In a small village, Nichim, a warrior born into a family of embroiderers, is forced to marry as her only hope of stopping a violent invasion of her village. But, believing in the legends her grandmother tells her, she decides to run away and venture into an ancient forest that hides much more than one might think, in order to find the secret power of an ancient goddess, and manage to unravel the disaster of her village to weave a better life.