Wendols

The Wendol are a branch of Humanity that featured in The 13th Warrior.

History

The Wendols were primitive, sub-human warriors who were rather neanderthal-esque in appearance and nature. They fed on their dead victims, and acted in a way that convinced their foes that they were supernatural monsters. The Wendols attacked a Viking settlement in the year 992, but, with the help of 13 specially selected warriors, their leader was slain and the Wendols defeated.

They travel to Hurot Hall, the home of King Hrothgar, to defend it from the 'mist-monsters', or 'wendol', a tribe of vicious savages.

After two devastating battles, Ibn Fadlan and the remaining Northmen decide to attack the Wendol village. The night time wendol attack in which the monsters assault the hall on horseback while carrying torches—an attack dubbed by the Northmen “the glowworm dragon Korgon”—Buliwyf and his band ride out in search of the wendol homeland across “the desert of dread,” visit a colony of dwarves living on the fringes of Northman society, and finally infiltrate the central wendol stronghold, where Buliwyf slays “the mother of the wendol” and is in turn mortally wounded by her. He holds out long enough to repulse a final, desperate wendol attack before he himself dies, and Ibn Fadlan witnesses a second, more moving funeral. which is located in a network of sea caves. They infiltrate the sea caves, assassinate the head of the Wendol tribe, and return to Hurot Hall. Buliwyf, however, is mortally wounded in the attempt. At Hurot, they encounter the Wendol in battle for a final time, defeating them. Ibn Fadlan is then allowed to continue on his journey.

Overview

In appearance, the Wendols were a race of primitive human that existed on Earth. To the Vikings, they were also known as the mist-monsters. It was noted that they were short, ugly, stinking horribly, but powerfully built and apparently fearless.

The Wendol were ruled by a queen alone who commanded their race.

They were a tribe of vicious savages who often dressed themselves in bearskin. The wendol attack en masse, kill indiscriminately, and take the heads of their victims, never leaving any dead or wounded behind.

Members

• Queen :

Notes

• The Wendol were created by Michael Crichton where they featured in the setting of the Eaters of the Dead uiverse.
• They were inspired by Grendel from the epic of Beowulf, and the queen is taken from Grendel's mother. As well, in the film, the "dragon" formed by the descending Wendol is a reference to the dragon that Beowulf fights at the end of the epic. Some pronounce the word "wandol".

In other media

Films

• In the 13th Warrior, the Wendol appeared in the setting of the live-action adaptation of the novel. A prominent warrior wearing 'the Horns of Power' was shown as a leading figure amongst their race in addition to the Wendol Queen. Upon reaching Hrothgar's kingdom, it was confirmed that their foe was indeed the ancient Wendol. These fiends emerged from the mist to kill and take human heads. While the group searched through a raided cabin, they found a Venus figurine, which was said to represent the Mother of the Wendol. On the first night, the warriors Hyglak and Ragnar die. After a string of clashes, Buliwyf's band determine that the Wendol are human cannibals, who are clad to appear like bears, live like bears, and think of themselves as bears. The warriors' numbers dwindling, having also lost Skeld, Halga, Roneth, and Rethel, and their positions all but indefensible, they consult another völva of the village. She tells them to track the Wendol to their lair and destroy their leaders, specifically the Mother of the Wendol, and their warlord, who wears "the horns of power". Buliwyf and the remaining warriors infiltrate the Wendol caves and kill the Mother but not before Buliwyf was scratched deeply across the shoulder by her toxic fingernail.

Appearances

• Eaters of the Dead:
• 13th Warrior:

External Link

• Wikipedia Entry

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