Sea of Trolls (Plot)

In the exposition of Sea of Trolls, the characters were introduced. Jack was an 11 year old kid who worked on a farm. He was also taking lessons from the village Bard. He learned to sing, dance, and do magic. He had a sister named Lucy who was only 5 years old. Lucy believed that she was a princess who had gotten lost in the woods one day. It was a very peaceful setting in a village. The villagers had food, drink, houses, and peace-until the berserkers attacked them. The berserkers were fierce warriors who robbed and killed people for fun.

One day Jack and Lucy were captured by the berserkers. They had to think of a way to escape, but Lucy didn't help. She thought that someone from a palace would come to save her. They were almost sold as slaves, but Jack's skill as a bard saved them. The leader of the berserkers, Olaf One-Brow, was very impressed by Jack. He decided to keep the kids.

At the climax, Jack had to live in Olaf One-Brow's house. Although his title, bard, showed that he was better than a slave, the berserkers still treated him like a slave. The other slaves made him do a very dangerous task: cleaning out a troll-boar's pen. He almost got killed, but when he sang to the troll-boar, he calmed it down. The other slaves stopped mistreating him at that point. He also gained respect from the berserkers. When he accidentally caused Queen Frith's hair to fall out, he and two berserkers went on a quest to find a cure. One berserker was Olaf. The other was a girl named Thorgil.

Jack realized that if he wanted to escape, he would have to complete the quest. It was very dangerous: He had to fight off a troll-bear, a dragon, and a giant spider. Still, he became friends with the berserkers, and they were willing to sacrifice their lives for each other. Olaf died while protecting Jack from the attack of the troll-bear. Torgil also killed the dragon to save Jack. Jack managed to put the fearsome giant spider to sleep so that they could escape back to the queen.

Jack restored Queen Frith's hair, but she had overdone it. The hair covered her body, and she turned into a wild animal. Still, King Ivar allowed Jack and Lucy to return to their village, which they had been away from for more than a year. When they returned to the village, Jack gained respect from the villagers, since he had become a true bard. This book ended very well, as the Bard listened with great interest about the adventures Jack had gone through.