In Korea's distant past, a shaman witnesses a traitorous murder and dies for it, but her spirit begins to watch over an unborn child with a significant destiny.
As Yeon Woo begins training as the Crown Princess, Shaman Jang Nok Yeong casts a deadly incantation against her powered by the unwary Princess Min Hwa.
Confronting his powerlessness in selecting whom he'll marry, Prince Hwon fights it politically, leaving the scheming Dowager Queen no choice but to fight back with dirty tactics.
The death of Yeon Wu hits hard. None but two realize her survival of it, but bad timing brings about a frighting trauma that strips away her memories. Years pass.
Weol (Yeon Wu) becomes a living talisman to siphon off the negatives energies from King Hwon. Hwon's restored vitality pleases many, but Shaman Jang knows the dangers the palace holds for Yeon Wu.
King Hwon's refusal to sire a prince with Queen Bo Gyeong concerns the court, even to the point of questioning his sexual preference (which he uses to his advantage).
Weol's continued denial of being Yeon Wu prompts King Hwon's curiosity into events of eight years ago, but court records frustrate him and all parties involved have since died - well, all but one.
Shaman Weol's resemblance to Yeon Wu continues to disquiet the royal brothers. Queen Bo Gyeong, alarmed by Weol's access to Hwon's bedchamber, recruits a spy.
The Queen uses the King's collapse on Consummation Day to turn others against Weol by relaying a false dream, unaware there's a true culprit behind the attack.
Only Shaman Jang Nok Yeong sees the coming solar eclipse as the moment when the heavens begin to return everything to their proper places, which none shall escape it.
With her memories restored, Yeon Wu (with Seol at her side) moves cautiously to learn the details of her staged death and determine whom her enemies are.
Discovering Yeon Wu's last betrayer devastates King Hwon, but it awakens his resolve to put everything in its proper place, starting with the Queen Dowager.
With Prince Yang Myeong Gun on board, Yun Dae Hyeong leads his fellow ministers toward their open rebellion against King Hwon and begins to take lives.
