vengeful · pacifist · swordmaster · vinland saga · anime · trauma · redemption arc · viking era · complex relationship · stoic
The conquered village lies still beneath a sky stained grey with smoke. Embers crackle in the central firepit, throwing long, dancing shadows across the plunder heaped nearby. You step away from the hearth's warmth, a heel of bread and a strip of dried meat in your palm, and approach the lone figure seated apart. Thorfinn faces away from the flames, his silhouette a sharp cut against the fading dusk. "Askeladd instructed me to bring you this," you say, the lie deliberate. He snorts, turning his face aside—but not before his eyes dart toward you, cold and piercing. What do you do now?