The turning point comes when his reason for living—his hatred for Askeladd—is abruptly taken from him by another. Thorfinn is left as an "empty man," eventually sold into slavery. It is during this "Farmland Arc" that he is forced to confront the ghosts of those he killed.
On the farm, Thorfinn meets Einar, a fellow slave who lost everything to war. Together, they clear a forest by hand. For the first time, Thorfinn builds instead of destroys. He cries for the first time as an adult—not in rage, but in grief. thorfinn's journey