Roughly 1,000 years ago, the story goes, a Viking trader and adventurer named Thorfinn Karlsefni set off from the west coast of Greenland with three ships and a band of Norse to explore a newly ...

Enter Thorfinn Karlsefni, a wealthy merchant with dreams as big as his bank account. In 1005, he assembled the most ambitious Viking expedition yet - three ships packed with 160 settlers ...

The answer: Thorfinn, introduced as a young boy living in Iceland. Like all boys, he likes playing war — until he sees the real thing when his father, Thors, is murdered by the Viking Askeladd.