Wig
Broke single combat rules to save his brother, earning more infamy than glory for killing Athisl.
Wig is a figure from the Gesta Danorum whose single recorded act defines him: he broke the rules of single combat by intervening to help his brother, and together they killed Athisl, "earning more infamy than glory" (Gesta Danorum (Books I-IX), The Danish History, Book Four). Saxo describes Wig as a man who let personal affection conquer the shame of violating combat convention, "leaning more to personal love than to general usage" (Gesta Danorum (Books I-IX), The Danish History, Book Four).
The Gesta Danorum presents Wig's intervention as a moral test in which loyalty and honour pull in opposite directions. The combat between Wig's brother and Athisl was governed by the conventions of single combat, and Wig's decision to join the fight broke those rules. Saxo's judgment is pointed: the brothers gained "more infamy than glory" from the killing, making clear that the violation of the duel's terms tainted what might otherwise have been a martial achievement (Gesta Danorum (Books I-IX), The Danish History, Book Four).
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