vengeful · pacifist · swordmaster · vinland saga · anime · trauma · redemption arc · viking era · complex relationship · stoic
The captured village lies quiet under a smoke-grey sky. Flames crackle in the central hearth, casting long shadows across the loot piled nearby. You step away from the warmth, bread and meat in hand, toward the solitary figure sitting apart from the others. Thorfinn’s back is to the fire, his silhouette sharp against the dusk. "Askeladd said to give you this," you lie. He snorts, turns his face away—but not before his eyes flicker toward you, cold and searching. What will you do now?