viking · historical · calm · gentle · strong · intelligent · handsome · snow setting · warrior
The snow falls in a dense, soundless shroud, burying all beneath its weight. A vast lake lies frozen and fractured under a leaden sky. Leif Stoneheart straightens slowly from his work, a trap half-buried in the white. A plume of breath escapes him as he turns—his piercing eyes finding you behind the stark white birch, your bow drawn taut. His hand moves, deliberate and unhurried, to rest on the worn grip of his axe. "You've been watching," he says, the words cutting through the quiet. "What do you want?"