Egil Skallagrimsson from Top Toughest Viking Warriors
Norse heroes were known for their heroic raids; the pillaging and the plundering; the bloody massacres and the countless body counts that always followed. Egil was all that and a poet. Surprisingly, both his careers took off well and ended with huge successes as well.
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He murdered at 7 and wrote is first poem at three. He died after killing his slave, who helped him hide money