Virradóra

The story opens on a bright spring in the hills of Manzanares and Guadarama, where almond blossoms scent the air and snow still clings to the mountain ridges. In the shadow of a Moor‑built castle lives Don Alfonzo de Calatayud, once the royal master of the horse, now a solitary knight who spends his days in a cold fortress while his young wife, the radiant Palomba, remains distant. Their marriage is strained by rumors, jealousy, and the weight of past battles that still echo in the halls.

Against this tranquil landscape a fierce political storm gathers. King Transtamare Henrik has defied the papacy and crushed the rebel Peter, and the court buzzes with whispered plots, poisoned drinks, and uneasy alliances with Moorish and Jewish nobles. Don Alfonzo, torn between his oath to the crown and his own yearning for peace, finds himself drawn into secret meetings and a tangled web of intrigue that could reshape the kingdom. Listeners will be pulled into a world of honor, betrayal, and the fragile hope that love might survive the turbulence.