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Eyrbyggja saga, part 9.

40a

Ok outlawing is over after a few years and Þorleifur Kimbi goes back to Iceland. Arnbjörn and his brother Björn also show up. Arnbjörn is awesome but Björn is awesomer, everyone agrees.

There's a meeting and Björn goes there. Þuríður is there too and the two spend a long while with each other. Some remark is made on how they haven't met each other for a long time.

Some random dude gets killed, and Þuríður's son Kjartan goes and dips his little axe in the stream of blood gushing out of the dead dude. Not creepy.

Þórður: "So... did you see that Þuríður and that Kjartan?"

Björn: "Yes."

Þórður: "Looks a whole lot like you doesn't he?"

WAIT. Þuríður and Björn... check chapter 29, that's the same guy who was wooing a married woman (iow Þuríður), got attacked, outlawed, and had to leave Iceland. Yup.

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Eyrbyggja saga, part 8.

34

You guessed it. Þórólfur really is asshole enough to turn into a zombie. At first's he's pretty evenly killing everything alive that happens on his path but when winter comes he begins to have parties on his former home's roof and haunts his widow in particular until she dies, most likely of a heart attack.

If that's not bad enough, the zombieing begins to spread. Whoever Þórólfur kills is soon seen walking around with him.

People: "Arnkell halp!"

Arnkell: "Ok since winter's now over, let's go take care of the old zombie. Sons of Þorbrandur come help me out pls."

Þorbrandur's sons: "Are you insane 'cause we're not. Have fun."

Þorbrandur: "STFU sons, you go help him out and it's an order."

Sons: "But daaaaaaaaaaaaaaad..."

Arnkell's plan is to dump the zombie elsewhere, but Þórólfur has other plans and at one point the oxen cannot pull his coffin any further. Arnkell's like sure have it your way, buries Þórólfur there and builds a huge wall around his grave because walk all you want old boy but now you'll do it in circles.

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Eyrbyggja saga, part 7.

30a

Remember that dude Þórólfur Lame who was not Beardylicious? He's back in the story!

SPOILER: He's an asshole.

There's a dude called Úlfar who's really good at being a farmer and especially good at predicting weather.

Þórólfur Lame: "What's your plans for the hay season then?"

Úlfar: "Keep working this week as usual, it'll be dry for now and then it'll get rainy."

Þórólfur: "Gotcha."

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Eyrbyggja saga, part 6.

26a

Vigfús: "Hay Svartur, pity that you're a slave right? You'd be totes awesome if you only weren't a SLAVE. Want to un-slave?"

Svartur: "YES!"

Vigfús: "Go kill Snorri the Priest."

Svartur: "On a second thought I love being a slave."