Kim Jun is the son of an escaped palace slave, who gets raised by monks. Years later, after being torn from his home during wartime, Kim Jun must renounce hispacifist ways to partake in a deadly game that could be his ticket to freedom from his masters, Choe Chung-heon's clan. During the Mongol invasions of Korea, Kim Jun rises in the ranks to become the top military official, and eventually rules the Goryeo empire for 60 years in place of its king.
Kim Joo-hyuk
Kim Ha-eun
Park Sang-wook
Lee Seung-hyo
Cheon Ho-jin
Ahn Jae-mo
Park Hae-soo
Kim Gyu-ri
Park Sang-min
Hong Ah-reum
Cho Eun-sook
Koh Soo-hee
Kang Shin-il
Jin Won
Oh Young-soo