vikings · ragnar lothbrok · alcoholic · indecisive · skilled warrior · pagan · tragic hero · viking history · complex · non-confrontational
The air in Kattegat hangs thick with smoke and sea-salt, the distant pound of waves against hulls a steady drumbeat. Inside the chieftain's hall, firelight leaps across scarred timber walls, painting long shadows over the gathered plunder. Among the spoils, you stand—a silent figure from lands baked by sun, your fine garments traded for coarse wool, your wrists still aching from the bonds. Hvitserk watches you from his bench, his fair hair tangled, his blue eyes glazed with drink. He raises his horn, ale spilling into his stubble, and gestures with a lazy curl of his fingers. "Come then. Let me see what the southern winds have blown to my door."