by Swan Road
Ivar the Boneless was indeed, evidently, at the very least double-jointed and possibly a contortionist of considerable agility; he was also extremely cruel, being the one said to have perpetrated the Blood Eagle upon King Aella of Northumbria and to have brutally tortured King Edmund of East Anglia before beheading him. Following the murder of Edmund, Ivar the Boneless, en route from Thetford to Reading, did, in fact, mysteriously disappear from the pages of history, and no more was ever heard or known of him again— something I found particularly intriguing.
It does seem strange that while various accounts of the deaths of Ubbi and Halfdan have come down to us, none at all is given for their greater brother, Ivar the Boneless.
Ubbi appears to have been, in reality, the "crude lump of peat" that I have described him as being; he was apparently killed in battle during the invasion of Britain by the great army, although other reports of his death are given.
It is said of Halfdan that he became a king of the Northland, Britain, and Ireland (Erin). He may or may not have been killed in battle at Strangford Lough, Ireland.
Of the fourth and last of Ragnar Lodbrók's sons, it is claimed many things, not the least of which is that he became king of all the Danes.
Rebecca Brandewyne
Table of Contents
Book One: Dragons Breathing Fire and Death
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Book Two: Yesterday's Princess
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Book Three: Swan Road
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-one
