IVinland Saga yasekwa eNgilane ukuqala ngo-1013 AD, unyaka apho uKumkani waseDanish uSweyn Forkbeard wathimba uninzi lwayo. Njengoko uKumkani uSweyn esondela ekufeni, oonyana bakhe, iNkosana uCanute kunye neNkosana uHarald, bayaphikisana ngokulandelelana kwakhe. Ingxelo ithatha amacandelo kwiingxelo zembali zeSaga ka-Eric oMbomvu, iSaga yaseGreenlanders kunye nexesha elibandakanya iFlateyjarbok.
Ibali liqala ngokuqalwa kweqela elincinci leViking elikhokelwa ngumphathi onobuqili ogama lingu-Askeladd umlo oselula onetalente ogama linguThorfinn. Iqela lifumana amathuba kwinqaba engqingiweyo yaseFrank kwaye lenza isivumelwano nayo yonke imikhosi ehlaselayo emhlabeni ukuba isebenze ngokutshintshiselana nesiqingatha senqaba kunye. U-Askeladd emva koko wabahombisa, ngelixa amajoni ahlala ebetha amasango, ebaleka nabafana bakhe ngesikhephe kunye nabo bonke ubutyebi benqaba. UThorfinn uthwele inzondo enzima ngokuchasene no-Askeladd xa uThorfinn wayeseyinkwenkwana, njengoko utata kaThorfinn wabulawa ngu-Askeladd nangona wayengumntu oxabisekileyo kwishishini. Ulutsha ludinga ii-duels kunye nomphathi walo ngelinge lokufumana intlawulo, kodwa lihlala lilahlekelwa.
Ifemu yase-Askeladd ifumana umsebenzi njengamagosa kuhlaselo lwaseDenmark eLondon. Apho bajongana nokuba neqela elikhulu elikhokelwa nguThorkell the Tall, iViking ekunye naye. UThorfinn noTorkell bazalisekisa kwingxabano, kwaye iqela lika-Askeladd libalekela kwizinto abazibonayo njengemfazwe engenakunqotshwa. Le mikhosi mibini idibana kwakhona emva koko, nangona kunjalo, xa bobabini abaphathi bafuna ukufumana iNkosana yaseDanish uCanute. U-Askeladd uyaphumelela ekufumaneni inkosana, kodwa uyanyanzeleka kwakhona ukuba abaleke kumkhosi omkhulu waseThorkell. Lo mbutho ulungiselela ubusika kwindawo enomkhenkce emantla eNgilani kufutshane nenkampu yaseDanish eGainsborough.
UCanute, obekwe ukuba abe yintombazana ngenkangeleko, akakwazi ukuphenjelelwa kakhulu ngumkhathaleli wakhe uRagnar nokuthetha kwiindawo zikawonke-wonke. Oku kuyamdanisa kakhulu u-Askeladd, otshintsha iqhinga lakhe lokuqala lokuxhasa inkosana njengokumkani onokubakho wokumkhulula abuyele kutata wakhe, u-King Sweyn, kwisicwangciso esingenamngeni kangako. Uhlaselo ngequbuliso yi-brigade drive kaThorkell Askeladd ukuba atshintshe iingcinga zakhe, kwaye ubulala uRagnar kumzamo wokugqibela wokutyhala iNkosana ukuba ingaxhomekeki ekugqibeleni.
Le nkqubo iba yimpumelelo, yaye uloyiko olungaphambili lukaCanute luthatyathelw’ indawo kusetyenziswa ubukhosi obunamandla. Inkosana ibuyela kwikomkhulu laseDanish, kwaye ibonelele ngentsalela yemikhosi yase-Askeladd kunye noThorkell ngokulinganayo phantsi kolawulo lwakhe. Ujongene notata wakhe, onika umntakwabo uPrince Harald ilungelo lokulandelelana kwaye wayegqibe ngokumbulala uCanute. UHarald uhlala eyindlalifa yokumkani kwaye ubomi bakhe busindisiwe, nangona utata wakhe efaniswe ngokufanelekileyo nguCanute kungquzulwano lwentando. Bebonke, uCanute, uThorkell, noAskeladd baqulunqa iyelenqe lokubulala ukumkani baze bathimbe isithsaba.
Abahambi kunye naye kunye noCanute baphulaphulwa kunye nokumkani wonke. U-Askeladd uninzi lwababekhona kwaye uqhubeka nokuhlasela, ebulala ukumkani, xa uKumkani uSweyn esala ukunqanda ukubetha iWales. U-Askeladd umisiwe nje xa evumela uCanute ukuba amtshabalalise, ngaloo ndlela efumana ukhuseleko lomhlaba wakowabo, eWales kunye nokuma kukaCanute njengokumkani. Eli yayilicebo, lonke elo laseAskeladd. Phezulu ekujongeni i-Askeladd ephelelwa nguThorfinn, izama ukutshabalalisa ngoku-uKumkani uCanute; Ukuqhuba kukaThorfinn ekuphela kwento eyayikhona yayikukutshabalalisa uAskeladd kwaye waziva ephangiwe nguCanute ekunene. UCanute ugqiba kwelokuba angabusindisa ubomi bakhe ngenxa yokuqonda imbono kaThorfinn xa uThorfinn enqunyanyiswa. Njengoko umthetho oqhelekileyo wawufuna ukumka kweThorfinn, uCanute utyhila imfesane kuThorfinn: unikwe ubomi bokubathinjwa.
