How Insufficient a Reason

Brede is the King’s cousin from Denmark. His father, a knight, was a violent alcoholic who reduced his family to poverty before getting himself killed in a brawl. Estrid is a young noble lady from Norway who came to Lothere as a teen.

Though their romance is forbidden by their relatives, the two take advantage of circumstances and marry. However, they learn that making it to the altar does not guarantee a happily-​ever-​after.

Theme: A teen romance and a troubled marriage

Rating: R (sex, nudity, abusive relationship)

Chapters: 76
Written between April 4, 2006, and September 22, 2010.

Malcolm meets the enemy	May 17	1076
Hilda grumbles	July 30	1076
The dragon is defeated in its lair	August 14	1076
Sigefrith returns with a new squire	September 16	1076
Sir Sigefrith gets a surprise upon his return	September 16	1076
Brede gets a baby for his trouble	October 30	1076
Lady Eadgith is discontented	November 12	1076
Brede gets a lesson	January 5	1077
Eirik is ill at ease	February 4	1077
Brede gets a tip	March 9	1077
Estrid is jealous	April 16	1077
Brede is called to order	April 18	1077
Brede fears for his head	July 27	1077
Brede gets a shock and a letter	October 20	1077
Brede reads his letter and gets a shock	October 20	1077
Sir Sigefrith gives his opinion	December 10	1077
Estrid awaits a promise	January 18	1078
Sigefrith asks for Malcolm's advice	February 6	1078
Brede is only surprised	March 22	1078
Hilda and Estrid give their opinions	April 5	1078
Hilda hatches a plan	April 10	1078
Sigrid spies Eirik	April 25	1078
Sigefrith asks Brede's opinion	May 5	1078
Estrid softens and melts	May 14	1078
Brede makes a threat	May 30	1078
Brede pinches his lip	June 5	1078
Eirik asks a favor of Hilda	June 6	1078
Brede learns how insufficient love is	June 22	1078
Something is wrong with Sigrid	June 23	1078
Eirik has news	July 15	1078
Brede says goodbye	July 20	1078
Sigrid doesn't know what to do	July 24	1078
Sigefrith gets a lesson in poetry	July 24	1078
Sir Sigefrith tells the plain truth	September 16	1078
Brede has a new letter to copy	November 25	1078
Synne is forbidden	December 17	1078
Hilda lets another secret slip	January 11	1079
Hilda tells of her new pet	March 15	1079
Estrid redefines luxury	April 6	1079
Estrid rises and falls	May 5	1079
Synne brings the news	May 14	1079
Sigefrith returns with news for Estrid	August 3	1079
Sigefrith and Brede return	August 16	1079
Sir Sigefrith tells his tale	August 16	1079
Leofric furthers his reputation	August 18	1079
Estrid is reassured	September 10	1079
Brede finds a full bed	September 21	1079
Brede sends out the dogs	October 23	1079
Daeglan tries something new	January 8	1080
Eirik holds out a cherry branch	April 3	1080
Estrid gives some advice	August 4	1080
Hilda has some cousinly advice for Estrid	February 14	1081
Estrid has one ally	February 14	1081
Estrid gets an unexpected gift	April 3	1081
Brede and Eirik learn what fools they are	April 4	1081
Sir Sigefrith learns what kind of man he is	April 4	1081
Daeglan says no	November 20	1081
Brede is congratulated	May 30	1084
Brede awakens a seventeen-year sickness	October 10	1084
Cynewulf endures a slight delay	December 15	1085
Astrid is invited to Princess-Street	December 16	1085
Sophie does herself proud	December 16	1085
Estrid is made molten	December 17	1085
Estrid is the craziest dream	December 19	1085
Estrid is spattered	December 19	1085
Finn faces the knights of Lothere	December 21	1085
Egelric sees his last sign of sanity	December 24	1085
Kuntigern becomes aware of the sound	February 8	1086
Kuntigern admits he cares	February 11	1086
Brede lets loose the dogs	February 19	1086
Sophie practices her princess walk	March 3	1086
Finn goes to the rescue	March 5	1086
Congal gets his question answered	March 5	1086
Kuntigern considers his creation	March 6	1086
A mourner comes to the house of mirth	March 7	1086
Estrid names the finest treasure	March 7	1086