Chapter 133: A Wulfhild, Enfolded

### Story Date

Thursday 16 June, AD 1043/6551 ε.Κ/5 Dhu I-Qa’da 434 AH/5 He-Yue Huangyou Era Year 1/5 Sólmánuður ÅrO -1

## Appearances

### Locations

Berk
Constantinople

*…and while the beginnings of their familial and romantic relationship was shadowed due to plots and machinations, there is no question that Wulfhild Haddock I was also an integral and beloved member of the Haddock family. The only legitimate child of King Olaf of Norway by his wife Astrid Olofsdotter of Sweden, she was maneuvered into marriage with then-Heir Hiccup through the plotting of the the Norwegian court chaplain, Father Henriksson, as part of a plan to ensure a Christian heir to the rising kingdom of Berk. This backfired on the Father, since Wulfhild, as a direct result, waited to baptize her children with Hiccup until they were of age to consent. While this led to other complications, including rumors that she was a secret Jew, which were used to discredit and demonize her…*

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*…soon, after her husband assumed the throne in AD 1044, Wulfhild gave up her position as Head Almoner and instead took over Hiccup’s role as Herald and chief diplomat. There, she was instrumental in forming the political bloc of allied nations that dominated the global political sphere for most of the next one hundred and fifty years…*

*—The Second Flowering Of Yggdrasil: An Analysis Of The Norse Resurgence, 1710*

## Major Events

* Duckquack informs Fishlegs of his friends' promiscuous activities, and Fishlegs in turn decides to inform Bladewit.
* Dovid agrees to teach Gobnait everything about being a Jew.
* Sigurd and the Byzantine Imperial Elites speculate on why the Pechenegs aren't attacking them.
* Wulfhild officially marries Hiccup and Astrid.
* Prince Tunka asks Isioma for advice on maintaining good ties with Berk and she advises him to copy their practice of outlawing slavery of all forms.
* Maire tells Fintan and Roisinn she found her childhood friend Caiside and will marry him next month.
* Magnus' Kievan Rus relatives inform him of the rumors of the Pechenegs having dragons.
* Hiccup and Astrid present their morning gifts to Wulfhild, including an assortment of weapons and full legal authority over the Haddock Flock of Dragons and the Dragon Riders.

## Characters

### Humans

* Fishlegs clan Ingerman
* Duckquack Hensteethsson
* Dovid ben Eliezer
* Hákon Mortensson
* Alexios Makris
* Sigurd Trondsson
* Constantine Dalassenos
* Hiccup clan Haddock
* Astrid Hákonsdóttir clan Haddock
* Wulfhild of Norway
* Gothi Hiccupsdóttir
* Dúnchad (unnamed)
* Archbishop Octavianus (unnamed)
* Isioma
* Tunka Manin
* Káyọ̀dé
* Cami Berthasdóttir
* Thuggory Mogadonsson
* Merida Dunbroch
* Eret Eretsson
* Fintan mac Ionatan
* Roisin
* Maire nic Asgierr (first named appearance?)
* Ruffnut Thicknutsdóttir
* Magnus the Good
* Irene Olofsdotter
* Emund Olofsson
* Vladimir Yaroslavich
* Yaroslav the Wise

### Dragons

* Toothless
* Stormfly
* Meatlug
* Brand
* Windshear
* Mjolnir
* Mistletoe

## Analysis

### Epigraph Tie-In

* The epigraph discusses Wulfhild's familial and romantic connections to Hiccup and Astrid. The chapter shows Wulfhild being legally wedded to both Hiccup and Astrid.