Feng

Role: Horwendil's brother and slayer; Amleth's uncle and stepfather · First appears: Book Three · Part 11

In Book Three · Part 11, Rorik Slyngebond appointed Feng and Horwendil, sons of Gerwendil, to defend Jutland in place of their father. In Book Three · Part 12, Feng murdered Horwendil and took his wife, Gerutha; her son Amleth was Feng’s nephew and stepchild. Feng later plotted to have Amleth killed by the King of Britain, concealing his own involvement.

In Book Three · Part 17, Amleth cut Feng down as Feng struggled to draw a sword that was not his own. In Book Four · Part 1, Amleth said he had taken vengeance for his country and father. In Book Four · Part 3, he told the King of Britain that Feng had died by the sword and that he himself had killed him; Feng and the king had previously made a pact to avenge one another.