Characters
Sweones
Hersby
- Helge and Helga, killed by Danes
- Geir
- Gisle
- Ginna
- Gunn
- Olof
- Fjolvar, farmhand
Tuna
- Fridbjörn (Helge’s brother) and Holmdis, his wife
- Radulf
- Rörik
- Frida
- Freydis
- Gangulf
- Smid-Ebbe, blacksmith
- Freke, dog
Soland
- Ofaeti-Karl
- Karl (Lafse)
- Leif
- Galmi
- Gudrun
- Fundin
Ed
- Styrbjörn, son of Gunnar, son of Adils, Ragnar’s brother
- Ragnar, son of Gunnar, son of Adils, Styrbjörn’s brother
The uplands
- Finnvid from Skålhamra
- Alrik from Altuna
- Frode from Vallentuna
- Saeming
- Thorkel from Thorsåker
- Erik, king of Uppsala. Draug-Erik (when dead)
- Östen, king of Uppsala, Erik’s brother
- Onaem, warrior without weapons at the weapons ting in Uppsala
- Hrodulfr, crewman
- Arnulf, killed by draug-Erik?
Jutes
- Sölve, sea king and usurper king in Uppsala
Frisians and Anglo-Saxons in Friesland
- Eadgils, merchant in Dorestad
- Klotilda, his daughter
- Radbod, King of the Frisians (historical person, died 719)
- Willibrord, Anglo-Saxon missionary, bishop and apostle of the Frisians (historical person, died 739)
- Hewald and Hewald, Anglo-Saxon missionaries (historical persons, killed as early as about 695, in Saxony)
- Winfrid (Bonifatius), Anglo-Saxon missionary, bishop and apostle of the Germans (historical person, killed 754 in Friesland)
- Waldbiorn, Styrbjörn in disguise
- Eadgils, another merchant in Dorestad
East Angles
- Oswald, builder in Gypeswic
- Aelfwald, King of the East Angles (historical person, died 749)
- Haeggvin and Leofric, young traders
Danes
- Angantyr, king (historical/mythical person, killed on Samsö c. 728)
- Halfdan, aged king
- Gyrid, his dead wife
- Aesir and Bausi, sons of Gyrid and Halfdan, short-lived kings
- Biorn, Gunn and Bausi’s son
- Adisla, Ginna and Aesir’s daughter
- Harald, helmsman, lord and earl, son of Aud and Hrörek, son of Ivar
- Vigr, scarred warrior, son of Hrodgeir
- Nykr, a corrupt and unreliable (former) helmsman
- Gren-Gansi and Hreppir, Nykr’s farmhands
- Kettil, farmhand at Tissö
- Toke, farmhand at Tissö
- Eirbjorg, a medical helper, and her daughters
- Hroar, lawspeaker on Zealand
- Starkad, helmsman
- Ubbe, the red Dane
- Gloggir, archer
- Amma and Amma’s sister, farm women
- Garm, dog
Geats
- Raefr, merchant, son of Vidr
- Geatulf, king of western Geatland
Finnvedings
- Finnvid, trapper, trader, and king of the Finnvedings
- Aslak, his slain brother
- Aud, their mother
- Ingvald, illegitimate ruler of Hov
- Åsa, his daughter, Finnvid’s betrothed
- Hosse and Tasse, and Hasse and Tosse, wolves
- Skule and Skygni, twin boys
- (Thora)Crust, their gnarled grandmother
Arms
- Bane: Gisle’s spear
- Bite: Olof’s sword
- Gríð: Geir’s shield
- long swordGlimner: King Erik’s slightly too
Nattfari
- Nattfari (he who travels at night)
- Jolnir (the Yule god)
- Arvakr (the early awake)
- Ganglere (the wanderer)
- Galdrfather (master of galdr)
- Thul (the mumbler (refers to magic chant))
- The Allfather (god of war)
- The High (the foremost of the gods)
- Ygg (the terrifying one)
- Bölverk (fighter, bearer)
- Odin (the furious one)