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** Orm also mentions in passing that he encountered a fair number when fighting alongside Almansur in Castile, and that they always stood in the front ranks and fought well.
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** Father Willibald has his moments too, most notably when he manages to hit king Sven in the mouth with a thrown rock, a feat which earns him the respect of Orm's rather rowdy and sceptical neighbors.
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** After being captured and enslaved in Spain, Orm and his companions serve for several years in the guard of Al-Mansur, ''de facto'' ruler of the Almohad Caliphate in Iberia.
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** After being captured and enslaved in Spain, Orm and his companions serve for several years in the guard of Al-Mansur, ''de facto'' ruler of the Almohad Umayyad Caliphate in Iberia.
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* GirlInABox: Toke smuggles a girl on a long ship in a large chest.
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* EmergencyMultifaithPrayer: Orm and his friends have a rather lackadaisical view of religion. At one point they are facing hard weather at sea and decide to make sacrifices to the norse god of the winds, to a Christian saint, and to Allah, just to cover all their bases.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Father Willibald is HotBlooded and about as abrasive as sandpaper, but he takes his duties as a healer and spiritual leader seriously, and is more than willing to go to the wire for his patients, even the ones he doesn't like.
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* OddFriendship: Both Orm and Toke find, much to their surprise, that they actually like the abrasive and angry Father Willibald. Toke puts it down to that the good Father is too much of a cynic to make any serious conversion attempts.
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* ATankardOfMooseUrine: Orm is not taken with kumis (fermented horse milk). It's strong, and that's the nicest thing he has to say.
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* WineIsClassy: Wine-drinking is the province of the widely travelled, and Olof Summerbird offers Orm wine when they first meet.
--> '''Orm:''': The sweetness is good after fat, salty sausage... though I think I prefer ale.
--> '''Orm:''': The sweetness is good after fat, salty sausage... though I think I prefer ale.
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* UsefulNotes/BipolarDisorder: The word is never used, but "the curse of the Uppsala kings", which Styrbjörn is struck with is clearly this.
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* TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed: To a modern reader, the "curse of the Uppsala kings" that afflicts Styrbjörn is easily identifiable as textbook untreated UsefulNotes/BipolarDisorder.
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* CatchAndReturn: During an altercation with the crew of a ship from Östergötland, the angry captain of the Östergötlanders hurls a spear at Orm. Olof Summerbird, standing beside Orm, catches it and throws it back, hitting the man in the shoulder. This draws much admiration from his friends and also seems to awe the Östergötlanders, who retreat without further provocations. When questioned, Olof claims it's something he learned young, but never succeeded in teaching to someone else. He also says he doesn't tell people about it after one of his cousins was severely wounded trying to repeat the trick. This is a ShoutOut to ''Literature/NjalsSaga'', where this feat occurs several times.
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* CatchAndReturn: During an altercation with the crew of a ship from Östergötland, the angry captain of the Östergötlanders hurls a spear at Orm. Olof Summerbird, standing beside Orm, catches it and throws it back, hitting the man in the shoulder. This draws much admiration from his friends and also seems to awe the Östergötlanders, who retreat without further provocations. When questioned, Olof claims it's something he learned young, but never succeeded in teaching to someone else. He also says he doesn't tell people about it after one of his cousins was severely wounded trying to repeat the trick.stunt. This is a ShoutOut to ''Literature/NjalsSaga'', where this feat occurs several times.
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* CatchAndReturn: One of the more plausible examples. Olof Summerbird manages to catch a thrown spear and throw it back. This freaks out both his friends and enemies. When queried, he claims it's just something he learned and can't unlearn. He also says he doesn't tell people about it after one of his cousins was severely wounded trying to repeat the trick. This is another ShoutOut to the Norse sagas, where really badass characters sometimes do this.
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* CatchAndReturn: One During an altercation with the crew of a ship from Östergötland, the angry captain of the more plausible examples. Olof Summerbird manages to catch Östergötlanders hurls a thrown spear at Orm. Olof Summerbird, standing beside Orm, catches it and throw throws it back. back, hitting the man in the shoulder. This freaks out both draws much admiration from his friends and enemies. also seems to awe the Östergötlanders, who retreat without further provocations. When queried, he questioned, Olof claims it's just something he learned and can't unlearn.young, but never succeeded in teaching to someone else. He also says he doesn't tell people about it after one of his cousins was severely wounded trying to repeat the trick. This is another a ShoutOut to the Norse sagas, ''Literature/NjalsSaga'', where really badass characters sometimes do this. this feat occurs several times.
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* ProphecyArmor: The eleven sons of Sone who join Orm's voyage to Russia receive a prophecy from their father that only seven of them will return to him. When four of them have died, the remaining brothers start to behave with utmost recklessness in combat, because, having absolute trust in their father's clairvoyance, they believe they cannot be killed as long as they do not return home. Even though they are somewhat dismayed by the realization that they still can be wounded, when Orm returns to Scania they decide to stay with Orm and do some more adventuring instead of going home, because in that case their lives would be no longer protected by the prophecy.
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* ProphecyArmor: The eleven sons of Sone who join Orm's voyage to Russia Rus' receive a prophecy from their father that only seven of them will return to him. When four of them have died, the remaining brothers start to behave with utmost recklessness in combat, because, having absolute trust in their father's clairvoyance, they believe they cannot be killed as long as they do not return home. Even though they are somewhat dismayed by the realization that they still can be wounded, when Orm returns to Scania they decide to stay with Orm and do some more adventuring instead of going home, because in that case their lives would be no longer protected by the prophecy.
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* {{Seer}}: Åsa and Sone the Sharp-sighted, neither of whom conform to any of the usual seer tropes.
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* {{Seer}}: {{Seers}}: Åsa and Sone the Sharp-sighted, neither of whom conform to any of the usual seer tropes.
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* LoopholeAbuse: Defied. When Orm is to ransom Blackhair from the Patzinak, he is ordered to pay the boy's weight in silver. Everyone present praises Orm for not using the obvious loophole of demanding the boy be weighed naked.
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* GoldFever: Gets a mention. The Gotlanders who brought the blind, mute and crippled Are from the east show that he has silver left, and use the fact that they have only taken a reasonable sum to pay for his board and passage as proof of their honesty. They then say that if he had had gold, they would have stolen it and pitched him over the side because "no man can resist gold".
