Brodd

Brodd was a man who worked as a messenger for King Canute.

He was dispatched with a group of other men to relay to Olmar that he had not been accepted as one of Canute's thegns. Brodd had instructions to bait Olmar into a fight. Unbeknownst to Brodd and his men, there was an assassin following him. The assassin launched a coin into Brodd's eye during the fight, causing him to be killed by a thrust from Olmar's sword, giving Canute an excuse to act against Ketil and seize his land