When Bianca is seven, her father is ordered by the duplicitous Cesare Borgia to go on a quest. Bianca is left in the care of the beautiful Lucrecia Borgia, Cesare's sister. When Lucrecia becomes jealous of her brother's interest in the child she plots a dire fate for Bianca. There Bianca finds herself in the home of seven dwarves, who await the return of their brother, the eighth dwarf, long gone on a quest of his own.