Dalaåi creek rises in the mountains northwest of the little village of Kviteseid. The creek runs down a long, narrow, winding valley called Dalane ("The Dales") before it spills into Sundkilen, near the docks of Kviteseid town, the hub of Kviteseid parish.

Part One of Fiddle and Fjell followed Liv Steinarsdotter throughout her life in The Dales until her last days at Homme farm. Early on, her saga interwove with that of her cousin Egeleiv.

Part Two opens in AD 1807.

High up Dalane, just over the boundary into the neighboring parish, the lands of Åe were farmed by Aslak and Åsne (son of Egeleiv, daughter of Liv) – the very ones who carved their initials as part of an ornate lintel at a new loft upon Åe grounds.

Aslak's older brother Knut had built a sawmill at Dalen farm, lower down The Dales, but now Knut's son Såmund and wife Aslaug lived there.

Åsne's brother Torjus and wife Tone inherited Homme farm, not far from Dalen, with his widower father Halvor staying on.

Over the northeastern ridge, in the neighboring dale of Morgedal, Knut and Guro lived at Brekke farm. They had no ties with the families of the other three farms featured in Fiddle and Fjell, but that would soon change...