On the onset of the Black Death in England, 16 year-old Estrid of the House of Aimar is in a difficult situation. Facing her father's sudden death, she and her household flee Canterbury from a ruthless lord she got betrothed to. As they are sailing away from England, Estrid learns she's expecting. Months later, she gives birth to a baby girl whom she names Sybil in the foreign kingdom of Ing?lfur. Fourteen years later, Estrid and Sybil return to Canterbury...