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Updated: May 17, 2025
Gudrun's husband incites the Bonders to throw off the yoke of the licentious despot, Olaf Tryggvesson is proclaimed king, and the "great Jarl of Lade" is now a fugitive in the land he so lately ruled, accompanied by a single thrall, named Karker.
When night came, the Jarl kept himself awake, but Karker slept; a troubled sleep. The Jarl awoke him, and asked of what he was dreaming. He answered, "I was at Lade, and Olaf was laying a gold ring about my neck." The Jarl said, "It will be a RED ring about thy neck, if he catches thee: from me thou shalt enjoy all that is good, therefore, betray me not!"
There was a little daylight in their hiding-place, and the Jarl and Karker both hear the words of Olaf. "Why art thou so pale?" says the Jarl," and now again as black as earth? Thou dost not mean to betray me?" "By no means," said Karker. "We were born on the same night," said the Jarl, "and the time will not be long between our deaths."
On this, Karker, "dreadfully alarmed," drew a knife from his belt, stuck it into the Jarl's throat, and cut off his head. Late in the day he came to Lade, brought the Jarl's head to Olaf, and told his story. It is a comfort to know that "the red ring" was laid round the traitor's neck: Olaf caused him to be beheaded.
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