Told in two voices, two outcasts in an Iron Age village befriend each other, as disabled, orphaned Varick helps Estrild achieve her dream of becoming the first female warrior. Inspired by the Windeby bog body.

Nora, una huérfana coja es llevado por el poderoso Consejo de Guardianes a vivir en su palacio a practicar sus talentos de tejer y bordar. Ellas se da cuenta de que está rodeada de misterios y secretos. Lame and suddenly orphaned, Nora is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians.