Uhtred asks Hakka to release them of their chains, but he refuses. Uhtred, Halig, and Finan dump the water out of the ship using buckets. In unison the slaves start to say "Pull!" Finan promises Uhtred that one day, he will kill Hakka himself. Hakka, a member of Sverri’s crew, tells Uhtred to stop talking. Uhtred assures Halig that their journey won’t end with them as slaves or in a grave. Finan takes his brothers crown.įinan is placed on a slave ship with Uhtred and Halig. Conall attacks Finan when his back is turned but Finan managed to win against him anyway. Finan being the skilled fighter he is, defeats the champion quickly, and taunts his brother. "I am the betrayer, the cursed".Īt the end of " Warriors of the Storm", Finan challenges Conall, whom sends a champion to fight Finan. Finan supposedly kills his own son or nephew that curses him before death. Conall took Uí Néill wife for his own and raised Finan's sons. The Uí Néill pursued them and Finan was stripped of everything. Finan fell in love with Conall's wife, a simple dairy maid from Ó Domhnaill. He and his younger brother Conall were princes. Finan was married to a royal daughter of the Uí Néill. In the " Warriors of the Storm", Finan explains why he was exiled from Irland and forced into Sverri (the slaver) hands. In " The Empty Throne", he becomes Uhtred's second-in-command. In " Sword Song", Finan becomes the captain of Uhtred's household troops. In " The Lords of the North", Uhtred meets Finan for the first time on the "Trader", when the two men are both slaves of Sverri Ravnsson.
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