Back in Trondheim, Thor and Umlaut discover that in their absence Smooth-Tooth has been spreading lies about them to King Harold. When Thor asks for permission to marry the king’s cousin Kari, it is decided that only a judicial battle will settle the matter. Accepting the ruling, the karls fight against Smooth-Tooth and his brother Yngwie Hump, only to later find themselves being run out of the village by the sore losers’ uncle Bolg the Bulge and a mob of his kin. Fortunately, Umlaut has had a dream of a strange new land awaiting them.