The year is 1350. Boy, a hunchbacked and sweet-natured goatherder, is content with his quiet country life. But when a shadowy pilgrim with a dangerous past arrives on the farm, his world is turned upside down. Secundus is a man on a mission, and upon first sight of Boy, enlists him as his servant, ripping him away from tranquility and plunging them both into a perilous medieval treasure hunt... but there is more to the pilgrim's quest than meets the eye.