- Coya, a native Peruvian girl, is deserted by her lover Watkins, a brutal English colonist who returns to his home country after plundering a gold fortune in Peru. Five years later, when Coya kills herself at the foot of the statue of the sun god Inti, her little boy Dorian is found by another, more benign colonist, Lord Haviland, who takes the child to England to raise as his own son. Grown to manhood, Dorian is troubled by visions of an Incan woman kneeling at the foot of an image. These visions interfere with his relationship with Violet, the daughter of Watkins, who had, upon his return to England, married a woman of aristocratic birth. When Dorian inherits his father's wealth and title, he revisits the land of his birth and meets a local girl named Bianca. The two are strongly attracted to each other, but Bianca is desired by the Inca chieftain Natcho. Furious at being repulsed, Natcho leads his tribesmen in an attack on the English visitors. In the ensuing battle, Violet and her father, who had followed Dorian to Peru, are mortally wounded. On his deathbed, Watkins confesses that he is Dorian's father. Thus freed of his mysterious attraction to his half-sister Violet, Dorian marries Blanca.
- Dorian, called "The Red Prince," because of the color of his skin, is the son of Watkins, an Englishman, seeking his fortune in Peru. In the opening scenes are shown the native Peruvians, or sun-worshipers, performing their religious rites. They attribute an eclipse of the sun to the evil presence of Christian Incas, and descending on their village slay the priests and scatter the worshipers. Among the latter is Coya, who is found by Watkins and carried away to his cabin. Five years later Lord Haviland is visiting his Peruvian estates seeking health for his daughter, Lydia. They are driving up a mountain to witness the grandeur of the sunset when they come upon a woman, who has just killed herself at the foot of an image of Inti, the Sun God. It is Coya, who is deserted by Watkins, who returns to England with his hoard of gold. Crying by the woman is a little boy, their son. The Havilands adopt this child, who is named Dorian and known as "The Red Prince." Twenty years more pass and Dorian has succeeded to the title and riches of Lord Haviland. Watkins, forgetting his years in Peru, has married an English woman and has a beautiful daughter, Violet. She and Dorian fall in love, little dreaming they have the same father, but every time Dorian starts to speak of his love there appears to him in a vision his Inca mother dying at Inti's feet and swearing vengeance on the man who deserted her. There is visiting at the Havilands, Blanca, an Inca girl, who loves Dorian because, he, too, is of Inca blood. Dorian is made a nervous wreck by his constant hallucinations and visions every time he is in Violet's company, and he goes to Peru to his estate, the place where he was born. He realizes that he cannot marry Violet and that Blanca is the girl for him and tells her of his love. Natche, Inca chieftain, hopes to win Blanca and, being repulsed, leads his tribesmen against the Haviland estates, planning to carry her off. Meanwhile Watkins and Violet have come to Peru, and in the battle which follows, Watkins is slain on the very spot where Coya, his wife, ended her life. Violet also is killed and Dorian slays Natche. Watkins, dying, tells the story, which explains the visions which prevented Dorian from marrying his own half-sister.
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