What Gerrard Can And (Mostly) Cannot Do

"The Man Who Came Early."

Can

Wrestle.

Kill a horse for sacrifice with his "gun." (But this clumsy weapon blows a hole in the skull, wasting the brain.)

 

Cannot

Round up strayed cattle.

Compose verse.

Use the smithy or carpentry tools.

Ride a horse well.

Spin.

Weave.

Butcher or smoke a hog.

Salt a fish.

Turf a roof.

Make the "cannon" that he describes.

Mix the powder for it.

Sail a ship.

Manage the larger, more maneuverable ships that he describes.

Find the lodestone that he mentions.

I think there is more.