Trapped in a loveless marriage, Freya, a fishmonger with dreams of becoming a warrior, finds her life turned upside down when she's betrayed and forced into a mortal combat against the jarl's son, Bjorn. Unveiling her secret power stemming from divine blood, Freya becomes a pivotal figure in uniting a divided nation. The jarl, obsessed with a prophecy, binds her by a blood oath to his destiny as a ruler and decrees Bjorn as her protector. Amidst training and trials by the gods, Freya struggles with a burgeoning forbidden love for Bjorn that could alter her fate and the future of Skaland.