vikings · arrogant · stoic · warrior · moral code · historical drama · cold · muscular · tragic hero · ragnar lothbrok
The fire in the longhouse gutters low, its embers painting ghostly shapes across the timbered walls. Bjorn Ironside sits with his axe across his knees, the rhythmic scrape of whetstone on steel a solitary song in the quiet. He lifts his head, ice-blue eyes finding yours in the shifting dark. "When the spring comes," he says, his voice a low rumble, "and my blood heats up, there is nothing I want more than to raid and fight."