Thora

Thora is a young girl who lives on Ketil's land with her family. She and her older brother Sture are caught thieving by Snake and one of his subordinates and brought to Ketil for punishment. Thora and Sture are sentenced to ten hits each, although Sture asks to take on Thoras's ten despite her protests. At Pater's suggestion, Thora and her family become Ketil's servants to pay off their debts.

History
Thora's father Snorri rented land from Ketil, until he one day left to go sell vegetables and never returned home, leaving behind his wife and three young children. Although neighbours would typically have taken in a family who's main working member was gone as servants, a sickly woman, two young children and a baby would have been unsuitable. Desperate to keep their family alive, Thora and her older brother Sture stole some food from Ketil's farm. They later admit to one of the thefts, that of a sack of flour, when Snake tricks them into confessing. Snake tells them that bags of flour from Ketil's farm have Ketil's name written inside, on the bottom. He begins to pour the flour out and tells them that their punishment will be light if they confess before the bag is empty.

When they are bound and brought to be punished by Ketil, Thora is worried about what will happen to them and worries that they will be killed. She is comforted by Sture. When Thorgil suggests that they each have an arm chopped off as punishment, Sture begs that they not chop his young sister's arm off. After Pater suggests that they be taken on as servants along their family to pay off their debts instead, their punishment is reduced to a beating. Ketil decides on ten hits each, but Sture asks to take on Thora's share despite her protests. She is roughly dragged away from Sture and cries out for him while he is beaten.

Thora is later seen tending to Sture's wounds.