Normandy owes its name to terrible warriors coming from the North: the Vikings. These men ravaged the Norman lands until it was ceded to them and became their territory. William the Conqueror becomes Duke of Normandy and attracts the wrath of envious barons; he has to fight his enemies to conquer an even larger land across the English Channel. Philip Augustus, the king of France, has one objective: to conquer the Normandy of Duke Richard the Lionheart. John Lackland, the Duke of Normandy's own brother, and Philip unite against Richard.