Russians — Minor Figures
3 figures from The Danish History, Books I–IX who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.
Dag
king · first appears Book Five · Part 20
- Book Five · Part 20 · enemies with Frode (son of Fridleif the Swift) “By this time all the kings of the Russians except Olmar and Dag had fallen in battle.”
- Book Five · Part 21 · lord: Frode (son of Fridleif the Swift) “To one Dimar he allotted the management of the provinces of the Helsings, of the Jarnbers, and the Jemts, as well as both Laplands; while on Dag he bestowed the government of Esthonia.”
Regnald the Russian
grandson of Radbard · first appears Book Eight · Part 2
- Book Eight · Part 2 · elder kin: Radbard (grandfather of Regnald) “with these was enrolled Regnald the Russian, the grandson of Radbard;”
- Book Eight · Part 2 · lord: Ring (son of Ingild) “Here Ring disembarked his forces from his fleet, and then massed and prepared to draw up in line both these and the army he had himself conducted overland. When these forces were at first loosely drawn up over the open country, it was found that one wing reached all the way to Werund. The multitude was confused in its places and ranks; but the king rode round it, and posted in the van all the smartest and most excellently-armed men, led by Ole, Regnald, and Wivil; then he massed the rest of the army on the two wings in a kind of curve.”
Trannon
monarch · first appears Book Two · Part 2
- Book Two · Part 2 · enemies with Frode (son of Hadding) “Thence he travelled and fell in with Trannon, the monarch of the Ruthenians. Desiring to spy out the strength of his navy, he made a number of pegs out of sticks, and loaded a skiff with them; and in this he approached the enemy's fleet by night, and bored the hulls of the vessels with an auger.”
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Extracted from the original text of The Danish History, Books I–IX. Made with Rho MD.