Long ago in the ironage a shadow loomed over a village. That the village youths are stolen and delivered as forfeit to a monster - the Minotaur, that dwells beneath a great palace. Theo, haunted by the loss of his romance within an earlier forfeit is convinced that his girl still lives being a servant within the palace and that the monster isn't real. The village leader, his dad Cyrnan, tries to reason with Theo maybe not to move however rage drives Theo. He devises an agenda and can be shot with all the youths who are dragged screaming out of their families.