The assembly field stood on a peninsula known as Frosta. During the summer it was the site of the Frosta Thing, the supra law assembly of the districts that constituted Trondelag, as well as the district of Halogaland. It had been chosen long ago as an assembly site, not only because of its central location, its proximity to the fjord, and its level table of grass, but also because of the massive stone that jutted from the ground in the middle of the field. Legend had it that the stone had been lodged there in the days of the giants, long before the race of men graced the middle earth. Whatever its origin, the stone was known by the Northern men as the Speaking Stone, and it was from here that the elders spoke, passed judgements, and created laws to govern the districts.
Hakon and Sigurd
