Eyrbyggja saga, part 2.

6.

Björn decides to go to Iceland because of his disappointment over the now-Christian family. There's a Hallsteinn with him who's actually the son of Þórólfur, but he's like "dad plz" and moves away to settle land on his own.

Meanwhile Auður's in trouble over in Scotland. She manages an unbelievable amount of ship-building, avoiding raging Scots, sailing out with all her goods intact and marrying her daughters off here and there. Then she arrives to Iceland and starts naming places based on where she had a great day or lost her comb, no lie check Laxdæla.

Eyrbyggja saga, part 1.

1.

Let's just get on with the unavoidable. There's Ketill Flatnose. His kids are Björn, Helgi, Auður Deep-minded, Þórunn Horns (?why?) and Jórunn Smartasaman. Oh hey they sound kind of familiar don't they? Except that in Laxdæla Auður is called Unnur, idk sagas can never make up their mind on which one's her real name.

Haraldur Fairhair is currently a king. This means that around this time the shores of Iceland were practically teeming with furniture and occasional dead Norwegian, chucked overboard to float to land and show the place where their owners should build their houses.

Anyway Haraldur sends Ketill Flatnose to deal with some trouble over the sea, I assume Britain. While he's there sorting out said trouble (and marrying Auður to Ólafur White) , Haraldur has a paranoid fit and confiscates Ketill's lands and property. Wut.

Kormáks saga done.

Once more a saga has been successfully retold! Now's the time to figure out what saga to retell next. Will it be:

* Jómsvíkinga saga: a saga of a fierce brotherly brotherhood of bro-vikings!

* Bárðar saga Snæfellsáss: trolls! Trolls everywhere!

or

* Eyrbyggja saga: farmers are fighting! Er, and more fighting! Those rowdy farmers!

Here's your chance if one of these sounds like the saga you've always wanted to hear, drop a note and let me know, else I'll do as always and flip a coin. I may have a three-sided coin just so you know.

Kormáks saga, part 6. FINAL PART.

26.

OMG Steingerður gets kidnapped by vikings for real this time! Wat do?

Þorvaldur: "Kormákur haaaalp!"

Kormákur: "Gotcha."

Killing happens, but only a little. Then Kormákur jumps into the sea with Steingerður and begins to swim to the shore. On the way he makes a song about fish.

Þorvaldur: "Ok ok you've sort of earned her. Steingerður you can go with him if you want to."

Kormákur: "COOL!"

Steingerður: "...no thanks."

Kormáks saga, part 5.

21.

Much legal muscle-flexing, much singing from Kormákur. Nothing really happens in this chapter, he just wanted to sing I guess. In the end it's decided that he and Þorvarður shall duel.

Kormáks saga, part 4.

16 a.

Bersi: "Ólafur, can I foster one of your kids?"

Ólafur Peacock: "Sure thing old friend! Here you go!"

Bersi has gained a Halldór. Oh btw that pretty Steinvör is now his girlfriend and his wife Þórdís does not like this one bit. She doesn't like the fostering idea either.

There's a þing coming along and Bersi is letting people stay at his house on their way to the þing place. Except then he begins to sing ominous songs about wanting to kill people and speaks a lot with Halldór about how Vali, his wife's brother, has his cattle on their lands. Which Þórdís has actually allowed but you know how these sagas work.

Kormáks saga, part 3.

11.

Kormákur: "BAAAW UNCLE STEINAR. I was supposed to win that fight but Skeggi's sword was totally no good so I lost. Sword's fault not mine. Anyway I'm leaving the land and it'll be the biggest flounce-out you ever seen, here take the fine moneys to Bersi."

Steinar: "And you can't take it yourself because...?"

Kormákur's arm gets infected because he doesn't take care of it.

Bersi: "I could heal that for you."

Kormákur: "NEVERRRR U ARE MY ENEMY FOREBAR"

Dalla: "SHUT UP let me have a look at it."

Kormákur: "Yes mom."

Kormákur: "AND YOU CAN HAVE YOUR CRAP SWORD BACK IT WAS CRAP"

Kormákur: *throws sword at Skeggi's feet*

Skeggi: "Dude it was your own fa-"

Kormákur: "LA LA LA DOES IT LOOK LIKE I'M LISTENING"