Revenge’s Perfume

Fragrances are designed in such a way, that the person wearing it won’t smell it, but others will and their senses will be are altered by the scent. The worst part is that all of this will happen incontinently.

For Hallgerd started to kill one of Bergothas men. I don’t think she even thought the effects that this death could produce her. First of all she didn’t think that she might damage her husbands relationship with Njal. Also, she was inane enough to think that Bergthora wouldn’t strike back, and so on, and in the end both of them would loose everything. So yes, Hallgerd made a mistake and in normal cases she would have a second chance and apologize, but she had the misfortune that Bergthora and herself had smelled revenge’s perfume.

As I predicted, Bergthora found it totally fair to kill one of Halberd’s men, and so on. These two women didn’t seem to realize the damage that they caused, and how they were ruining their husbands relationship. Also, they started to loose control of the situation, and nobody stopped them and just ignored the importance of it. “Gunnar said he did not want to argue with her and walked away. He found Kolskegg and said to him, “Go to Njal and tell him that Thord should bed on his guard, in spite of our settlement, for I don’t think it will last.” (Njal’s Saga. Pg. 69)

These women fell in the trap. They had good hearts, but they just needed a little bit of impulse to make them fall over the cliff. The mistake that they made had no way back, and their hearts were turned into stones in a matter of seconds.

I’m an addictive feeling. You start fowling with me, and you will hurt yourself, and remember I have no way back and the snowball effect is my right hand. What am I? Revenge.