Fjord, the sea surface calm, reflecting the lead-grey clouds in the sky, flocks of ravens circling, foreshadowing the imminent southward descent of the cold wind. This is the first scene the protagonist sees upon time-traveling to ninth-century Northern Europe. He becomes a most ordinary peasant farmer, possessing only a barren and desolate wheat field. For hundreds of years, the glory of the Roman Empire has fallen into dust, the world fragmented, Kings warring incessantly amongst themselves. In this turbulent and dark Medieval period, his primary task is to survive, and then to find a method to end this chaotic era…