The path from the northern seas to the southern ones is not easy. Difficult, dangerous... But the one who rides its cities and portages will become truly great. Here it is, the goal of Prince Rurik, who was once called King Hrorek: power over the water road that connects the North with the Byzantine Empire. Jarl Ulf Hviti, the White Wolf, has a more modest goal: to retain the Castle Island taken from the Svei king and with it control over the beginning of another water road to the southern lands. Unfortunately, the Svei king categorically disagrees with the loss of important lands, and Ragnar Lothbrok, who once promised Ulf protection from the Svei, is dead. However, the loss of Castle Island is not the worst thing that can happen. The worst awaits him at the walls of his home. Sten, which there is no one to protect...