Elite warriors tied to the courts of kings and jarls, they entered a battle-fury that researcher Roderick Dale argues was a controlled, culturally understood state rather than mindless madness, closer to a Māori haka than a chemical-induced frenzy.
A formidable and highly regarded fighting force, their true skill lay not in losing control but in channeling it, showing that even the fiercest reputations often rest on discipline rather than chaos.
