Yullveig was of the Heel Iceblood clan. She was also known as 'Yullveig the Fierce'. Her husband was Cull Heel. They had a son called Baran and a daughter called Erta. Yullveig and Erta were originally from the no longer extant Fanyar clan. Cull took them in when no one else would. At one point they had a second son, but he went with Cull on a journey outside the holding and did not return. Yullveig was a towering woman with a large "tangle of wild unkempt auburn hair."