Apprentices and pilgrims

apprentices and pilgrims

(Book 1 Eric Olafson - Chapter :Fat Man )

Usually only apprentices aspiring to become keepers and pilgrims to the Seven Faceless come to Hasvik.

Apprentices are usually the sons of clans that are not first born.

A spell of serving the gods at Hasvik is seen as great honor service and devotion to gods and tradition. Someone who served at Hasvik has a better chance to be picked for a seat among the Elders than someone who has not.

Pilgrims are very rare nowadays and only maybe 500 -  600 Piligrims find their way to Hasvik every standard year (as opposed to the 20-30,000 that used to come)

But in very recent years (starting around 5040 - more Nilfeheim Neo Vikings come to visit the Gods and for the first time women are allowed to come) [1]

[1] allowed by the Elders. The Keepers of Hasvik had never any rule preventing women to come.