as luck would have it, the local king arrived on the scene, and proved to be olaf's alleged grandfather myrkjartan. olaf remained with myrkjartan for a time, and the king, according to "laxdaela saga", even offered to make olaf his heir. olaf, however, ultimately returned to norway, afraid of provoking myrkjartan's sons. olaf returned to the court of king harald, where he was greatly honored by both the king and his mother gunnhild.