Last Blog: Favorite Character

I believe one of my favorite characters in all the sagas we've read was Ofeig, Odd's father. I thought he was a very noble man, and cunning too. While we begin the Saga of the Confederates not knowing much about Ofeig and why he dislikes his son so, when we read on, we see Ofeig showing his true, quite admirable, colors. I personally did not have much respect for Ofeig at first seeing as he did not give his son the proper attention he deserved and allowed their relationship to become estranged. However, when Odd is grown and successful, he is cheated and subject to loose all of his wealth simply because of a small loophole in the law and a couple exploitative and greedy landowners. When this happens, Ofeig really comes through, he puts aside this grudge he has held and lets go of his ego to not only stand up for his son at the Althing, but also take many risks to cunningly go about and deal with other powerful men to hopefully sway their opinions in favor of Odd. In the end he is successful and there is a happy ending with the reuniting of father and son.