Thursday, October 28, 2010

Characters

Halfdane: He was the king of Denmark brothers with Frodi who defeated and killed him.
Frodi: Halfdan's brother, who defeats and kills him and takes over Denmark, seeking to kill his nephews Helgi : Halfdane’s son. Hides out with his sister's husband then finally kills Frodi and, with his brother, takes over Denmark. He has three children: Hrolf, Skuld, and Yrsa (also his wife and Hrolf's mother). When Yrsa remarries Adils, Helgi starts a feud and ends up getting killed by Adils.
Hroar: Another son of Halfdan, helps his brother kill Frodi and take over Denmark. Marries Ogn and settles in England. He cuts off Hrok's foot because Hrok threw his ring into the sea. Hrok kills him as revenge for this.
Signy: daughter of Halfdan and wife of Saevil, who hides the boys when Frodi is out to kill them. She has Hrok and envies her brothers, so she asks Hrok to get their ring from them.
Regin: Helgi and Hroar's foster father. He helps try to hide the boys when their uncle is out to kill them, and helps them gain revenge a few years later.
Vifil: He hides Helgi and Hroar when they are escaping Frodi, he lives on an island and is very skilled at magic.
Heid: she is a seeress who tells Frodi where the boys are hiding, and tells him that they will kill him.
Olaf: warrior queen who is beautiful and cruel, she vows to never marry a man, Helgi asks her to be with him and she makes it seem like she agrees but then gets him drunk, shaves him, covers him with tar, and kicks his men out of her country. Then he leaves gold in the forest for her and takes advantage of her greadiness and takes her to his ship and rapes her. Then they have a daughter without him knowing.
Yrsa: She is the daughter of olaf and helgi. She then marries Helgi not knowing he was her father, They had a san, Hrolf, he mother then tells her Helgi is her father then she leaves and remarrys to Adils.
Hrok: son of Signy and Saevil. He throws Hroar's ring into the sea and gets his foot cut off, promoting him to kill Hroar, He then asks for Hroar's wife, Ogn. Helgi defeats him and breaks his arms and legs, rendering him useless.
Adils: He is the king of Sweden who asks for Yrsa to marry him, He doesn’t tell Helgi and starts a fued.
Skuld: daughter of Helgi and an elfin woman, she is half elf, and has magical powers. She shows a bad temperament even as a young girl.
Berserkers: warriors who belong to king Adils. They completely lose control in battle and will attack anything in their path until everyone is dead. They also fight without armor.
Svipdag: son of Svip, joins Adils' retinue, does battle with Berserkers. He leaves Adils for a better king and joins Hrolf. He warns that Adils will probably be treacherous.
Svip (his advice to his son): Swedish farmer and father of Svipdag. He has a dream warning him that Svipdag is in trouble and sends his other sons to save the day.
jalki: He is in King Hrolfls army.
Bera: Married to Bjorn, gets pregnant and has three boys, one is half elk, and another has dog feet because she ate the bear meat.
Bjorn: Marries Bera, he is cursed and turned into a bear because he turns down queen Hvit’s request of sleeping in the same bed. Hring is his father.
Bodvar Bjarki: Bjorn and Bera’s second born son, Bera’s favorite son, he is the third born son.
Drifa: Daughter of King Hrolf
Elk-Frodi: One of Bera and Bjorn’s son, the second son, he is half elk and goes to be an outlaw in the mountains and kills people for money.

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