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.
西元811年,一个家庭孤立地住在距离比尔卡好几天路程的森林深处里,他们的生活很困苦,有时候还捕捉不到猎物和钓不到鱼。父亲乔尔迫于生活压力,只好开始到各村庄掠夺。大女儿露娜也开始接手家里的事务,但她内心隐约感觉到苦难将要开始,她意识到森林里似乎有邪恶的东西…