1881. Thessaly returns to the bosom of mother Greece with the Treaty of Constantinople. Many Greeks from Asia Minor buy large estates and come to settle in the Thessalian plain, which is boiling with the reaction of the impoverished farmers who see their dreams fading away.

Achilleas Konstantinidis, son of wealthy landowners from Trikala, a restless spirit and a ladies' man, will find himself engaged to the young orphan Irene, the girl that his sensitive and dreamy younger brother Christoforos had always dreamed of marrying.
Between the two brothers, a hidden competition and hatred smolder. One is a fervent supporter of Deligiannis and the other a Trikoupis supporter, and they will always stand against each other. The only thing that unites them is their blind love for the same woman. The outbreak of the Greco-Turkish War in 1897 will bring the country to the brink of destruction, and the two brothers will see their lives overturned...