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The friendship between King Athelstan and Egil

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	Egil was a viking and a poet. He enjoyed killing people. He fought with his brother Thorolf as a companion in the Battle of Brunnanburh in which his brother got killed.		Egil was a viking and a poet. He enjoyed killing people. He fought with his brother Thorolf as a companion in the Battle of Brunnanburh in which his brother got killed.

			After the battle of Brunnanburh, Egil was rewarded greatly for the loss of his brother by King Athelstan. The King bestowed upon him a gold braclet and two chests filled with silver that he was to take back to his father as compensation for his brother's death. Egil stayed with King Athelstan for some time after the battle and the two became close friends. When it came time for Egil to leave King Athelstan asked that he stay and pick whatever position he chose, but Egil refused the offer and set off for Norway with his troops.