Denmark';;;s Jutland Peninsula welcomes the new millennium. After the death of his enemy Asherad, Thorfinn, who lost his purpose in life, was bought as a "slave" by landowner Ketil and worked on his farm. There, thanks to meeting Einar, another youth tued into a slave, Thorfinn faces his own sins and finds the meaning of life. Meanwhile, Canute, who has been crowned King of England, is planning to expand his territory to build a "paradise". This is a "true warrior saga" with a "story of redemption and salvation" after the prologue.