Characters / njala
Valgard the Guileful
Status: curated
20Mentions
5Degree
0.0009Betweenness
0.01580PageRank
0.7923Closeness
0.500Clustering
1Community
25 / 107First / death ch.
Narrative prominence
20Mentions
8Chapters present
3Dialogue turns
45Events involved
Kin
Children: Mord Valgard's son.
Aliases
ValgardValgard the GuilefulValgard the Grey
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Relations and evidence
Kinship(3)
with Wolf Aurpriest · weight 1 · ch. 25–25
“There was a man named Valgard, he kept house at Hof by Rangriver, he was the son of Jorund the Priest, and his brother was Wolf Aurpriest.”
with Mord Valgard's son · weight 41 · ch. 46–144
“At that time Mord Valgard's son kept house at Hof on the Rangrivervales; he was crafty and spiteful.”
“"We shall go and see Mord Valgard's son," answers Otkell, "and seek counsel of him."”
“A little while after those namesakes met Mord Valgard's son, and Mord blamed them much for having laid the matter in Njal's hands, when he was Gunnar's great friend.”
“Next autumn Mord Valgard's son, sent word that Gunnar would be all alone at home, but all his people would be down in the isles to make an end of their haymaking.”
with Thorgeir Otkell's son · weight 1 · ch. 74–74
“He summoned Starkad under the Threecorner, and Thorgeir his son; Mord and Valgard the guileful; Geir the priest and Hjalti Skeggi's son; Thorbrand and Asbrand, Thorleik's sons; Eyjulf, and Aunund his son, Aunund of Witchwood and Thorgrim the Easterling of Sandgil.”
Marriage(1)
with Unna Mord's daughter · weight 1 · ch. 25–25
“Wolf Aurpriest, and Valgard the guileful, set off to woo Unna, and she gave herself away to Valgard without the advice of any of her kinsfolk.”
Conversation(1)
with Gunnar of Lithend · weight 1 · ch. 34–34
“Gunnar had also bidden Valgard the guileful, and Wolf Aurpriest, and their sons Runolf and Mord.”