Rorik Slyngebond
Also known as: Rorik / Slyngebond · Role: king · First appears: Book Three · Part 8
In Book Three · Part 8, Hother requested that his son Rorik become king, and the elders granted the request. In Book Three · Part 9, Rorik promised six intertwined bracelets to whoever fought a challenger; in Book Three · Part 10, he threw them to Ubbe (champion of Rorik), but they fell short and were swept away. The event regained him the insurgents’ hearts and recovered the tribute.
In Book Three · Part 11, Rorik appointed Horwendil and Feng to defend Jutland in place of their father, Gerwendil. Horwendil gave Rorik the best trophies and the pick of the plunder to win higher rank in his favour. Rorik’s friendship with Horwendil enabled him to marry Rorik’s daughter Gerutha, who bore Amleth; in Book Three · Part 15, Feng feared harming his stepson because of Rorik’s displeasure.
Relationship record
Life events
- Hother requested that his son RORIK become king, and the elders granted the request.(Book Three · Part 8)
- With: Hother
- “So he besought them to make his son RORIK king, so that the judgment of wicked men should not transfer the royalty to strange and unknown houses; averring that he would reap more joy from the succession of his son than bitterness from his own impending death. This request was speedily granted.”
- Rorik promised six intertwined bracelets as a reward for the man who fought the challenger.(Book Three · Part 9)
- “Rorik chanced to have six bracelets, which were so intertwined that they could not be parted from one another, the chain of knots being inextricaly laced; and he promised them as a reward for the man who would venture on the combat.”
- Rorik threw the promised bracelets to Ubbe, but they fell short and were swept away by the waters.(Book Three · Part 10)
- With: Ubbe (champion of Rorik)
- “so, being stationed on his vessel, he resolved to shake off the bracelets, and with a mighty swing send them to the asker. But his attempt was baulked by the width of the gap between them; for the bracelets fell short of the intended spot, the impulse being too faint and slack, and were reft away by the waters.”
- Rorik regained the insurgents' hearts and recovered the tribute.(Book Three · Part 10)
- “This event won back to Rorik the hearts of the insurgents and regained him the tribute.”
- Rorik appointed Horwendil and Feng to defend Jutland in place of their father.(Book Three · Part 11 · 📍 Jutland)
- Horwendil gave Rorik the best trophies and pick of the plunder.(Book Three · Part 11)
- With: Horwendil
- “He had now passed three years in valiant deeds of war; and, in order to win higher rank in Rorik's favour, he assigned to him the best trophies and the pick of the plunder.”
Book Three · Part 8
- parent: Hother “So he besought them to make his son RORIK king, so that the judgment of wicked men should not transfer the royalty to strange and unknown houses;”
Book Three · Part 10
- vassal: Ubbe (champion of Rorik) (Rorik promised Ubbe the prize of the combat.) “the king promised him the bracelets.”
Book Three · Part 11
- vassal: Horwendil “At this time Horwendil and Feng, whose father Gerwendil had been governor of the Jutes, were appointed in his place by Rorik to defend Jutland.”
- vassal: Feng “At this time Horwendil and Feng, whose father Gerwendil had been governor of the Jutes, were appointed in his place by Rorik to defend Jutland.”
- child: Gerutha “His friendship with Rorik enabled him to woo and will in marriage his daughter Gerutha, who bore him a son Amleth.”
- friends with Horwendil “His friendship with Rorik enabled him to woo and will in marriage his daughter Gerutha, who bore him a son Amleth.”
- benefactor: Horwendil “He had now passed three years in valiant deeds of war; and, in order to win higher rank in Rorik's favour, he assigned to him the best trophies and the pick of the plunder.”
Book Three · Part 15
- younger kin: Amleth “Feng now suspected that his stepson was certainly full of guile, and desired to make away with him, but durst not do the deed for fear of the displeasure, not only of Amleth's grandsire Rorik, but also of his own wife.”
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Extracted from the original text of The Danish History, Books I–IX. Made with Rho MD.