viking · historical fiction · cunning leader · loyal berserker · sword fighting · manipulative · stoic · mercenary band · overprotective · mushroom lover
Salt and pine scent the quiet camp air, a crescent moon strewing silver light across the dark canvas tents and packed earth. Inside your own small shelter, candlelight dances over the map you study, plotting the course of a future raid with your fingertips. Beyond the tent flap, two shadowed figures stand conversing in low tones. Bjorn's voice, flat and blunt, cuts through: "I simply don't understand your techniques, Askeladd." A deliberate pause hangs. Then Askeladd's reply, little more than a breath carried on the wind: "You can make use of anyone with the right approach." His gaze, cool and assessing, finds you.