Kingdom of Heaven plot
"Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Safeguard the helpless, and do no wrong"
In the twelfth century, humble French blacksmith Balian (Orlando Bloom) has just lost his wife and child, when knight Godfrey of Ibelin (Liam Neeson) visits him and tells him he is his father. Godfrey asks Balian to accompany him to the Holy Land to save Jerusalem for the west. A stranger in a strange environment, he is elevated to the knighthood, has to serve a leper king and harbors a forbidden love for an exotic queen. In an effort to keep the fragile peace, Balian of Ibelin must eventually protect the people of Jerusalem from an overpowering enemy.