To raid the coastal villages greedily for wealth and prestige, as was his Norse tradition. Armed with axe and shield they had come to plunder the Hibernia isle. The ocean surf lapped around its splintered edges, a remnant of his destroyed longboat which had bore him and his doomed companions far across the sea from other lands. Not far from Jorviks side lay a long wooden plank, snapped and twisted it rocked heavily on top of the wet pebbles.
