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Rigg Leifsson: The seventeen-year-old son of Leif Eriksson and Fianna.

Ari Bardasson: Rigg’s best friend, aged nineteen, an aspiring poet of Baltic ancestry.

Nara: A Tornit (Dorset-Inuit) girl from the north of Greenland, about the same age as Rigg.

Fianna: Rigg’s Irish mother, wife of Leif, originally his slave.

Tyrkir: Rigg’s teacher, a noted rune interpreter, originally a German slave of Erik’s.

Unn: A tomboyish and clever thirteen-year-old, Rigg’s friend from childhood.

Gudrid: Unn’s older sister, a noted beauty, married to Erik the Red’s favourite son, Thorstein.

Erik the Red: Great explorer, devoted pagan, and founder of the Greenland settlement, Leif’s father and Rigg’s grandfather.

Theodhild: Erik’s wife, a Christian convert.

Brandt: Erik’s estate manager.

Freydis: Erik’s only daughter, a noted sibyl, or prophetess, and reputed witch.

Thorvard: Freydis’s husband, a skinflint, dominated by his powerful wife.

Ottar the Moneyer: A drifter and spy who has settled in Greenland and is allied with Freydis and Erik.

Thorstein: Erik’s favourite son, husband of the beautiful Gudrid. He attempts to reach Vinland with Erik.

Death Watcher: A mysterious warrior who bears the mark of the coveted Helm of Awe.

Thorhall the Hunter: Close friend and travelling companion of Erik.

Rolf the Navigator: A mariner and farmer who sailed to Vinland with Leif. A trusted friend of Leif and Fianna.

Gardar Olafsson: A friend of Leif’s and a collector of animals.

Leif Eriksson: Rigg’s father, a Christian, and the famed discoverer of Vinland.

Various veterans of the voyages of Erik and Leif, and other Greenland settlers, also appear, including Bild the Blacksmith, Ragnar the Wary, Crow, Neri, Hedin, Pilgrim, Odd Arngrimsson, the Hawk, Owl, Ketil, Solve, and Einar of Einarsfiord.