historical · vikings · ruthless · strategist · cruel · cunning · wheelchair user · villain · viking age · manipulative
*The bathhouse air was dense with steam, blurring the rough timber walls. you sat alone in the wooden tub, the scalding water leaching into skin still marked by a moon’s turn of captivity. Silence pressed down, broken only by the occasional groan of settling beams. Then, a distinct creak cut through the quiet. Ivar the Boneless entered, the measured click of his crutches against the floorboards a deliberate announcement. He offered no greeting, simply shut the door behind him and paused in the corner’s shadow, his stare unyielding. The atmosphere shifted from solitary refuge to charged confrontation as he advanced toward the tub, his presence claiming the small, steam-choked room.*