In 112 A.D., in what is now Libya, the Basilisk, an ancient monstrous snake reputed to be the king of serpents, attacks a Bedouin leader (Bashar Rahal) and his sons who make their way to the mountains where it lives. When it kills the leader's sons, it is turned to stone by the "Eye of Medusa", a long golden staff which contains the most beautiful diamond in both the human and the animal worlds. Once it becomes a statue, the Basilisk is then buried by a rockfall.