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BRAND #141 · NORSE WARRIOR COLLECTION · $1,500,000

Harald Hardrada

The Last Viking King · Commander of the Varangian Guard

“He left Norway an exile at fifteen. He fought for the Byzantine Emperor. He became the richest man in the North. He returned as King. He died at Stamford Bridge trying to take England. He was the last great Viking.”

KING HARALD’S SAGA · SNORRI STURLUSON

THE JOURNEY — EXILE TO KING

1030

The Exile

Age 15. His half-brother King Olaf II is killed at the Battle of Stiklestad. Harald is wounded and flees Norway. He has nothing.

1034

Constantinople

He arrives at the court of the Byzantine Emperor. Joins the Varangian Guard — the elite Norse mercenary unit that protects the Emperor himself.

1038

Commander

Rises to command the entire Varangian Guard. Fights in Sicily, Bulgaria, Jerusalem. Becomes the most feared warrior in the Mediterranean. Accumulates enormous wealth.

1042

The Escape

The Emperor tries to keep him. Harald escapes Constantinople by ship through the Golden Horn chain — running the ship over the chain at speed. Takes his fortune with him.

1046

King of Norway

Returns to Scandinavia. Becomes co-ruler, then sole King of Norway. The exile who became the richest, most experienced warrior-king in the North.

1066

Stamford Bridge

Invades England to claim the throne. Killed by an arrow at the Battle of Stamford Bridge. The Viking Age ends with him. Three weeks later, William the Conqueror wins at Hastings.

The most elite mercenary unit in history.

The Varangian Guard was a unit of Norse, Rus, and Anglo-Saxon warriors who served as the personal bodyguard of the Byzantine Emperor in Constantinople from the 10th to 14th centuries. They were feared throughout the Mediterranean. They swore loyalty not to a country but to the Emperor himself — and they were paid in Byzantine gold, the richest currency on earth.

They fought in Italy, Sicily, Bulgaria, Syria, and the Holy Land. They were the Emperor’s last line of defense. When everything else fell, the Varangians held. They were the wall.

Harald Hardrada

COMMANDER · KING OF NORWAY

Halfdan

RUNIC GRAFFITI · HAGIA SOPHIA

Bolli Bollason

ICELANDIC HERO · LAXDÆLA SAGA

John II Komnenos

EMPEROR THEY SERVED

Ingvar the Far-Travelled

EXPEDITION TO SÉRKLAND

The Runic Lions

PIRAEUS LION · VENICE

The Products

From exile to empire. Eight products for the journey.

The Varangian

Premium leather messenger bag with Byzantine gold hardware. Purple lining (imperial color). For the man who serves empires.

$295

The Golden Horn

Drinking horn with brass rim. 500ml. Named for the chain Harald ran his ship over to escape Constantinople.

$85

Stiklestad

Recovery journal. Start from nothing. Document the comeback. Named for the battle where Harald lost everything at 15.

$38

The Emperor’s Gold

Brass coin collection. 9 replica Byzantine solidi. The currency that made the Varangians rich.

$120

Halfdan Was Here

Engraved brass pen. The Varangians carved runes into the Hagia Sophia. This pen is your rune.

$65

The Piraeus Lion

Desktop bronze lion sculpture. Inspired by the marble lion in Venice with Varangian runes carved into its shoulder. 6 inches.

$145

The Last Viking

Stamford Bridge memorial whiskey glass. Etched with the date: September 25, 1066. The day the Viking Age ended.

$48

The Return

Merino wool cloak. Charcoal with purple lining. For the exile who comes home as king.

$350

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Commander

The Escape

King of Norway

Stamford Bridge

The most elite mercenary unit in history.

From exile to empire. Eight products for the journey.

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