Martin Luther decides that his fate is the life of a Monk after surviving a horrible lightning storm. Martin's new teacher, Father Johann von Staupitz, sends Luther to Rome where he is forced to rise against the Church of Rome. Luther is in disbelief by what he sees in there, especially the Catholic Church's practice of selling indulgences in which the common people are told is their gateway to heaven and that their dead relatives can also be risen up to the heaven. Meanwhile in Rome, Pope Leo X needs to raise money to build St. Peter's church. He intends to do this by selling the indulgences that are essentially taking advantage of the common people. When Luther hears about some of his followers spending the little money they have on indulgences,
