AGENDA FEMALE NAMES • paint a believable picture of saga-period Asgerd, Asgeir, Aslaug, Asny, Bera, Dalla, Iceland Freydis, Geirlaug, Geirny, Gjaflaug, Grimhild, • make the players’ characters’ circumstances Groa, Gudrid, Gudrun, Gunnhild, Gyda, Hall- worthy of a saga odin bera, Halldis, Hallfrid, Hallveig, Helga, Herdis, • play to find out what happens • display great ambition Hildrid, Hrafnhild, Hrodny, Ingibjorg, Ingrid, PRINCIPLES • subvert gender roles Ingunn, Isgerd, Jofrid, Jorunn, Kadlin, Ljufa, • put your heart and brain on the table • uncover secrets and hidden things • display stubborn pride Mjoll, Moeid, Nereid, Olof, Osk, Ragnhild, • let everything flow from the fiction Rannveig, Saeunn, Sigrid, Solveig, Thora, wreck and tear apart • • brew up storms • address the characters, not the players thor Thorarna, Thordis, Thorlaug, Thorunn, Thu- • be a fan of the players’ characters rid, Unn, Valgerd, Vermund, Vigdis, Yngvild • aim at the characters and their moves freyr • think about the larger world MALE NAMES • give everyone a history Aki, Ari, Arinbjorn, Atli, Bard, Bjalfi, Bjarni, • throw it under the grinding stone of time • make promises • display royal arrogance Bjorn, Bolli, Brynjolf, Egil, Einar, Eyvind, Finn, • make the world cold • exalt and distinguish Frodi, Geir, Gellir, Grim, Halfdan, Hallbjorn, • give them the sun, Harek, Helgi, Hegg, Hogni, Hrafn, Hrolf, Illugi, make them fight for the moon Ingolf, Jorund, Ketill, Koll, Lambi, Ljot, Njal, • sometimes, pass the reins • offer priceless gifts priceless offer Oddleif, Olaf, Olvir, Orm, Ottar, Ref, Sigurd, • display heedless lust heedless display CEREMONIAL MOVES Skallagrim, Skeggi, Skum, Skuli, Snorri, Sol- • carry away carry • suggest future calamity vi, Stein, Steinar, Stuf, Surt, Thorkel, Thorir, • inflict harm as established Thorolf, Ulf, Vali, Vandrad, Vebjorn, Yngvar • put a price on it freya • put them in the middle hel NICKNAMES • present a bleak fate bleak a present • put them together the Beardless, the Berserk, the Black, Blood- • separate them • spread disease and decay and disease spread axe, Boomer, Bow-bender, Braggart, the Broad, • shake the foundations the shake • display greed and hunger and greed display • offer an opportunity Chopper, Dark-skin, Deep-minded, the Fair, • act with cowardice and deceit and cowardice with act • make honour and shame real Fart, Flat-nose, the Giant, the Godless, Grey- • display jealousy and resentment and jealousy display • change the seasons cloak, Half-troll, Hobbler, Hump, the Lame, loki the Lean, the Learned, Long-chin, Night wolf, the Pale, the Peacock, Pock-marked, Raven, Red-cloak, Sarcastic, Serpent-tongue, Shaggy- breeches, the Short, the Slayer, the Sly, Squint- er, Snooze, the Tall, Tangle-hair, Thin-hair, Sample fileTravel-quick, the White, White-leg, the Wise.