Daniel escapes from the cruel blacksmith Amalek to the mountain, where the outlaw leader Rosh takes him into his band.

Daniel spots his old schoolmate Joel and Joel's twin sister Malthace climbing the mountain and edges toward them.

Rosh's men ambush a traveling caravan and capture a towering, powerful slave they name Samson for his brute strength.

Simon, an old friend, visits Daniel on the mountain and convinces him to return to the village to see his family.

Simon takes Daniel to the synagogue to hear a preacher named Jesus, who disappoints Daniel by not calling the crowd to arms.

Daniel visits Joel's wealthy Capernaum home but loses his temper arguing with Joel's father Hezron and is asked to leave.

Joel and Malthace hide the injured Daniel in a secret passageway after a Roman soldier wounds him with a spear.

Daniel, Joel, and Malthace forge a vow to fight for God's Victory and choose the bronze bow as their shared sign.

Daniel's grandmother dies, leaving him responsible for Leah; Simon offers Daniel his blacksmith shop and house to run.

Romans capture Joel and sentence him to the galleys after Rosh uses Joel's spy reports to rob wealthy Capernaum homes.

Rosh coldly refuses to risk any men to rescue Joel, and Daniel breaks permanently from Rosh's band.

Samson sacrifices himself by facing the Roman soldiers alone so that Joel and Daniel can escape; Nathan is killed.

Daniel confesses his despair to Jesus, who tells him that hate is the true enemy and love is the only thing stronger.

Daniel furiously berates Leah when he discovers she has befriended Marcus the Roman soldier, driving her back into possession by demons.

Jesus arrives at Daniel's home and heals Leah, freeing her from the demons that have possessed her for years.

Daniel bar Jamin lives on a mountain with outlaw leader Rosh, nursing a fierce hatred for the Romans who murdered his father. After reconnecting with his suffering family and hearing the preacher Jesus speak, Daniel is torn between violence and a gentler path forward. He forges a powerful bond with Joel and Malthace and establishes his own band of village recruits dedicated to God's Victory. When the Romans capture Joel and Rosh coldly refuses to help, Daniel faces the limits of hatred as a desperate rescue costs Samson his life. Jesus's teaching that hate itself is the enemy plants seeds of change in Daniel, but it takes Leah's near-death to finally make him choose love over vengeance. The story closes with Daniel opening his home to Marcus the Roman soldier, completing a transformation years in the making.

Daniel's path from mountain outlaw to discovering the power of love.

Young Daniel witnesses his father crucified by Roman soldiers as an example and vows to dedicate his life to vengeance.

Daniel's grandmother falls ill and is forced to sell Daniel to the cruel blacksmith Amalek to pay her debts.

Joel boldly introduces himself to Rosh on the mountain and is immediately assigned the role of spy in Capernaum.

Daniel removes Samson's chains and Samson immediately bows at Daniel's feet, treating him alone as his master.

Daniel visits his grandmother and Leah for the first time in five years and is shaken by the desperate poverty they live in.

Daniel and Joel travel to Bethsaida and witness Jesus healing the sick and lame at Simon's crowded, overflowing house.

Rosh sends Daniel alone to rob an elderly Jewish man on a mountain path; Daniel overpowers him but returns his dagger.

Malthace visits the blacksmith shop and draws Leah out of her shell, and the two spend the afternoon laughing and talking.

Daniel defends a boy named Nathan from village bullies and recruits him as the first member of his local band.

Joel arrives at the shop with a scholarly young recruit named Kemuel, and the village band begins holding weekly meetings.

Malthace disguises herself as Joel, and she and Daniel are forced to carry heavy Roman soldiers' packs along the road.

Rosh uses Joel's banquet intelligence to orchestrate a large-scale robbery of Capernaum's wealthiest households, disappointing Daniel's band.

Joel arrives at Daniel's shop in disguise, revealing he has confessed all his Zealot activities to his father Hezron.

Leah's goat dies of fever and Leah too falls gravely ill, lying motionless as Daniel fears she will not survive.

After Leah is healed, Daniel sees Marcus waiting outside and invites the young Roman soldier inside to say farewell to Leah.

This pool follows the personal history, secondary missions, and key relationships that give texture to Daniel's journey. Beginning with the crucifixion that ignited his vow of vengeance, these events trace Daniel's bond with Samson, the growth of his village band, and the deepening friendship between Leah and Malthace. Joel's daring spy work for Rosh and Malthace's bold disguise reveal how far the three friends are willing to go for their shared cause. As Rosh's looting shames the band and Leah falls gravely ill, the weight of Daniel's hatred becomes impossible to ignore. The story closes when Daniel opens his door to Marcus, completing his transformation from a life of vengeance to one of love.

The relationships, missions, and supporting moments that shape Daniel's world.

Daniel's mother dies of grief weeks after his father's crucifixion, leaving Daniel and Leah without either parent.

Daniel watches jealously as Joel easily wins Rosh's favor on their first meeting, without years of loyalty or sacrifice.

Daniel encounters Jesus preaching to fishermen in Capernaum and feels a powerful spark, but is troubled that Jesus pays no attention to nearby Romans.

Daniel tells Joel and Malthace the full story of his father's murder and Leah's breakdown while recovering in the hidden passageway.

After his first solo robbery mission, Daniel realizes that Rosh sees people as tools to be used while Jesus sees them as precious.

Simon asks Daniel to run his shop on the condition that Daniel serve Roman soldiers civilly to protect his neighbors from reprisals.

Daniel buys expensive blue cloth from the market for Leah, and she laughs for the first time while teaching him how to sew.

Daniel secretly crafts a small bronze bow from scrap metal in his shop and keeps it as a private reminder of his vow.

The band moves their weekly meetings to an abandoned watchtower after Marcus the Roman soldier begins regularly watching the shop.

Malthace asks Daniel whether he has ever considered bringing Leah to Jesus to be healed, and Daniel questions whether healing is always good.

Daniel watches Malthace dance at the vineyard celebration and then turns away her open declaration of love, citing his vow of vengeance.

Leah tells Daniel that she and Marcus have been meeting secretly in the garden all summer and that he is just a homesick boy.

Jesus feeds thousands of people and refuses to be made king, disappearing into the hills while the crowd erupts in anger and confusion.

Simon tells Daniel that Jesus will never lead them against Rome and that the only true chains binding anyone are fear and hatred.

Daniel kneels and weeps openly as Leah is healed, finally surrendering his hatred and making a silent new vow with Malthace.

Beneath the main action lies a series of powerful turning points where Daniel's hatred slowly begins to crack. Revelations about his parents' deaths, the moral contrast between Rosh and Jesus, and small acts of tenderness like buying Leah blue cloth quietly shift Daniel's understanding of what the cause truly demands. Malthace is central to this arc — she challenges Daniel's convictions, plants the idea of healing Leah, and ultimately receives his most vulnerable declaration before he pushes her away. The final turning points arrive in rapid succession: Jesus refuses to be made king, Simon names fear and hate as the only true chains, and Leah's near-death forces the moment of choice Daniel has evaded for years. When Daniel finally kneels and surrenders, he bends the impossible bronze bow not through strength but through love.