"In the year of our lord 1314, patriots of Scotland, starving and outnumbered, charged the fields of Bannockburn. They fought like warrior poets. They fought like Scotsmen. And won their freedom..... .....F O R E V E R......"

The year is 1280 A.D. Scotland is in a state of turmoil, ruled by the ruthless King Edward I of England. The main character, William Wallace, grows up under the rule of Edward the Longshanks. When he was a young boy, William Wallace's father and brother, along with many others, lost their lives trying to free Scotland and is raised by his uncle. One of his most comforting figures in his sad youth was a young girl named Murron, who gave him the gift of a thistle the day of his father's funeral to show her love and her pity for William. They were both only innocent and young, but this simple thistle proved to be the symbol of a neverending relationship that Murron and William would one day share.

When William is a grown man, he returns to his homeland. He sees Murron at a wedding party, and falls in love with her, he gives her back the very same thistle she had given him years before. Seeing this, and by being with William, she falls in love with him as well...

William is angered by the harsh English laws for Scottish marriages, and refuses to let dear Murron be taken away by the English. They both decide to marry secretly in the forest.

But when they are discovered, Murron is captured and killed by the English magistrate. When he sees what has happened to Murron, he fights back with fellow Scottish peasants and destroys the English fort and kills all the soldiers.

Gradually the number of his Scottish followers grow. Wallace almost defeated and fearlessly leads the unexperienced but determined Scottish rebels into a war against Longshanks. Even though they are outnumbered, starving, and lacking equipment and experience, they manage to destroy a huge part of the English army and various parts of England, killing a brutal enemy that had at the time not been defeated for hundreds of years.

But, as always, triumph in battle came to an end for William. He ended up being lured into a trap by the nobles of Scotland, who had too grown fearful of his power. He was scheduled to be executed in London and was imprisoned. The beautiful and wise Princess Isabella comes to plead for his life to her father-in-law, the king, out of respect and her own love for him.

His very last word, echoed forever in the hearts of everyone who remembered him, was one last defiant cry... FREEDOM. Yet, he goes in peace, knowing that his people will soon be free, and sets his last gaze lovingly on the spirit of Murron, who walks to him through the crowd as the English executioners behead him.

And William's quest was fulfilled by his men. They returned to the fields of Bannockburn one last time, and although starving, outnumbered, and with one last flicker of hope, they fought and won their freedom...forever..