Märeta and also devout Christians Töre send that the Karin their only girl, the unrepentant Ingeri, along with their daughter, to deliver candles to some church. On the way through the forests, the girls encounter a group of goat herders who murder and rape Karin as Ingeri remains hidden. Töre plots a sin After the killers look for refuge in Töre and Märeta's farm house.