Set in a small isolated village in 14th century Wales, Alice is a sixteen year old girl who is accused of being a witch and evoking the plague that has ravaged the village, carrying the lives of numerous, including Alice's personal father. When it is disclosed that Alice was hiding the infection of her mother, she's made to watch The Cleanser, an figure that was masked , viciously sending her mother. The town preacher and subjects her to five trials after she spurns his advances, and defacto leader Tom has eyes for Alice. Escaping the evening together with the assistance of her mommy's friend Mary, she flees into the woods and finds a mysterious healer's hut, together along with allies to manage and his own troubled past. He teaches her how to exact revenge, also nurses her back to health.