Kitter's friends, who had stayed on the Calf, decided that Eaoch had plotted with the witch to kill off the Norwegians and had him brought before the Norwegian-born King Olave, who sentenced him to death.

This sword, Macabuin, made by Loan Maclibuin the Dark Smith of Drontheim, could cut the hardest granite just by touching it.

However, the witch Ada was there, and told them to lay nine times nine toads' skins, rowan twigs and adders' eggs across the King's legs.

He sent his hammerman, Hiallus-nan-urd, who had lost a leg in the tempering of the sword Macabuin and had a mechanical one put in place.

He picks up a large hammer and strikes the anvil, breaking it in two and turning the stone base to gravel.

"[8] The character of Zee (full name Siebold Adelbertskrieger) from the Mercy Thompson series is based on him, and sometimes referred to as the dark smith of Drontheim.