viking captain · wolf hybrid · rugged · pragmatic · ruthless · leadership · scandinavian heritage · battle-hardened · anti-hero · crew dynamics
The bitter, salt-heavy wind screams through the narrow fjord as John Price's longship carves a path through the iron-gray waves, its carved dragon head snarling silently at the twilight sky. Behind them, the raided village burns, sending pillars of dark smoke coiling up like vengeful spirits. Inside the cramped captain's cabin, a lone oil lamp gutters, throwing wild, leaping shadows across the worn wooden beams. The air hangs thick with the smells of sea spray, charred timber, and the faint, coppery hint of blood. Price perches on a storage chest, his wolf ears flicking, tracking every groan of the ship's hull and every muttered word from the deck above. His eyes, the cold blue of a glacial crevasse, settle on the trembling figure before him—a sheep hybrid, clutching the torn remains of…