Saxon times were not called the Dark Ages for nothing.
Osthryth\'s ring falls into the hands of warrior noble Aethelbald, who is accused of her murder and forced to leave Mercia by his conniving cousin Coeolred, who.
Aethelred - ruler of Mercia - is being pressed from all sides, and his wife Osthryth dies under unknown circumstances.
In seventh century England, tribes and so-called kings vie for power and blood flows throughout the land.
It was a violent, unrecognizable world of kill or be killed.
Saxon times were not called the Dark Ages for nothing