An Iceberg Outside Port Dawson/Arc 1 Summary

"Port Dawson, night, an iceberg washes ashore Under moonlight, heavy winds, mighty waves roar The Atlantic Sea, ruthless, holds in its grip An ancient wooden craft- remnants of a ship""Through the silence of Port Dawson cuts the sound of a horn Sings: shadows of the past shall now be reborn Clouds darken, rain falls, the air is thick with dread From the cold ground rises what long has been dead""A moment of silence, cloudy sky gives snow Over the white covered hills flies a lone crow The mistress of death, a red man by her side Opposed by a viking, washed up by the tide""When Sesi awakes, gasping for air, the storm is still raging outside her window.""- Arc 1 opening scene"The story starts off in late April of the year 2019, as a heavy storm passes through the small town of Port Dawson, Canada. Shaken by a doomsday vision, angakkuq Cecily (Sesi) Qinnuayuak wakes and suffers a debilitating panic attack. While recuperating in the bathroom, she notices a lonely crow watching her from outside.

The morning after, when the storm has subsided, monster hunter Mikhail Zakharov arrives to the town's beach. He's on the phone with old friend Elsa Ragnarsdóttir, agent liaison to the Nordic monster hunting agency ÆGIS, who is on her way to Port Dawson after having left the town two years ago. Elsa has been tasked with investigating a strange presence detected in an iceberg that is said to have washed ashore Port Dawson- a presence the ÆGIS believes to be a man, cryofrozen in the ice for the last millennium. Approaching the washed-up iceberg, Mikhail notices a silhouette within the iceberg. The hunter is able to break the iceberg with the use of his knife, and thus unearths the figure; viking Magnus Haraldsson.

Meanwhile in the Qinnuayuak household, monster hunter Naja Qinnuayuak wakes in a good mood. Life hasn't been kind to the Qinnuayuak sisters; between their mother and older brother have passed away, Sesi's illness, the disappearance of their father and Naja's rough fallout with ex-girlfriend Elsa- things are only now beginning to look up. Naja and Sesi's relationship, while close, is a rather fragile one and Naja vows to a picture of her older brother Irniq that she'll try to be a better influence; more like him. Her happiness is short lived, however, as Sesi reveals the contents of her apocalyptic vision. After a tense breakfast, the sisters set out towards the beach featured in Sesi's vision to look for the strange iceberg.

Meanwhile, Magnus has been unearthed. Confused, yet reinvigorated by his newfound freedom, Magnus brandishes his axe at Mikhail. Not having expected Magnus to be conscious and perceiving this as a threat, Mikhail shoots Magnus in the shin- staggering and enraging the viking. The alarmed Mikhail calls up Elsa once again, explaining the situation. Elsa berates Mikhail for shooting her mission target and offers to try and talk him down. This doesn't work too well, as Magnus' injuries is steadily worsening and as he is only further bewildered by the concept of a phone. Still, Elsa is able to explain to Magnus that he should come with Mikhail. Magnus, while hostile towards Mikhail, is too dazed to put up much physical resistance. After exchanging a few threats, Mikhail leads the viking to his car and sets off towards his house.

On his way from the beach, Mikhail passes Naja's car. The Qinnuayuak sisters arrive to the beach only to find the iceberg already broken apart. Sesi senses something strange about the scene and upon examination, Naja comes upon traces of blood and Mikhail's broken knife. Worried and slightly suspicious as to why Mikhail has not mentioned anything- and not receiving any answers to her calls- Naja decides to confront him and the two sisters thus leave for Mikhail's.

In the mean time, Mikhail and the bleeding Magnus arrive at his house.