Ásgrímr Elliða-Grímsson

Ásgrím Elliða-Grímsson is the staunch ally and legal champion of the Njálssons — the steady friend who stands by Njáll's family in the great suits and feuds. A respected chieftain and a formidable man at law, he leads the prosecution of the burners at the Thing after Bergþórshváll, marshalling the case and the allies in the corpus's most elaborate legal battle. He is the type of the loyal kinsman-at-law — not a flashy hero but the dependable man who shows up, lends his weight and his lawyerly skill, and does not desert his friends when the feud turns dangerous. Ásgrím embodies the saga world's other kind of strength: not the sword but the suit, the network of obligation and alliance that a man calls on when blood must be answered through the law. The reliable ally every saga family needs and few can count on.