 He then changed his tactics, went with armed men to the residence of the chieftain Tróndur í Gøtu and broke in his house by night.He offered him the choice between accepting Christianity or face beheading; he chose the former.Later on, in 1005, Tróndur í Gøtu attacked Sigmundur by night at his yard in Skúvoy, whereupon Sigmundur fled by swimming to Sandvík on Suðuroy.