We were summoned to see Volker again, so accompanied by Tohrwulf, Herewulf and Herefrith I went to see Volker. We were greeted courteously and taken to a small, well-appointed part of the hall, which was partitioned off and up some stairs. It had solid floors and it would be difficult to eavesdrop on our conversation. […]
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A Wedding and a Funeral – Hrothgar’s Tale
During Blot, I decided to make a sacrifice to Wade at this opportune time and I gave 20 marks to Bumoth. He brought a white horse to the Spearhafoc, slit the horse’s throat over the bow, carved some runes and rubbed the blood into them. The Wade priest noticed there were already runes carved there, […]
A Feud in Falster – Hrothgar’s Tale
It was now towards the end of winter, and although there was still snow on ground, the days were slightly longer and on a sunny day there was just a smidgeon of warmth. I was called before King Hrothulf as he had a job for me and my companions. I was introduced to two men: […]
The White Bear – Hrothgar’s Tale
A large longship sailed down from the North full of Norse men who struggled a little to communicate with their strange accent. In the middle of their deck was a large cage with a huge white bear, which they offered as a gift to King of Danes for passage to and from the White Sea. […]
The Hand of Reifnir – Hrothgar’s Tale
Hrothgar and the Lich We were ushered into a smaller hall, where Scrocmael introduced us to a young skinny man in his twenties, Hutha, the son of Hvita the thegn of the island of Samso. Hutha explained that Samso had been troubled by a lich. The problems had started with herds and flocks being scattered […]
Heorot – Hrothgar’s Tale
Hrothgar Meets the King of the Danes In Chapmanshafn I gave Wihtburg 6 marks and she returned with 2 bolts of cloth, one slightly finer than the other, some hides, an assortment of needles and threads and a set of shears. She started running up clothes for the crew. She also gave me a trim […]
Sambor’s Slave Pen – Hrothgar’s Tale
Hrothgar and Freeing the Slaves We caught up with the latest news in Visby and decided what to do next. We heard that Stithwulf ended up begging a lift home from Osgar after asking for an oath that he wouldn’t be harmed. The Thegn was willing to give his oath and felt safer with Stithulf […]
Under Ekethorp – Hrothgar’s Tale
It was just after mid-afternoon the day following our return to Ossby, when Wistan comes up to me, smiling, and looked me up and down, assessing my state. He gave me a congratulatory hug and during the close, brothers-in-arms hug he said in a low conversational tone, “I’m trusting you with my life. Meet me […]
Battle of the Gorge – Hrothgar’s Tale
A disheveled Cuthraed appeared towards the end of the morning and reported to the moot held by Beornfrith. There was a force of maybe 1000 Eowans and maybe 20 wagons heading down the west coast, probably making for Ekethorpe. There was a large, high, rocky plateau and Ekethorpe was on its eastern spur. One of […]
Ottenby – Hrothgar’s Tale
It was the beginning of the eighteenth day since we had set out on our adventure. One of Wistan’s scouts, Cuthred had arrived last night and provide a briefing this morning. Beornfrith’s fleet had raided Morbalanga as they headed south along the Eowan coast and as the Geats reboarded their ships, the Eowan fleet had […]