In the wake of the Black Death a labour shortage gives the underclass leverage to demand better wages, but England's involvement in the Hundred Year War has left the treasury empty and Britain's Baron's are sick of paying for it all. Their solution? Levy new taxes against the working class. An act that leaves England's lower ranks on the brink... But one radical leader rises up to mobilise the common people. Wat Tyler organises an army of peasants, tradesmen and soldiers to march on London, to present King Richard II with a list of grievances. The lower class seemingly have an upper hand, and the King is open to negotiations. But simmering resentments hit a boiling point and the riots quickly turn violent. When the news reaches King Richard II that his subjects are out for blood, he's no longer sympathetic to their cause and ensures Wat Tyler meets a gruesome end.