World Illustrated #518

In "The Colonists," the Viking expansion across the North Atlantic unfolds through vivid illustrations and maps, tracing their conquests from the Faeroes and Hebrides to the founding of Iceland’s Althing, one of the world’s oldest governing bodies. From there, their reach extends to Greenland’s harsh shores and deep into Eastern Europe, where the Slavs invite Rurik to lead them, while Rollo’s forces carve out a foothold in Normandy, eventually integrating into the French realm under King Charles the Simple.

In the rugged halls of Norse legend, Palna Tolki forges the Jomsvikings into a disciplined force feared across the sea, their strength unmatched. When his successor Sigvald rules with softer hands, the once-unbreakable brotherhood begins to falter—until their downfall in battle tests their courage in the face of death.