The Northman - I will avenge you, Father

It is a story of revenge set in the Viking country. King Aurvandill returns home with victory and is welcomed by Queen Gudrún and Prince Amleth. King Aurvandill accompanies his son to the ceremony, where Amleth vows to avenge his father if he is killed. Amelth's uncle, Fjölnir sets a trap and kills King Aurvandill. King Aurvandill sacrifices himself to allow Amleth to escape. Fjölnir's soldier mistakenly assumes that he is dead, so they give up searching. Amleth survives and sails away from the kingdom, vowing to avenge, save her mother and kill Fjölnir.

Years later, Amleth is no longer a prince, but he is still waiting for an opportunity to fight back. He learns that Fjölnir has been dethroned by the Norway King and he is now living in Iceland. Knowing Fjölnir is recruiting slaves, so Amleth volunteer to join them. While traveling to Iceland, Amleth meets a witch, Olga, who also wants a free life and agrees to help him plot his revenge. Amleth finally meets his mom, who is now married to Fjölnir now and has a son with him. Amleth doesn't reveal his identity immediately as he doesn't think it's the right timing. Amleth learns that a sword, Draugr, is hidden somewhere, so he follows the clues. He manages to obtain it by fighting with an undead warrior. He hide it until he is ready to take revenge. Amleth is selected to represent Gunnar to fight in a game. Gunnar's team is down by several points, so Gunnar tries to help the team but irritates the opponent and almost gets himself killed. Amleth defends Gunnar by beating the opponent, and as a reward, he gets promoted to a higher rank and is allowed to pick a woman. He picks Olga and sleeps with her. He is ready for the revenge, but before that, he wants to reunite with his mum.

To his surprise, his mom is not interested in leaving with him. It is revealed that Gudrún didn't love King Aurvandill and didn't want to have a son with him in the first place. Amleth has always thought of saving him mom when his dad got killed, but she doesn't need to be saved. She was the one who ordered to execute Amleth. Feeling betrayed and lonely, Amleth kills her eldest son and decides to kill her whole family the next day. As Gudrún already knows Amleth is the mastermind behind everything, they threaten to kill Olga. Amleth offers to trade Olga for their eldest son's heart. Olga is released, but Amleth still refuses to tell them where their son's heart is, so they lock him up. With the help of ravens, Amleth manages to escape. Amleth decides to flee with Olga and abandon his revenge plan. When Amleth learns that Olga is pregnant with his sons, he realizes his family will not be safe until Fjölnir is dead. Therefore, Amleth goes back. He runs into his mom and her youngest son, and they have a fight. Amleth stabs both of them to death in the end. Learning that both of his loved ones are dead, Fjölnir challenges him to a duel at the Gates of Hel. After a fierce fight, Amleth beheads Fjölnir, but he is also badly hurt. No one survives, but Amleth can foresee that Olga and their sons would be safe ever since.

It was just another story of a prince avenging his father until he learns that his mother betrayed him. He has been waiting for a day to take back what he had, but he didn't expect that his mom plotted the whole thing. It feels even worse when being betrayed by someone you love.