Presents a retelling of the King Arthur legend. Following a plague that ravages the land, Torvi and her sister Morgunn decide to leave home and find a mythical sword in the Green Wild Forest that, if pulled from a stone tree, could put that person on the throne. But when Morgunn is kidnapped by Uther, a wolf-priest who leads a pack of ragged, starving girls, Torvi goes after them and joins with a group known as the Butcher Bards. Along the way, Torvi and her companions have wild and dangerous adventures that open Torvi's eyes to a life she couldn't have imagined.