re: #458 Kragar

Probably. However, ancestries certainly take strange turns. I look at my supposed ancestry, before the unification of Norway, with highly skeptical eyes. Scandinavians had extensive traditions of land ownership and heritage so there are a lot of records, but knowing what is “true” or not is another thing. Certainly there were many lies, and some forgotten knowledge.

Grandmother of good ol’ Forkbeard was Thyra, and if Forkbeard is supposed to be an ancestor of mine then Thyra is also. But hear what Wikipedia says about Thyra:

According to popular tradition, Thyra’s daughter was captured by trolls and carried off to a kingdom in the far north beyond Halogaland and Biarmaland.

I figure once we’re back into the age of trolls and such we’re on the edge of slipping into myth, no?

Fortunately my descent is supposed to be through her son (King Bluetooth) so I don’t have to worry about troll ancestry…