Born a slave. Forged in the wild. Destined to conquer. “You were not born to kneel.” In the frozen north, Eirik was born beneath the heavy chains of iron mines, condemned to a life of brutal labor. But when his father dies in the pits, Eirik remembers his mother’s last defiance: “Eirik... you were not born to kneel.” Stealing a simple iron sword, he breaks his chains and vanishes into the dark winter night.