Þorskafjörðr

Thorskafjordr is the Westfjords home of the sons of Þjóstar — the powerful brothers Thorkell and Thorgeir whose backing makes Sám's impossible lawsuit against Hrafnkell possible. From this northern fjord come the worldly, well-connected allies who lend the poor challengers the standing they need to face down a mighty chieftain at the Thing. Thorskafjordr is the saga's image of the ally's country — the Westfjords home of the great men whose support turns a hopeless suit into a winnable one, the source of the muscle behind the underdogs, the fjord from which the Þjóstarsons ride to give two weak men, for one extraordinary moment, the weight to topple the proud priest of Frey.