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Half's Saga

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 Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Half's Saga, or more formally the Saga of Half and Half's Heroes (Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka) is an Icelandic saga from c. 1300 CE.Half's Saga is a family history of the royal dynasty of the Norwegian kingdoms Hordaland and Rogaland, although it does not really have a common theme and may be thought of as a sequence of self-standing tales. The three main parts are the following: King Hjorleif "the Ladies' Man" likes to marry beautiful women. As he learns, this innocent hobby can be life-threatening, turning him a convert to monogamy. At age twelve, King Half, son of Hjorleif, decides to assemble the ultimate viking band. Whoever sails with King Half must never show fear, never wince at wounds, and be strong as twelve regular men. King Half has fallen victim to foul play, but some of Half's Heroes have survived, and many years later succeed in avenging the king and their comrades.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Can be read online here.
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 Baby as Payment: King Alrek of Hordaland resolves to divorce one of his two wives Signy and Geirhild because they are constantly squabbling with each other, and declares he will keep the wife who will brew him the best ale. When brewing, Geirhild calls on Odin to let her win the contest; Odin appears, spits into the yeast, and tells Geirhild he will come back "for what was between the tub and her". Geirhild's ale wins the contest, but it turns out Geirhild was pregnant and the thing "between the tub and her" was her unborn child. Many years later, when Geirhild's son Vikar is already an adult, Odin insidiously causes Vikar to be killed by hanging as a human sacrifice, thus collecting the prize promised to him.
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 Badass Crew: When King Half assembles a crew in order to go sea-raiding, he only takes men who have lifted a certain large stone in the king's courtyard off the ground. He also refuses to take anyone "who got scared […], or who spoke despondently, or who winced at wounds". Only 23 men in all of Half's kingdom meet his requirements, but of those "not one […] had less than twelve times the strength of an average man".
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