She referred to herself as Halvar, the name given to her by Thorkell, although she was uncomfortable using it. When she overheard Thorfinn's plan to go to Vinland and start a new life there ...

However, after that settlement was hit with the plague, Thorstein fell ill and died, and Gudrid moved to an Eastern settlement in Greenland, where she met her next husband, Thorfinn Karlsefni.