The Hermit



The Hermit

The Hermit is a chapter in the Book: Eric Olafson, Neo Viking. It introduces Egill Skallagrímsson to the Galactic Chronicles Universe.

Egill participated in the last Clan Wars. These wars escalated and were fought with modern off world weapons. The Skallagrimson Burg was hit by a Nuke Nuke and destroyed the burg and killed everyone inside.

Egill retaliated by decimating four clans, killing each and everyone. He then retreated to the Pillar Burg [1] and waited for death to come.

In his self inflicted exile, he met Tyr the White Tyranno and the fish revealed to Egill that he was not only sentient but posessed psionic powers  almost equal to the Narth. Tyr gifted Egill with psionic powerd and the ability to repair and restore his own cells and thus Egill stopped agig.

The Skallagrimmsons Clan was related to the Ragnarsson clan .making Egill a distant but direct anchestor to Eric Olafson.

In this chapter Egill returns from a shopping trip and is met by Tyr. Tyr requests Egill to be present when Isegrim Olafson's son is born.

[1] The Pillar Burg is a mystical place on Nilfeheim. No one knows who built it, or  what clan it belonged to. It was often occuied by brooding old  men and even a few women (long before Egill). Known to Egill and Eric, the Burg was created by the first Hermit almost right after the first settlers arrived

with the help of Tyr. (Tyr gained sentience by the will of the Voice of the Rule and elevated to be a Guardian.