In the small village of Karatau, a young Kipchak woman is about to give birth to a son fathered by a shaman from the Oghuz tribe. Meanwhile, on the other side of the steppe, the warlike and power-hungry Bey Toymadik receives a prophecy that a boy will be born who could overthrow him. The ruthless warrior cannot accept this and sends his troops into the steppe with orders to kil...