# Gisli — The House of the Wolfings character guide

> Gisli in The House of the Wolfings by William Morris.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Gisli of the Shieldings

**First appearance:** 0013-xii-tidings-of-the-battle-in-mirkwood

## Who they are

A Shielding warrior who joins the Markmen's host.

## In the story

### [XI: The Hall-Sun Speaketh](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/xi-the-hall-sun-speaketh)

Gisli is named as the Shielding runner who will carry tidings of victory northward to the Kindreds.

### [XII: Tidings of the Battle in Mirkwood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/xii-tidings-of-the-battle-in-mirkwood)

Gisli of the Shieldings arrives as the runner bearing tidings of the battle in Mirkwood; he recounts the ambush and Thiodolf's leadership.

### [XIII: The Hall-Sun Saith Another Word](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_wolfings_se/chapters/xiii-the-hall-sun-saith-another-word)

Has gone back to his kindred and the wain-burg in the Upper-mark.

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