Sumeet li variazhskii voin zavoevat serdtce kniazhny? Eshche devochkoi kniazhna Elisava, doch kievskogo kniazia Iaroslava, byla prosvatana za otvazhnogo variazhskogo voina Kharalda. Desiat let proshlo s tekh por. I vot odnazhdy v lesu ryzhevolosyi viking sorval potcelui s ee gub... A potom Elisava vstretila ego v kniazheskikh palatakh i uznala, chto imenno on ee zhenikh. Kakov zhe byl uzhas devushki, kogda Kharald vorvalsia nochiu v ee terem! Oskorblennaia Elisava razryvaet pomolvku i daet soglasie na zamuzhestvo s norvezhskim konungom Magnusom. No serdtcu ne prikazhesh â€" ona ne mozhet zabyt Kharalda...