Cause / Great Purpose Realizing that Gardar is free, Einar races with Thorfinn to Sverkel's farmhouse to check on Arnheid, but everything seems normal. However, Arnheid confesses that she helped Gardar escape, and he is now badly wounded and laying hidden in Sverkel's farmhouse. Einar offers to help her and Gardar escape and Thorfinn agrees. While Snake, Badger, and Spider wait for Gardar inside the house, using Arnheid as bait, Sverkel reminds Snake that only luck determines who are masters or slaves...