Britain, early-10th century AD. Edward, King of Wessex, Mercia and East Anglia has died, creating a power vacuum in the kingdom. Vying to be king are Aethelstan and Aelfweard, both sons of Edward ...

Harold was the Earl of Wessex, the richest man in the kingdom ... Saxons or Vikings for the last 200 years. William was neither. William claimed that King Edward had promised him the throne ...