During a chance encounter on a sea shore, Torvard, the konung of fjals, involuntarily killed Skelvir, mistaking him for Bergvid, the Black Hide—his long-time enemy. Skelvir had no sons, so no one could avenge him. His daughter Ingitora is faced with a choice: to marry and give her husband the right to take revenge—or try to do it herself. She is not a warrior, but she possesses a strong poetic gift, and she takes revenge for her father’s death by composing shameful verses about Torvard.
But this revenge seemed to be not enough for the girl-skalda. Egvald, the son of the king of slätts, is in love with her and wants her for his wife. And then she sends him with an army against Torvard, wishing to get the head of her enemy…