Storm As a storm approaches, Arnheid walks to the retainer's camp to visit Gardar and treat his wounds. She is immobilized by guilt over what has happened to her but Gardar suddenly leaps up, and although still bound, bites the guard's throat, killing him. He convinces Arnheid to cut this ropes, whereupon he slays the remaining guards and escapes with her on foot. Snake returns to find his men slaughtered and angrily sends his men off to kill Gardar. The next morning in the barn on Sverkel's farm, Einar and Thorfinn discuss how to stop the cycle of war and slavery, but Thorfinn does not see how things can change while Norse men gain respect through their physical prowess and success in battle. He wants to find a way to atone for the people he killed and create a place where people don't need swords. Einar replies that place must be beyond the reach of Vikings prompting Thorfinn to recall the land far to the west mentioned by Leif. Their discussion is interrupted by Fox and other retainers arriving to search the barn for Gardar.