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.
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