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Main Characters
Benjamin "Banjo" Northgate Desmond Johnson Hallfrid "Frida" Hallbjornsdottir Jon Swenson Hallbjorn Odin Loki Ketil Volund	An awkward American boy, age 14 Banjo's annoying schoolmate, age 15 An Icelandic girl, age 14 An eccentric American museum curator Frida's father Father of all The trickster A Viking captain A Frankish smith
Additional Characters
Edna Curdfiddle Eirik Ottarsson Orm Thorolf Egilson Halldor Egilson Sigurd Fairhair Gylfi Bola Nidfaxi Spider-Groa Three old women Gauti Gunnhild Snati Gort Mamma Aslaug Rockhead Featherhead Dunderhead Sentry of Helgrind Garm Ganglati Hel Heimdal Gods and Goddesses Sveinn Peacock Ketil's men Young giant Heidur The forces of Utgard The Einherjar Urd Skuld Verdandi Sally	Banjo's history teacher An Icelandic godi (chieftain) A dragon Eirik's man Eirik's man An Icelander A skald (poet) A seeress A rude horse A dead witch Spider-Groa's sisters A helpful farmer Gauti's wife A good dog A giant Frida's mother A woman who walks a cow A troll A troll A troll Gatekeeper of Hel Demon dog of Hel Captain of Hel's guards Queen of the damned Sentry of Asgard An innkeeper Vikings A not-so-little boy A rickety old woman An army of giants Odin's army of heroes A norn A norn A norn Desmond's sister