Vinland Saga yakavambwa muEngland kutanga muna 1013 AD, iro gore iro iro Danish King Sweyn Forkbeard yakatora yakawanda yacho. Sezvo Mambo Sweyn ave pedyo nerufu, vanakomana vake, Prince Canute naPrince Harald, vari kukakavara pamusoro pekumutevera. Iyo rondedzero inotora zvinhu kubva munhoroondo nhoroondo dzeSaga raEric Mutsvuku, Iyo Saga yeGreenlanders pamwe nenguva iyo inosanganisira The Flateyjarbok.
Iyo rondedzero inotanga nekutanga kweboka diki reViking rinotungamirwa nenzira yemutungamiriri ane hunyanzvi anonzi kutarisa uye Askeladd murwi wechidiki ane tarenda anonzi Thorfinn. Mikana yeboka pane yakakomberedzwa Frankish citadel uye inoita chibvumirano neese ari kurwisa mauto epasi kuti ashande mukutsinhana kwehafu yenhumbi dzakapambwa pamwechete. Askeladd akazovafungidzira, uku mauto achiramba achirova masuo, achipunyuka nevarume vake nechikepe pamwe nehupfumi hwese hwenhare. Thorfinn ane chigumbu chakakomba pamusoro peAskeladd apo Thorfinn aive mukomana mudiki, sababa vaThorfinn vakaurayiwa naAskeladd kunyangwe aive munhu akakosha mubhizinesi. Vechidiki vanoda duels pamwe nemutungamiriri wavo mukati mekuyedza kuwana mubhadharo, asi anogara achirasikirwa.
Iyo femu yeAskeladd inowana basa semamenenja mukupinda kweDanish kuLondon. Ikoko vanotarisana-neine simba rakakura rinotungamirwa naThorkell murefu, mumwe Viking. Thorfinn naThorkell vanozadzisa mukukonana, uye boka reAskeladd rinotiza kubva kuzvinhu zvavanoona sehondo isingakundike. Iwo mauto maviri anosangana zvakare mushure, zvakadaro, kana vaviri vatungamiriri vachitsvaga kutora vechidiki Danish Muchinda Canute. Askeladd anobudirira kutora muchinda, asi akamanikidzwa zvekare kutiza kubva kumauto makuru eThorkell. Sangano rinotora mukana wezhizha muchando kuchando kuchamhembe kweEngland padyo nemusasa weDenmark kuGainsborough.
Canute, uyo anowanikwa kuve girlish muchitarisiko, haagone kufurirwa zvakanyanya neanomutora-Ragnar uye achitaura munzvimbo dzinowanikwa veruzhinji. Izvi zvinonyadzisa zvikuru Askeladd, uyo anoshandura zano rake rekutanga rekutsigira muchinda samambo angangoita wekumununura akananga kuna baba vake, Mambo Sweyn, kuita zano risinganetsi. Kurwiswa kamwe kamwe ne brigade drive yaThorkell Askeladd kuti achinje pfungwa dzake, uye anouraya Ragnar mukupedzisira mugomba kuedza kusundira Muchinda kuti asazopedzisira ave kuvimba.
Chirongwa chakabudirira, uye kunyara kwakapfuura kweCanute kunotsiviwa uchishandisa hunhu hwehumambo hune simba. Muchinda anodzokera kumuzinda weDenmark, uye anopa zvasara zvemauto eAskeladd pamwe neyakaenzana Thorkell pasi pesimba rake. Iye ipapo anotarisana nababa vake, avo vanopa kodzero yekutsiva kumunin'ina wake Prince Harald uye anga apedza kuuraya Canute. Harald anogara mugari wenhaka yamambo uye hupenyu hwake hunoponeswa, kunyangwe baba vake vachinyatso fananidzwa naCanute mukukonana kwemadiro. Pamwechete, Canute, Thorkell, uye Askeladd vanogadzira zano rekuuraya mambo nekutora korona.
Vamwe vaaifamba navo uye Canute vanowana vateereri namambo wese. Askeladd akati wandei aripo uye anoenderera mberi nekuuraya, mambo, apo Mambo Sweyn anoramba kudzivirira kurwisa Wales. Askeladd anongomiswa paanorega Canute kuti amuparadze, nokudaro achiwana kuchengetedzeka kwenyika yepamba pake, Wales pamwe nekumira kwaCanute samambo. Iri raive zano, zvese-pamwe naAskeladd. Kumusoro pakuona Askeladd achipera Thorfinn, kuyedza kuparadza izvozvi-King Canute; Thorfinn chete yekutyaira muhupenyu yaive yekuparadza Askeladd uye akanzwa kubirwa neCanute yekurudyi. Canute anosarudza kuchengetedza hupenyu hwake nekuda kwekunzwisisa maonero aThorfinn kana Thorfinn yamiswa. Sezvo mutemo chaiwo waida kuenda kwaThorfinn, Canute anoratidza kunzwira tsitsi paThorfinn: akapihwa hupenyu hwehutapwa.
