Ivor Ragnarsson Wedding Incident

Ivor Ragnarsson Wedding Incident

January 4920 OTT - Nilfeheim planet -

Source: Ragnarsson Family Chronicles Volume 664 - Pages 56 -88

When Ivor Ragnarsson the first born of Litfas Ragnarsson (and Grimhild of the Folkbiorn Clan ) became of age, he caught the eye of Helga Halverson

during Yuletide festivities at the Big Roundhouse on the big island.

Gerhilf Halverson, the father and clan chief of the Halverson clan noticed and approached Litfas. They both clapsed underams and allowed courting and made a wedding pact.

In  4920 OTT the wedding festivities took place on the Ragnarsson Rock. Litfas boasted that Ragnarsson's could throw axes even drunk.

So the challenge was made and the traditional "Cutting of the Braids " did not take place early in the evening, but late after lots of drinking.

Ivor threw two axes true,but the third sliced deep into the side of Helga's face. The wound was nearly fatal, and caused a big fight between the male members of the Halverson clan and the Ragnarssons.[1]

One of the Union clinic doctors and friend of the Ragnarssons was present and stabilized Helga long enough to get her to the Union clinic.

As severe the wound was, the timely and fast intervention of the Union doctor and the Union tech medical facility not only saved Helga's live but restored her completely. She declared her undying love and asked for a repeat of the axe throw. She insisted her own brother cheatedf by distracting her new husband.

The second time Ivor threw all three axes true, despite drinking ten tankards of strong ale.

The incident however was never truly forgotten, and brought up in many tellings of the incident.

It was the only recorded Braid cutting that went wrong that did not end in a clan feud.

[1] Two members of the Ragnarsson clan and two warriors of the Halverson clan were killed and there were 19 wounded.