Vinland Saga imakhazikitsidwa ku England kuyambira 1013 AD, chaka chomwe Mfumu Sweyn Forkbeard yaku Danish idalanda ambiri. Pamene King Sweyn akuyandikira imfa, ana ake, a Prince Canute ndi a Prince Harald, akutsutsana kuti alowe m'malo mwake. Nkhaniyi imachokera kuzinthu zakale za Saga ya Eric the Red, Saga waku Greenlanders komanso nthawi yomwe ikuphatikizapo The Flateyjarbok.
Nkhaniyi imayambira pachiyambi cha gulu laling'ono la Viking lotsogozedwa ndi wamkulu wanzeru wotchedwa cheke ndi Askeladd wankhondo waluso wachinyamata wotchedwa Thorfinn. Gululi limapeza mwayi wokhala munsanja yachi Frankish yomwe yazingidwa ndipo limachita mgwirizano ndi magulu ankhondo omwe akuukira kuti agwire ntchito posinthana theka lanyumbayo. Pambuyo pake a Askeladd amawaganiziranso, pomwe asitikali amakhalabe akumenya zipata, kuthawa ndi anyamata ake pa bwato limodzi ndi chuma chonse cha mnyumbamo. Thorfinn amasunga chakukhosi ndi Askeladd pomwe Thorfinn anali mwana, popeza abambo ake a Thorfinn adaphedwa ndi Askeladd ngakhale anali munthu wofunika kwambiri pabizinesi. Mnyamatayo amafunikira ma duels limodzi ndi wamkulu wake poyesa kubweza, koma amataya nthawi zonse.
Kampani ya Askeladd imapeza ntchito ngati mamenenja pakuwukira ku Denmark ku London. Kumeneko amakumana ndi gulu lalikulu lotsogozedwa ndi Thorkell the Tall, mnzake wa Viking. Thorfinn ndi Thorkell amakwaniritsa zotsutsana, ndipo gulu la Askeladd limathawa pazinthu zomwe zimawona ngati nkhondo yosagonjetseka. Asitikali awiriwa adakumananso pambuyo pake, komabe, pomwe olamulira onsewa akufuna kuti atenge mwana wachinyamata waku Danish Prince Canute. Askeladd apambana kutenga kalonga, koma akukakamizidwanso kuthawa gulu lankhondo lalikulu la Thorkell. Bungwe limapeza njira yozizira nyengo yachisanu kumpoto kwa England pafupi ndi msasa waku Danish ku Gainsborough.
Canute, yemwe akuyenera kukhala mtsikana wokongola, sangatengeke kwambiri ndi omwe amamusamalira Ragnar ndikuyankhula m'malo opezeka anthu ambiri. Izi zakhumudwitsa kwambiri Askeladd, yemwe asintha njira yake yoyamba yothandizira kalonga ngati mfumu yomwe ingamuthandize kuti abwerere kwa abambo ake, a King Sweyn, mu njira yovuta kwambiri. Kuukira kwadzidzidzi kwa woyendetsa gulu la a Thorkell Askeladd kuti asinthe malingaliro ake, ndikupha Ragnar pomaliza pomenyera Kalonga kuti asadzidalire.
Pulogalamuyi ndiyopambana, ndipo manyazi omwe adalipo kale a Canute m'malo mwake amagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati mfumu yamphamvu. Kalonga abwerera ku likulu la Denmark, ndikupereka zotsalira za asitikali a Askeladd komanso Thorkell mofanana ndi iye. Amakumana ndi abambo ake, omwe amapereka ufulu wolowa m'malo mwa mchimwene wake Prince Harald ndipo amaliza kupha Canute. Harald amakhalabe wolowa m'malo mwa mfumu ndipo moyo wake umapulumuka, ngakhale abambo ake amafanana ndi Canute pakumenyana kwachiwembu. Pamodzi, Canute, Thorkell, ndi Askeladd apanga chiwembu choti aphe mfumuyo ndi kutenga korona.
Anzake omwe amayenda nawo komanso Canute amacheza ndi mfumu yonse. Askeladd angapo omwe adakhalapo ndikupsa mtima, ndikupha mfumuyo, pomwe King Sweyn amakana kupewa kumenya Wales. Askeladd amangoimitsidwa pomwe amalola Canute kuti amuwononge, potero ndikupeza chitetezo chakunyumba kwawo, Wales komanso udindo wa Canute ngati mfumu. Iyi inali njira, nthawi yonse ya Askeladd. Pamaso pakuwona Askeladd akumaliza Thorfinn, akufuna kuwononga tsopano-King Canute; Galimoto yokhayo ya Thorfinn yomwe idalipo inali yowononga Askeladd ndipo adamva kuti wabedwa ndi Canute kumanja. Canute atsimikiza kupulumutsa moyo wake chifukwa chomvetsetsa malingaliro a Thorfinn Thorfinn atasiya. Monga momwe malamulo amafunira kuti a Thorfinn achoke, Canute akuwululira za Thorfinn: wapatsidwa moyo wamndende.
