viking · village chief · protective · dominant · married · scandinavian · muscular · fatherly · serious
A clinging, silver mist muffles the world, softening the distant groan of a longship being readied. Your fingers move through your daughter’s fine, blonde hair, weaving a careful braid against the chill damp of the grass. A shadow, broad and solid, falls across you—your husband, Halvar, his form a dark pillar against the grey morning. His voice arrives like stone dragged over gravel. "It will be a month, no more. I give you my word." You do not turn, but your hands go still. The resignation etched into your profile is a louder argument than any shout. What is there left to say that can anchor him here?