After 10 years in hiding, Vindici returns to destroy the Duke who murdered Vindici's wife on their wedding day.  During his absence Vindici's family fell into poverty, while the Duke, Duchess and their decadent sons acquired wealth and power, ruling over their court obsessed with transient beauty, money, inherited privilege, and power.  Determined to exact his revenge, Vindici sets out to gain the confidence of the Duke and his villainous heir, Lussuriso!