of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, a Castilian nobleman and war hero in medieval Spain.

In war-torn 11th century Spain, Ruy de Vivar, just a boy, dreams of becoming an invincible warrior.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, skilled swordsman Zhao Zhan saves Justice Bao Zhen’s life and earns a reward. However, the corrupt minister Ji Pang exploits Zhan’s name to provoke the legendary Five Mice of Xian Kong Island, led by Bai Yutang. Seeking revenge, the Five Mice travel to the capital but soon uncover Ji Pang’s treachery and decide to confront him first. When Justice Bao is framed and imprisoned, Zhan must defend the court alone. To defeat their common enemies, he needs the Five Mice’s help—but tensions rise as he and Yu Tang clash, both in battle and over the affections of the formidable swordswoman Ding Yue Hua.

The story of a clash that defined the future of a country – and a continent – for a thousand years. Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy were two men destined to meet at the Battle of Hastings in 1066; two allies with no design on the British throne found themselves forced by circumstance and personal obsession into a war for possession of its crown.

Hereward, son of Duke Leofric and Lady Godiva, fought a long and ultimately hopeless guerilla war against the invading forces of William the Conqueror in the fens of Lincolnshire, betrayed not only by his allies but by his own weaknesses.