There's a story that in the fifth century there lived a great Scandinavian king who

had a fierce and fearless daughter named Elvilda.

Believing that no suitor was good enough for his remarkable daughter, he had her chambers

guarded by a fearsome lizard and a terrible snake.

The two creatures warded off cowards who were unworthy of Avilda's hand in marriage.

But one day a visitor came to their court.

It was the crown prince Alph, son of the great king's sigress of Denmark.

To when Alvilda's hand in marriage the prince dawned his armor and killed the lizard and

the snake guarding the princesses' chambers.

Avilda's father was so impressed that he agreed to allow prince Alph to marry his daughter.

Princess Alvilda, on the other hand, was still not convinced.

She wasn't impressed by prince Alph and was downright offended that her father would push

her into this marriage.

So with the help of some of her ladies in waiting, she ran away from her ancestral home.

Alvilda and her crew of women eventually made it to the coast.

They stole a boat and they put to sea.

Alvilda had been sailing for a few days when eventually another ship hoved into sight.

There was no mistaking it.

This was a ship crewed by pirates.

The pirates eventually caught up to Alvilda's vessel and managed to wrestle their way aboard.

They were poised to start looting the ship when Alvilda stood up and stuped them all in

their tracks.

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