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Updated: June 1, 2025

The young king sat in his father's high seat, the highest-born and most honoured guests ranged beside him, and those of humbler standing in the farther places. First, they drank to the dead King Hakon, to his various great kinsmen in Valhalla, and to each of the gods in turn.

J. Storer (Joseph Storer) Clouston - Vandrad the Viking, the Feud and the Spell