Dar, is the son of a king, who is hunted by a priest after his birth and grows up in another family. When he becomes a grown man his new father is murdered by savages and he discovers that he has the ability to communicate with the animals, which leads him on his quest for revenge against his father's killers.
I don't know if it was meant to come across this way but the protagonist is very creepy in his first encounter with his love interest, he forcibly kisses her and pins her down on the ground