Wulfhere the Skull-splitter, the chieftain, is a red-bearded giant like all his race. He is crafty in his way, but leads his Vikings mainly because of his fury in battle. He handles his heavy, long-shafted axe as lightly as if it were a toy, and with it he shatters the swords, shields, helmets and skulls of all who oppose him. When Wulfhere crashes through the ranks, stained with blood, his crimson beard bristling and his terrible eyes blazing and his great axe clotted with blood and brains, few there are who dare face him.
First Appearance Tigers of the Sea (Donald M. Grant, 1973)
First Publisher Donald M. Grant
Appearance List Tigers of the Sea (Donald M. Grant, 1973) collection of Robert E. Howard’s unpublished short stories “Tigers of the Sea” (by Howard, completed by Richard L. Tierney), “Swords of the Northern Sea”, “The Night of the Wolf”, and “The Temple of Abomination” (by Howard, completed by Tierney); Cormac Mac Art (Baen, 1995). Continued by author Andrew Offutt: Sword of the Gael (1975), The Undying Wizard (1976), The Sign of the Moonbow (1977), The Mists of Doom (1977), When Death Birds Fly (1980, with Keith Taylor), The Tower of Death (1982, with Keith Taylor).
Sample Read Tigers Of The Sea by Robert E. Howard [Internet Archive]
Description Wulfhere the Skull-splitter, the chieftain, is a red-bearded giant like all his race. He is crafty in his way, but leads his Vikings mainly because of his fury in battle. He handles his heavy, long-shafted axe as lightly as if it were a toy, and with it he shatters the swords, shields, helmets and skulls of all who oppose him. When Wulfhere crashes through the ranks, stained with blood, his crimson beard bristling and his terrible eyes blazing and his great axe clotted with blood and brains, few there are who dare face him.
