Reunion

In 2021, researchers discovered that an 11th century skeleton uncovered from a grave in Otterup, Denmark in 2005 was related to a skeleton found in a mass grave in Oxford, England in 2008. DNA analysis showed them to be half-brothers, uncle and nephew or grandfather and grandson.

The man found in Oxford died young and it's speculated that he died during the St Brice's Day massacre, an attack on all Danes in England ordered by King Æthelred the Unready after an increase in Danish raids on England. The man found in Denmark died around the age of 50, having lived a farmer's life, but not one without combat.

After a century separated by the North Sea, the two relatives were reunited for an exhibition at The National Museum of Denmark.

Who gave her the syringe?

Hallow.

If you know about the Nordic gods, you probably also know about the death of Baldur, the only god who wasn’t a total dick. Because he didn’t die in combat, he wasn’t allowed to stay in Valhalla and had to go to kingdom for people who did not die as warriors, a place called Hel. A place that unlike Valhalla was cold, dark and all-in-all not that nice a place to be.

In the comic series “Valhalla” issue 13, the story has been retold with some interesting changes. The most important one is how the arrival of Baldur changes the unpleasant Hel when he meets the goddess Hel who is in charge of the place.