Sookie meets vampire sheriff Eric Northman, who discovers her telepathy. She lets Eric Northman, a vampire, watch the show. Instead she renews her relationship with Eric Northman. First introduced in "All Together Dead", Bobby is the daytime assistant of Eric Northman. The name "Norseman" means "man from the north", hence Eric's last name being "Northman". Murray is set to appear in the next Robert Eggers Viking revenge film The Northman. Accounts of his death form the main sources of information about Northman. Leofric had three brothers&colon; Northman, Edwin and Godwine. The name "Normandy" reflects Rollo's Viking (i.e. "Northman") origins. The Northman is an upcoming historical film directed by Robert Eggers. Woolf thought that both Northman and Waltheof were in the south for this reason. The Old Frankish word ("Northman") was Latinised as and was widely used in Latin texts. In 1979 the title was considered outdated and changed to Northman. Every year around February a senior male is selected by his classmates as "Northman". The series was republished as general historical fiction, beginning in 2010, by Northman Books.