811 AD, a family, isolated in their home, deep in the woods a few days travel from Birka. They are poor. The hunting and fishing has been bad for some time, and the father, Joar, takes the desperate measure of going on a Viking raid. Joar does not return for a long time, and the family starts to fear he never will. Runa, the oldest daughter, takes over her fathers chores in his absence. She misses him dearly and nourishes a tender hope that he, once again, will return to them. But in her heart, somehow she knows, that the suffering of the family has just begun. There is something in the air, something in the water, the wind and in the soil. Runa is becoming aware of something vile, something dangerous out in the forest. One day when she is out hunting, she finds a bleeding man, a warrior, almost unconscious. She brings him inside and the family tend to his wounds. As he heals, she realizes he is sent to protect the family from an approaching evil. And he brings news of her father. 　　译文(2): 公元811年，一个家庭，孤立在他们的家中，在森林深处几天从比尔卡旅【资源囤-ZiYuanTun.Com】。他们很穷。打猎和捕鱼已经有一段时间很糟糕了，父亲，乔尔，采取了绝望的措施去进行一次维京人的袭击。乔尔很长一段时间都没有回来，家人开始担心他再也不会回来了。大女儿鲁娜在他不在的时候接替父亲做家务。她非常想念他，并且温柔地希望他能再次回到他们身边。但在她内心深处，她知道这个家庭的痛苦才刚刚开始。空气中有某种东西，水中有某种东西，风中有某种东西，土壤中有某种东西。鲁娜开始意识到森林里有些邪恶危险的东西。一天，当她外出打猎时，她发现一个流血的男人，一个战士，几乎失去了知觉。她把他带进屋里，家人照顾他的伤口。当他愈合时，她意识到他是被派来保护家人免受邪恶侵袭的。他带来了她父亲的消息。