In the year 1199, Robin Hood serves as a common archery in the army of Richard I of England. A veteran of Third Crusade, he now takes part in the siege of Château de Châlus-Chabrol. Disillusioned and war-weary, he gives a frank but unflattering appraisal of the King's conduct when the King asks his opinion, and Robin and his comrades—archers Alan-a-Dale and Will Scarlett and soldier Little John —find themselves in the stocks.