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In the Joseon era, Chae-ok, the daughter of a disgraced nobleman, is separated from her brother as a child and raised as a servant in Hwangbo Yoon's household, learning martial arts and swordsmanship alongside him. She quietly loves Yoon despite their class difference, and joins his police bureau as a damo, a lowly female detective, to stay at his side.
Guk In-yeob is the admired only daughter of a Joseon nobleman, adored by many, including the young scholar Kim Eun-gi. When her father is accused of treason, her family is ruined and she becomes a slave overnight, forced to serve her old rival while learning to survive alongside the other servants, including the mysterious Moo-myung.
In Joseon under the tyrant King Yeonsangun, Hong Gil-dong is the son of a slave, which leaves him with no legal standing despite his brilliance. Shut out of honest work, he becomes the leader of a band of smugglers who take from the rich and give to the poor, while the king's favored concubine, Jang Nok-su, secretly still loves him.
Iljimae is born to a high-ranking nobleman and a lowly servant, and is abandoned as a baby under a tree to protect his father's family name. Raised by a family in the Qing Kingdom, he returns to Joseon only to be rejected by his father once more. Hiding behind a mask, he takes on the ruling class to fight injustice for ordinary people.
Four young people who grow up together are swept up in Korea's upheaval, from the last days of Japanese rule to the split between North and South. Choi Woon-hyuk is a gifted son of poor miners, Kim Hae-kyung comes from a family of tenant farmers, Lee Dong-woo is heir to a powerful family, and Moon Suk-kyung is the only child of an influential pro-Japanese politician.
Seodong is a commoner, a technician raised at Taehaksa, Baekje's leading institute of science and technology. He falls for Princess Seonhwa, who belongs to the enemy kingdom of Silla, a love that ignores rank and class. He also hides something that could change Baekje's future, while his rival Sataek Giru schemes with Buyeo Seon to ruin his plans.
In the late Joseon era, two boys born at the same moment are swapped as babies. Chun-doong, a nobleman's son, grows up among beggars and joins the peasants' uprisings, while Gwi-dong, a beggar's son raised as a noble, becomes a police official who stands up to corruption, and the two men love the same woman.
