The owner of an odal, Freyvar, finds a little girl on his lands who remembers absolutely nothing of what had happened to her before. She is given the name Rungerd, meaning "protected by a secret." None of his kinspeople even suspect how many secrets are hidden within her. Only the High Priest managed to discern the child's true nature โ but what he saw filled him with terror. Rungerd must pass through much in her search for the truth about herself. Will she be able to withstand all the trials that the merciless goddesses of Fate have prepared for her, in order to finally find happiness and love?..