Author: Jason Godesky

In which Valberg Blood-Jewel is slain, and Björn Bardsson slays Solveig Skjöldursdóttir in a hólmganga duel.

In which the war continues and the cult of the Red Christ is revealed to Iceland in the temple of Valbergsholt.

In which the war between Valberg Blood-Jewel and Skjöldur Brimisson begins.

In which the Bardings pass the winter in Hrafnahof, and Sarcastic Nereid dies while giving birth to a son named Vandrad.

In which the Bardings attend the vorÞing organized by Þorsteinn Ingólfsson and join Valberg Blood-Jewel in starting a war with Skjöldur Brimisson, known as “Old Dog-Beard.”

In which a feast is prepared for some of Njáll Snorrisson’s old Þingmen to court them for Einar Lambisson, and controversy swirls around the strange book that Nereid discovered.

In which sudden violence ends the life of Bard the Learned, and the fortunes of his family are changed forever in a single bloody moment.

In which the children of Njáll the Wise begin to make plans to take their revenge upon Njáll Snorrisson, whom they suspect as the architect of their loss and misfortune.

In which a beached whale nearly causes trouble with the men of Eyarbakki and Stokkseyri, and Björn the Brave and Helga Hognisdóttir slay Hogni Olafsson and the outlaws he conspired with.