Trapped inside Lambaborg by Earl Rognvald’s men and running out of food, Sweyn Asleifsson has only one way out. Under cover of darkness, he lowers himself down the Caithness cliffs by rope and escapes in a hidden boat.
In Dornoch’s battle legend, the Earl of Sutherland loses his weapon while facing a raiding party’s leader. His replacement is something you really wouldn’t want lying nearby.
In a Caithness weaving room, twelve Valkyries work upon a loom made from human entrails, severed heads and weapons. This is not modern horror. It is a Viking vision of women weaving the fate of men.
