Jarl Vald is a wise leader of a large Viking kingdom along the east coast of Nvald. Of course you had never heard of such a place, nor Jarl Vald, you only knew that certain towns bordering the ocean had been raided and burnt to a crisp...

Now you sat on the longboat, with rope digging into your wrists and binding them together. You have no choice but to watch as your burning home gets smaller and smaller... The barbarians on the boat cheering as you watch the church's spire collasp.