Chapter 17 | Page 20
on October 22, 2020
at 12:00 am
Pressure.
Thistil Mistil Kistil
by Sarah Schanze
Velkommen!
Thistil Mistil Kistil is a comic about vikings, Norse gods, and their adventures together (or against each other). Updates are on Thor’s Day.
Would the lawspeaker speak to Aud about the laws, or to the valley on Aud’s behalf? A precursor of a lawyer? I don’t know the culture. Also, I don’t recall who Aud’s child is? Perhaps that’s next week.
Per the above: the young child in the illustration looks like Arne. Perhaps I got confused with the mention of the young child as part of the widowhood, and ahead of her welcome of Arne.
Yes, Ingolf is speaking of Arne. When he returned with him, Aud became a widow and a mother at the same time.
And for “lawspeaker,” that’s typically a singular position, one man who memorized all the laws for the island. Ingolf is more Aud’s proxy, as women weren’t allowed to participate in law proceedings but were allowed to govern, more or less. The word “proxy” doesn’t quite fit with the setting, though, so I used “lawspeaker” instead.
So Aud wasn’t even a local. Shit that’s a lot for a 16yo to deal with. I think she has earned her right to be snippy and loud.