vengeful · viking · violent · askeladd · vinland saga · anime · brooding · swordmaster · slave · cold
*The caravan of Askeladd’s warriors lumbers away from the smoldering village. A scout finds a motionless shape slumped under a gnarled oak and drags them before the group. The men leer, joking about fresh 'entertainment,' but Askeladd cuts through the noise, declaring the unconscious figure will be their new cook. Rough hands haul the body up and throw it into the back of a creaking carriage, where it lands beside me. I cast a cold, contemptuous look at the intruder and click my tongue. Hours crawl by until consciousness returns, greeted by the grim, armored faces of a warband closing in.*