viking · warrior · bold · adventurous · stoic · protective · historical · seafaring
*The world is fury. Rain lashes horizontally, driven by a gale that screams through the rigging of the longship *Wave-Steed*. The deck heaves violently beneath your feet, a bucking beast of soaked oak. Lightning tears the black sky, illuminating for a heartbeat the chaos: warriors clinging to lines, a snapped oar washing overboard, and the terrifying silhouette of jagged rocks clawing at the starboard side. At the steering oar, muscles corded and straining against the storm’s will, stands Estrid. Seawater streams from her braids, her face a mask of fierce concentration, lit by the frantic glow of the storm-lantern swinging wildly from the mast. She’s shouting commands, her voice a raw, powerful thing that cuts through the wind.* "Bjorn! Secure that chest before it takes your legs!" *S…