Chapter I: Serpents in the Snows

A band of Aesir warriors track thieving Vanir raiders to their underground hideout, an ancient structure from an unknown past. En route they encounter a blind Cimmerian Sybil muttering prophesies and are ambushed by a distressed and seemingly harmless trader from the civilized Southlands. The defeated Vanir claim to serve Thulsa Doom, a sorcerer who ravaged the Northlands two decades earlier. 

Chapter II: The Lost Sybil

The Oracle serving the Northwestern Cimmerian tribes has not been heard from in weeks. A Cimmerian hunting party sent to find her has never returned. Champions charged with solving the mystery encounter an animated ancient relic, a Brutheim war-band, a huge snake and a tenacious hill giant while seeking to unravel the riddle of the missing seer. They barely escape with their lives and the situation remains unresolved.

Chapter III: The Man of Iron

On the borders of Asgard and Cimmeria people, sometimes entire villages, have been slaughtered and defiled. Blaming their neighbors, the Aesir and Cimmerians decimate each other with fierce retaliatory raids. An archaic emerald-green automaton has also been causing massive carnage while looking for something - or someone. While planning a raid into Asgard the Connarch are attacked by Vanir warriors disguised as Aesir. Their slain wear serpentine medallions.

Chapter IV: The People of Old

A lone Northern Amazon, separated from her party during an unnatural blizzard, takes refuge in a cave. She discovers an abandoned outpost of ancient Thule. It is filled with treasures from long ago. Alas, it also entombs Grimnir, a great evil which she unwittingly unleashes upon the world while indulging her greed. Grimnir's first victims: her Amazon sisters.

Chapter V: Ancient Evils

During the same blizzard, but many miles away, a Vanir witch finds herself waking up in a tundra yeti's lair. Exploring, she discovers that the lair is but one room in a network of ancient ruins. First she encounters various long-dead Thuleans who were recently resurrected and enslaved by a sorceress. She then meets an opportunistic Vanir warrior hunting for treasure. Together they vanquish the sorceress. Alas, the witch has no intention of sharing her discovery and stabs her roguish companion in the back. She makes the cave her home and devotes herself to the study of the sorceress' necromantic secrets.

Chapter VI: Raven's Ruin
 

The new Cimmerian seeress has had a vision of an an ancient evil unleashed. Aesir Volvas and Rune Masters have been repeating similar message to their people. Joined against a common enemy, the Cimmerians and Aesir pool their meager resources and share intelligence. Warriors are sent to Raven's Ruin to investigate reports of Vanir raiders. The war-band discovers that the Vanir are in league with the tribes of Brutheim and that both are commanded by pale giants of strange aspect. There is mention of Thulsa Doom and a wizard named Yara leaguing with Grimnir but neither are present. A short but brutal battle ensues. Each side suffers losses. Neither wins.

Chapter VII: The Silent Skull

The Northern Amazons provide Conan with intelligence on what is transpiring in the Northlands. There have been great storms and wizards are seeking ancient Thulean ruins. On hearing about Thulsa Doom and Yara Conan summons Akiro who re-animates The Skull That Talks. Zzeben, a long-time friend of the king, offers to lead an expedition north as the Skull suggests. Alas, the expedition vanishes without a trace and Akiro is no longer able to communicate with The Skull That Talks.