The forces attacking Dobin include those of…

The forces attacking Dobin include those of the Danes Canute V and Sweyn III, Archbishop Adalbert II of Bremen, and Duke Henry the Lion of Saxony.

Niklot, avoiding pitched battles, ably defends the marshland of Dobin.

One army of Danes is defeated by Slavs from Dobin, while another has to defend the Danish fleet from Niklot's allies, the Rani of Rügen.

Henry and Adalbert maintain the siege of Dobin after the retreat of the Danes.

When some crusaders advocate ravaging the countryside, others object by asking, "Is not the land we are devastating our land, and the people we are fighting our people?"

The Saxon army under Henry the Lion withdraws after Niklot agrees to have Dobin's garrison undergo baptism.