Escalante and de Romeu are arrested for being French sympathizers. The political landscape changes as Napoleon is exiled. At Escalante's invitation, Diego joins La Justicia, a secret organization devoted to justice, and takes the name Zorro. Diego's main adversary for her affections is Rafael Moncada, whom Diego humiliates in a duel. Diego is immediately struck by Juliana and decides to pursue her romantically. Upon arriving in Barcelona, Diego and Bernardo live with de Romeu and his two young daughters, Juliana and Isabel. Alejandro reluctantly allows Diego to go, with Bernardo accompanying him. Tomas urges Alejandro to send Diego to Barcelona, where he can receive more formal schooling, and learn fencing under the famed maestro Manuel Escalante. Bernardo's spirit guide is a horse and Diego's is a fox (zorro in his native Spanish).Īlejandro receives a letter from his old friend, Tomas de Romeu, who resides in French-occupied Spain. As teenagers, Diego and Bernardo undergo a test to prove their maturity and to find their spirit guides. Diego and Ana's son, Bernardo, grow up together and become close friends. While Regina is pregnant with Diego, she befriends Ana, a young convert assigned to care for her during her pregnancy. He retires from the military and becomes a hacienda owner, and later an alcalde. Captain Alejandro de la Vega, a Spanish soldier, marries a Native American woman named Regina.
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