Ivar the Boneless (inn beinlausi) as he was curiously referred to, was a Viking warlord and a man of exceptional cruelty and ferocity, he was the son of Ragnar Lodbrok and Aslaug Sigurdsdottir. He ruled over an area covering parts of modern Denmark and Sweden. He had a reputation to be a fierce warrior bordering on a berserker. He also led the great Heathen army in 865. He later died in 873.
Erik Bloodaxe was the favored son of Harald Finehair. He became king of western Norway after his father. However, when his younger brother Hakon claimed the kingship with the support of Athelstan of Wessex, Eric was forced tomoved to the British Isles. Once in the British Isles he spent his time alternatively raiding in Scotland and around the Irish Sea, and establishing himself as ruler of the Viking kingdom of Northumbria. His death in 954 brought the independence of Viking Northumbria to an end. His sons eventually succeeded in establishing themselves as kings in Norway.
Gunnar was an amazing fighter, and the saga says that no man has ever been his equal. He was handsome, fearless, generous and even-tempered. He fought equally well with either hand, left or right. His sword strokes were so fast that it seemed like he wielded Multiple swords at once. He could jump more than his own height while wearing full battle gear. It was even said that there was no sport that anyone could hope to compete with him in. His favoured weapon was an atgeir (translates roughly to halberd). Gunner was however the type of man who tried to settle disputed peacefully and avoid bloodshed, but was perfectly capable when it came to trial of arms.
Most of what we know about Erik The Red comes from Nordic and Icelandic sagas. Although he is believed to have been born in 950 in Rogaland on the southwestern tip of Norway. At age 10, Erik’s father, Thorvald Asvaldsson, was exiled for murder, a method of conflict resolution that would become something of a family custom. Family settled down later in northwestern Iceland, in the Hornstrandir region. He lived there peacufully until an unfortunate landslide caused by one of his Thralls forced him out. After that he lived a life full of conflict and murder.