Bleikr apprentices himself to a wandering skald, despite his parents Abjörn and Gunna's wishes
that he become a pillager of towns, or at least of hamlets. Abjörn must pay thirty bags of gold
to the shadowy Vigmarr or lose his dragon-prowed longboat. Vigmarr discovers that father and
son Hálmi and Haurr are the mighty sisters Hálma and Haurlaug. The League of Hacked-Off
Legends, relegated to guzzle battles and barmaid wrestling, start a riot in the great dining hall
when their sons return to croon of conquests of waves, war and women. Ivar the Boneless
jolts the Jutes with a jelly-kneed genuflection, a sign of sincere fealty to them and a foul betrayal
of his lord and liege Lidsvaldr. Could the cold-hearted caresses of Kolfrosta, vile village vixen
have led him astray? Kolfrosta leaves to fetch more mead for the men but goes missing anon.
Ingvar Iron Eyes bolts his war helmet to his oversized head and butts every root and melon
to pulp to protest his son Rollo the Rancid, local hero for perfecting pumpkin mead and carrot
head soup, unworthy pursuits for the heir of a liege that has ravaged his liver and Normandy.
Haurlaug, her heroic identity no longer hidden, actively hews a troll in half with the axe of Hákr,
the valiant yet vulnerable Valkyrie vying to capture the heart of Thórgils, whose thundering
throng
has brought back a bevy of attractive Waterford crystal tableware from the monasteries of Ireland.
Bothilda the Buxom pursues her love affair with dragon father that burrowed into her dreams to
ask
her to torch all of the vessels in the harbor. Will she succumb to the numb breath that fogs her
breast
plate, and then refashion her shield into a basket to hold her unborn child, the myth, the saga to
come?
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