S1 • E1
In Korea's distant past, a shaman witnesses a traitorous murder and dies for it, but her spirit begins to watch over an unborn child with a significant destiny.
S1 • E2
An acceptable new teacher for sullen Crown Prince Hwon and companions for moody Princess Min Hwa concern the court.
S1 • E3
A lie deflects a message to the wrong person, and a message from the dead goes unheeded.
S1 • E4
Confronting his powerlessness in selecting whom he'll marry, Prince Hwon fights it politically, leaving the scheming Dowager Queen no choice but to fight back with dirty tactics.
S1 • E5
As Yeon Woo begins training as the Crown Princess, Shaman Jang Nok Yeong casts a deadly incantation against her powered by the unwary Princess Min Hwa.
S1 • E6
The death of Yeon Wu hits hard. None but two realize her survival of it, but bad timing brings about a frighting trauma that strips away her memories. Years pass.
S1 • E7
King Hwon's refusal to sire a prince with Queen Bo Gyeong concerns the court, even to the point of questioning his sexual preference (which he uses to his advantage).
S1 • E8
Weol (Yeon Wu) becomes a living talisman to siphon off the negatives energies from King Hwon. Hwon's restored vitality pleases many, but Shaman Jang knows the dangers the palace holds for Yeon Wu.
S1 • E9
Hardship comes to Weol (Yeon Wu) when King Hwon awakens and thinks her a spy trying to assassinate him.
S1 • E10
Shaman Weol's resemblance to Yeon Wu continues to disquiet the royal brothers. Queen Bo Gyeong, alarmed by Weol's access to Hwon's bedchamber, recruits a spy.
S1 • E11
Weol's continued denial of being Yeon Wu prompts King Hwon's curiosity into events of eight years ago, but court records frustrate him and all parties involved have since died - well, all but one.
S1 • E12
Adversaries use the King's love for his Shaman talisman to force him into performing the royal duty of servicing the Queen on Consummation Day.
S1 • E13
The Queen uses the King's collapse on Consummation Day to turn others against Weol by relaying a false dream, unaware there's a true culprit behind the attack.
S1 • E14
Only Shaman Jang Nok Yeong sees the coming solar eclipse as the moment when the heavens begin to return everything to their proper places, which none shall escape it.
S1 • E15
With her memories restored, Yeon Wu (with Seol at her side) moves cautiously to learn the details of her staged death and determine whom her enemies are.
S1 • E16
Ironically, as a few either figure out or suspect Yeon Wu may not, after all, be dead, Yeon Wu figures to protect them by not revealing her true self.
S1 • E17
The "resurrection" of Hae Yeon Wu becomes an open secret among the elite after the royal brothers stand together against Yun Dae Hyeong's assassins.
S1 • E18
Discovering Yeon Wu's last betrayer devastates King Hwon, but it awakens his resolve to put everything in its proper place, starting with the Queen Dowager.
S1 • E19
With Prince Yang Myeong Gun on board, Yun Dae Hyeong leads his fellow ministers toward their open rebellion against King Hwon and begins to take lives.
S1 • E20
The rebellion begins, the trap is sprung and, as promised, everyone is put in their proper places.
The Shaman Jang Nok Yeong
Lady Shin, Yeon Wu and Yeom's Mother
Yun Dae Hyeong
Hyeong Seon
Queen Dowager Jung Hui
The Mother Queen Han
The Concubine Park, Yang Myeong Gun's Mother
Heong Gyu Tae
Minister Sim San
Minister Han Jae Gil