Conlan

Since he only appeared in two pages, we don't have much information but we do have enough information to infer more information. In this page, it will mostly be about guessing the information (because he only appears in 2 pages) but there will be some facts in this article too.

## Appearances

### Debut

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There is much to guess and infer by knowing Conlan is a slave, an Irish one. For example, though Conlan's Marital status is unknown, we can guess that he isn't married. Due to Hekja, Gudrun, Hikki and all the minor character slaves being single, we can tell that he most probably is also not married. He may also have had a relationship but has been split up due to a raid or attack.

Another inference is his Affiliation. Since it says he is an Irish thrall, we can certainly guess that his homeland was in Ireland or he was connected with it somehow. Though there are many things we can guess, there are things we can't like relatives or weight.

Another inference, his place of birth and place of death. Since we kind of know he was from Ireland, his place of birth could possibly be Ireland too. It isn't certain that he died or is still alive but if he did die, his place of death could most definitely be in Greenland since it doesn't say Conlan went with Hekja to Iceland inside the book. It also doesn't say that he went anywhere else but this also could be because he is a minor character and they didn't put it in the text but we can infer this, not tell this.

## Description of Conlan

Yet again, there is no information due to him only saying two lines in the whole book. We can try to infer that since he is a slave, he might be skinny because they don't get as nourished as the vikings and we can certainly infer his background is Irish and he might have an accent or might still follow traditions.

### Description of Conlan's personality

There are only a few sentences Conlan says but we can very much infer a lot from these few sayings. The first line he says in the book is,

"And barley beer enough for everyone and a bull calf kept to roast," said Conlan the Irish thrall longingly, from his place by the fire.

This is what he said after Gudrun said,

"A whole week long, our household and Master Leif's and Master Erik's!"

We can tell that when he said it longingly it means he has been a slave for a long time and he is grateful that there is this type of event for the slaves to enjoy. Also how he interrupted Gudrun tells he is really excited and added on to her words. He also exaggerates in most of the few words he speaks, like the next line, he says,

"If I eat another fish I will turn into one and go swimming down the fiord with the mermaids."

He continued to say this and as we all clearly know, this is just an exaggeration. This just emphasises how excited he is for the Yule feast after eating tons of bland repetitive everyday fish, he is grateful (longing) this and clearly enjoys tell somebody else how he feels and hence why his personality I assume is bubbly and optimistic regardless in harsh conditions as a slave, he highly appreciates 1 event than all the other bad ones. The last two sentences he says in the entire book is,

"We do indeed. And we can eat and drink as much as we want to, with singing and games too."

He said this as he was replying to Hekja's question,

"Do thralls go to the feast as well?"

Everything he says in this book is optimistic and trying to cheer Hekja up as he tries to support a new slave, telling her it isn't that bad. Which gives a courageous and encouraging persona. You don't even need to know how he says it, you can tell that he says it with excitement, saying it fast, louder for Hekja to know all the wonderful things in the feast.

Overall, from these 4 lines he said in the whole novel, we can infer this. He has been a thrall for a long time and has a courageous and supportive qualities. He lifts people up and tries to inform others its ok like Hekja. He is optimistic because regardless of the hours of hard work with no credit, he is still happy due to one feast of the entire year, giving a bubbly persona too! All of that inference with 4 lines just tells us much information can be hidden in a couple of sentences.

#### Conlan's appearance

Here are some mini pictures of Conlan generated by AI: