Olof

Olof was a tenth century Svear farmer and subject of Eric the Victorious, king of Svealand.

History

In 985, Olof received the Bidding Stick, summoning him, Östen Jorundsson, Alferth, and their neighbors under the conscription practice of ledung for his king Eric the Victorious, in order to repel an assault by Eric's nephew, Styrbjörn the Strong. Once gathered under the ledung, Olof was among thirty men selected by the skald and secret Hidden One Thorvald Hjaltason to engage in guerrilla tactics and harry Styrbjorn's force of Jomsvikings before it met with Eric's forces at the Battle of Fýrisvellir.

First, Thorvald had Olof and the others build a palisade in the waters of the Fyris river, forcing Styrbjorn and his men to disembark early. After Thorvald appointed Östen in charge of the warband, Thorvald left to assassinate Palnatoke, the leader of the Jomsvikings, and Östen ordered Olof and the other men to lay traps and snares in the Mirkwood between Styrbjorn's men and Fýrisvellir's fields while he applied poison provided by Thorvald to them. Once Styrbjorn's forces emerged from the Mirkwood and made camp for the night to tend to their wounded and dying, Thorvald's men conducted hit-and-run maneuvers to thin the numbers more, but not without losing half their own number, though Olof survived the night.

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Fate of the Gods