Askeladd withdraws temporarily from the war against England. While searching for a new source of income, he encounters a skirmish among the Franks and hatches a plot to steal their treasure. Askeladd sends 16 years old Thorfinn, who has grown up into a cold-hearted Viking, ahead as a messenger.
The river that leads to the lake gets steeper upstream.
يصبح النّهر الّذي يؤدّي إلى البحيرة
.أكثر انحدارًا عند منبعه
Der Fluss, der vom See kommt,
hat ein zu großes Gefälle.
El río que lleva al lago
se empina corriente arriba.
El río que lleva al lago cobra pendiente río arriba.
Plus on remonte la rivière
menant au lac, plus elle est en pente.
Il fiume che porta al lago 
ha delle rapide a monte.
O rio que desemboca no
lago é fundo mais acima.