theme

One theme in Hrolf Kraki is that of the revenge between King Helgi and Queen Olof. As King Helgi discovers he would like to marry Queen Olof and as he goes to marry her he ends up getting far too drunk and makes himself look stupid and he is shaved, tarred and feathered while everyone laughs. He is then stuffed into a sack and sent back home. He then sent back out to her. He dressed as a beggar and asked her to follow him into the woods to find and claim some tressure. Where he then raped her and went back home. She ended up having his child, a daughter named Yrsa. However King Helgi never knew he had a daughter nor did he ever see her. time passed. King Helgi again went to see Queen Olof, where she then tricked him by dressing her seductively and she got his a attention and she happily went back with King Helgi where they then had a kid of there own. Fueled with rage, Queen Olof went to King Helgi's place and told Yrsa of that he was actually her father and she returned back with Queen Olof. Which plessed her greatly that she finaly got back him and that he was now alone.

characters

Halfdan - King of Denmark gets killed by Frodi and has two sons who grow up to be great.
Frodi - king at the beginning of the book, Takes away Denmark from his brother
Helgi - son of Halfdan, hides for the first part of his life, then becomes a king and sleeps with Olof who wants revenge and so gets him to marry his daughter. Then after that he has a kid with an elf and doesn’t hold up to his end of the bargain so may be cursed.
Hroar - son of Halfdan, hides with Vifil, then hides with Jarl Saevil and Signy, kills Frodi, marries Ogn, gets ring from Helgi, cuts off Hrok's feet after he throws the ring, killed by Hrok.
Signy - The wife of Jarl Saevil, recognizes Helgi and Hroar
Regin - Hides Hroar and Helgi and helps them burn the man trying to kill them.
Vifil - Warlock who hides Helgi and Hroar and helps them escape.
Olof - Queen of Saxland, she tricks Helgi and gets revenge for him pretty much raping her.
Yrsa - Hroar’s daughter who he marries and hads a kid with.
Hrok - son of Saevil and Signy, wants the ring from Helgi, tries to get the ring from Hroar but he can’t have it so he throws it into the ocean.
Adils - King of Sweden who kills Helgi and marries Yrsa
Skuld - Helgi's half-elf daughter, she is slightly evil.
Svipdag - Great warrior who joins Hrolf after being kind of betrayed by Helgi.
Svip - father of Svipdag, Beygad, and Hvitserk, has a dream and sends the brothers to help Svipdag.
Bjalki - one of Hrolf's men.
Bera - Falls for Bjorn and has three kids with him. They all have animal parts but they are fierce warriors.
Bjorn - son of Hring, falls for Bera and gets turned into a bear by an evil sorcerer Hvitt. Killed by some men after getting Bera pregnant.
Bodvar Bjarki - Normal looking son of Bera
Drifa - daughter of Hrolf.
Elk-Frodi - Half Elk doesn’t like his inheritance so he leaves his family and becomes an outlaw.
Hjalti/ Hott- once was the weakling of group until he supposedly kills the dragon.
Hjorvard - marries Skuld.
Hring - King of Norway, father of Bjorn, marries Hvit.
Hvit - Forced to marry Hring but is not happy about that. So she tries to tempt Bjorn but he rejects her and she turns him into a bear.
Skuld - Helgi's half-elf daughter, she is slightly evil.
Yrsa - Hroar’s daughter who he marries and hads a kid with.