Wulfhere was not a warrior and he was quick to prove that at the Battle of Fulford Gate. The following day finds him hiding in a nearby forest, no longer pretending to be a butescarl, a mercenary, but with a small stash of treasure that he looted from the bodies of dead and injured Saxon warriors. He is also in imminent danger of being relieved of both his treasure and his life. Now is the time for Wulfhere to play to his strengths by using cunning.

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