When I Olaf Tryggvason
Was told by a seer that I would become a renowned king
and do celebrated deeds and bring
many men to faith and baptism
I laughed a hearty belly shaking laugh that any Viking would be proud of
but as the seer said the conspirators came and my men lay dead
and I was wounded almost to death
and carried upon a shield
and yet I survived
so near Andover I was baptised
after just over seven days healing of my wounds.
It was after then I seized the opportunity of being king
after Jarl Haakon had taken the daughters of the elite
to be his concubines even though he sent them home after a few weeks
when he grew tired them.
and the fighting between him and the Danish christian king
because he denied the Christian faith
I set sail as Haakon’s kingdom was in revolt
He hid in a hole in pigsty
With One his slaves called Kark
But Haakon’s slave sought a reward
Cut Haakon’s head off and presented it to me
But why should I reward treachery
I cut off the head of treacherous slave
and was confirmed as Norway’s king
I demanded that haakons men all be baptised and the all reluctantly agreed,
My rule was ambitious Christian reign
but it only lasted 5 years
In My ship the long serpent the mightiest ship in the north
I fought to the last
and cast my self overboard
to be seen no more.
As the battle of Svolder raged
I was only stopped by the combined Swedish, Danish and Wendish ships
Bolstered also by those of earl Haakon’s sons.
I went to my watery grave.
