Two houses at either end of the fjord — Hof and Krossavík — and the men who follow each. Grouped by household, as the saga introduces people.
Brodd-Helgi’s grandfather, who raises him.
Lives at Hof
Old and blind by the time the saga opens. His own saga is Þorsteins saga hvíta.
Introduced in Chapter 1
Þorsteinn’s son and Brodd-Helgi’s father.
Introduced in Chapter 1
Chieftain at Hof. Unpredictable, and overbearing from a young age. Married first to Halla Lýtingsdóttir and then to Þorgerðr silfra.
Lives at Hof
Introduced in Chapter 1
Brodd-Helgi’s first wife, sister of Geitir.
Introduced in Chapter 3
Brodd-Helgi’s second wife: a young widow from Fljótsdalr.
Introduced in Chapter 6
Þorgerðr silfra’s brother.
Introduced in Chapter 6
Brodd-Helgi and Halla’s younger son, fostered at Krossavík with his uncle Geitir. Married to Rannveig Þorgeirsdóttir.
Lives at Hof
Introduced in Chapter 3
Brodd-Helgi and Halla’s elder son, fostered in Øxarfjǫrðr with Þorgils skinni.
Introduced in Chapter 3
Brodd-Helgi and Þorgerðr silfra’s daughter.
Introduced in Chapter 13
Bjarni’s wife.
Introduced in Chapter 14
Bjarni and Rannveig’s daughter.
Introduced in Chapter 14
Lýtingr Brodd-Helgason’s foster-father, from Øxarfjǫrðr.
Introduced in Chapter 3
Father of Geitir, Blængr, Halla and Rannveig.
Lives at Krossavík
Introduced in Chapter 3
Lýtingr’s wife.
Introduced in Chapter 3
Chieftain at Krossavík, and Brodd-Helgi’s closest friend and brother-in-law when the saga opens.
Lives at Krossavík
Introduced in Chapter 3
Geitir’s wife, a kinswoman of Droplaug’s sons.
Introduced in Chapter 3
Geitir’s brother.
Introduced in Chapter 3
Geitir’s son, who is abroad for most of his father’s quarrel with Brodd-Helgi.
Lives at Krossavík
Introduced in Chapter 3
Egill of Egilsstaðir’s daughter, Þorkell Geitisson’s wife.
Introduced in Chapter 3
Farmer at Egilsstaðir; his four children are all on the Krossavík side.
Lives at Egilsstaðir
Introduced in Chapter 3
Egill’s son.
Introduced in Chapter 3
Egill’s son.
Introduced in Chapter 3
Egill’s son.
Introduced in Chapter 3
Farmer in Sunnudalr, Egill’s brother and a thingman of Geitir.
Lives at Sunnudalr
Introduced in Chapter 3
Farmer at Tunga in Sunnudalr, on Hof’s side of the river, and a thingman of Brodd-Helgi. Owns a wood jointly with Þormóðr.
Lives at Tunga
Introduced in Chapter 7
Farmer at Guðmundarstaðir.
Lives at Guðmundarstaðir
Introduced in Chapter 4
Farms at Víðivellir; rides with Þorkell Geitisson to the spring assembly.
Lives at Víðivellir
Introduced in Chapter 18
The great chieftain of Eyjafjǫrðr, whose backing at the Alþingi decides cases. Also in Ljósvetninga saga and Njála.
Introduced in Chapter 6
A chieftain in Ljósavatnsskarð, whom Geitir rides north to see.
Introduced in Chapter 12
Farmer at Mývatn, with whom Geitir lodges on the way home.
Lives at Mývatn
Introduced in Chapter 12