The Wendol launch a revenge attack, during which Buliwyf duels with and kills the Wendol chieftan before himself dying. The surviving warriors track the Wendol to their cave lair. During an attack on Hrothgar's stronghold, Ibn Fahdlan realises the enemy, a tribe called the Wendol, are men wearing bearskins. Herger duels with the champion of Wigliff, Hrothgar's treacherous son, and Ibn Fahdlan gains the respect of his fellow warriors after a skirmish with the enemy. A seeress divines that 13 warriors must come to Hrothgar's aid but the thirteenth must not be a Norseman so Ibn Fahdlan is drafted.Īt Hrothgar's settlement, the Vikings discover the attackers are man-eaters. A messenger from the North tells of a settlement ruled by King Hrothgar under attack by monstrous creatures. In Tartary, he meets some Vikings under the command of chieftain Buliwyf and, through a translator, communicates with Herger the Joyous, Buliwyf's lieutenant. Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan, an Arab poet, is sent abroad by the caliph as an ambassador. Our synopses give away the plot in full, including surprise twists.ĩ22 AD.
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