As a powerful warlord, Bo Peep intimidates people into paying her money under the threat of becoming her slave once she brands them with her shepherd's crook. She arrives at the farm of David and his mother Ruth to collect her payment, but they do not have enough money. A confrontation breaks out and Anna, a travelling visitor, witnesses it. Bo Peep gives them an extra day to pay up, threatening to take their farm if they don't. Before she leaves she brands them with the crook and threatens them with slavery. Sometime later, she learns that Anna is teaching David the art of sword fighting in order to defend himself. Bo Peep thus imprisons Anna in a shed and steals her pendant, hoping to make David feel weak again. Within the farm's horse stall, Bo Peep threatens David about Anna's unknown