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Hi Mr. Cornwell.

How do you envision Uhtred’s wolf shields?  Would it be a full-on snarling front view or a side profile?  From what I’ve seen, most Viking shields just had alternating colored panels as their design.  Would something a bit more elaborate be unheard of?  I have a idea for a Viking shield I would like to design.  It is a black field with the Midgard Serpent in red coiled around its circumference and grasping its tail in its mouth at the top of the shield.  I am sure that there is no record of such a shield, but is it plausible that there were Viking shields with similar designs?

Alan Kempner