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Since: Dec, 1969
Medinoc
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LordGro
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I remember this tale of a massive norse warrior who wanted to die fighting, and so arranged to die in a fight and tried to kill his slayer with the weight of his own corpse. I cannot remember any names, or if it was in a saga or not.