In 850 CE Alba (present-day Scotland), it is night. A storm rages on the Great Sea and a Viking drakkar is shipwrecked against the cliffs. The only prisoner on the ship, a Northman, miraculously manages to escape. Fleeing from his past, from unforgiving nature and armed only with luck, the man moves into the clearings of the coast. Foreigner and hated in this land, the skilled Viking warrior will
850 CE, Scotland. The Northman is prisoner in the dungeons of Fearn and prepares to be questioned. Meanwhile, the Witch of the Coast prepares for an arcane ritual to rise a massive Horde and attack the Citadel. In Fearn, Iona Darroch is headed to the Council Hall to persuade the elders to carry out a very risky, if not downright reckless, plan.