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Britanny, 17th century. the count of Kermellec and his steward disapprove of their spoiled daughter Agnes viz. indomitable son Yann growing up as friends turning into lovers, however hard the 'upstart' is caned, so they enlist him in the French royal army. rather then flee with Agnes and spoil her future, Yann embarks for America. Ten years later, he returns as royal privateer, but finds her married to a nobleman and gets falsely blamed for the murder of her father during his incessant search for his coastal castle's treasure.

Yann escapes arrest and again after bumping into the procurator's carriage. He sneaks into the castle to convince Agnes of his innocence and undying love, but finds her embittered and on her husband's side. The marquis blackmails de Villeneuve into a 'three-way' partnership to search for the Kermelec treasure, with his pet parrot as 'the brains'. Then the marquis cues him to have the only cue from the grave of the admiral who stole the riches from the Aztecs, a pagan idol, assessed by an expert antiques dealer and fence, regretting him being killed afterward, fed to his own piranhas. Yann's crew was arrested in their cave shelter and resisted torture, but despairs when told their captain is arrested again, but in fact de Vileneuve murdered and scarred a soldier to pretend the Sparrow-hawk is eliminated.

After the captain's double's execution, the marquis and de Villeneuve prepare the hunt for the Kermellec treasure with his crew. Agnes meanwhile finds out about the trickery as well as his innocence and pretends to have amnesia so as to play the devoted wife, excused from the pirates trial. tailing her allows to catch the last pirates in liberty. The captain's mistress becomes the marquis's lover, but refuses to betray him, unlike her lush husband.

The marquis and count persist in putting Yann on trial for piracy, despite his warning they will have a lot to explain to the royal 'intendant general' (supervisor of provincial authorities), and obtain a death sentence. However Marion's father spreads a pest rumor and manages to free him and his captured party. The villains have already set out i their treasure hunt to New France (in America), with his ship and crew. Yann's party tricks some cocky merchants and ultimately takes control of their ship to set chase in the Atlantic.

In control of the merchant ship, Yann closes in on his former pirate ship the Meduse, which has reached its destination, a Carib island shared by a lonely peddler in a tiny fort and the cannibal Indian village. There cabin boy Nicolas's heroic efforts to defend Agnes are no match for her fiendish husband count Hervé, so she must accept committing to an alliance with the marquis, who clearly betrays his partners anyhow. Mistrusting him too, she begs Nicolas to run ands seek help. He does so while bravely serving as guinea pig for the English-invented diving casket, having found indications the admiral's ship carrying the Kermelec treasure sunk there. Cha-Ka is determined to sacrifice his life for his lovers' in a shamanistic ritual, but she reproaches Yann for helping and thus forcing her to live without him, however the Indian offers a ritual alternative in a dream.