A 19-year-old girl discovers she is the descendant of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian, and she learns that the emperor might have unleashed the plague on mankind and cursed his bloodline.

The young Nina really just wants to celebrate her 19th birthday, but instead of party without end she is confronted with a terrible fate: She finds out that she is the descendant of the Byzantine ruler Justinian. The problem with this is the fact that the old Roman Fiesling has given his later descendant a cruel curse that will wipe out all humanity.