DRAMATIS PERSONÆ
BOTOLF, bishop of Holar
KOLBEIN ARNORSSON 'THE YOUNG,' chieftain of the 'North Quarter of
Iceland,' thirty-four years old
HELGA, his wife
SALVOR, woman physician
THOROLF BJARNASON }
ASBJORN ILLUGASON } Henchmen of Kolbein Arnorsson
HAF BJARNASON }
KOLBEIN KALDALJOS, kinsman of Kolbein Arnorsson and steward of the bishopric of Holar, seventy years old
BRAND KOLBEINSSON, his son, chieftain of Reynistad, thirty-three years old
JORUN, his wife
KALF, eight years old } their sons
THORGEIR, six years old }
BRODDI THORLEIFSSON, brother-in-law of Kolbein Arnorsson
SIGURD, deacon
HELGI SKAFTASON } henchmen of Brand
ALF OF GROF }
EINAR THE RICH, of Vik
HELGI, priest at Holar
ILLUGI, the blind beggar
BOY LEADING ILLUGI
JARNGRIM
Followers of Thorolf Bjarnason, of Brand, and of Kolbein Arnorsson.
People of Holar in Hjaltadel.
The scene is laid in the district of Skagafirth, in the North of Iceland. The action takes place during the winter previous to the battle of Hunafloi, 1244 A.D.