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avarus

#50
Character: Koop Barentszoon “The Frisian”
Player: Avarus

Role: Merchant
Specialties:

  • Navigator: Koop has travelled the Noardsee (North Sea) Extensively and has knowledge of the many trade routes and markets that litter it
  • Purveyor: Koop has his connections and knows where to find those rare goodies.
  • The Art of the Deal: Koop somehow always has goods to sell and they are always different. Come by again tomorrow, maybe he has what you are looking for then.
  • Lack of conscience: Slaves, relics, loyalty, Everything is for sale!
  • Silver touched: You have ill-gotten gains, Koop has silver. Why are you asking questions?
  • Speaker of tongues: Frisian, Frankish, Saxon, Anglish, Norse and more, when you trade all around the North Sea you learn the languages of these people.



Personality:

  • Mad: ”MAD!? I am not mad! You know what’s mad?! These exorbitantly low prices! Please buy!
  • In touch with the gods: ”Of course! Take this chicken for example! It was touched by Wodan! Now it hunts even better than the best price hawk. Only five peningas and it is yours!
  • Shady: ”I heavily resent that assertion! All my goods are 100% guaranteed! That’s not an old rusty axe! It’s a trusted beasty that has proven itself. Only twelve peningas! Did I tell you it was touched by Loki?”

History:

  • Born in Dorestad in 823 AD Koop was quickly introduced in his fathers trade consortium.
  • Starting with an extremely small loan from his father Koop bought his first trading vessel at the tender age of 19.
  • Has since plied the North Sea, always looking for a bargain.

Relationships/Connections:

  • T
  • B
  • A

Additional Details:

  • Is quite well known for many Vikingr’s have traded with him to liquidise their freshly gained assets
  • Always keeps a small retinue of club armed guards around. For some reasons Vikingrs after all do not take kindly to being swindled
  • Always has a great selection of goods, from slaves to silks to weapons and the equipment to get it through everyday life.

Praxis

Hey guys.  I'm struggling with finding Audun's voice and Discord really isn't my thing.

I'm dropping out of this one.

Best of luck to all of you.  You're a group of fantastic writers.

Cheers;
S.

Esmeralgirl

#52
Character: Yngvld TrygveDottir
Player: Esmeralgirl

Role: Queen of Vestfold/Ragaland, Assassin and a warrior
Specialties:

  • Mammen Axe Combat
  • Seax and Bow/Arrow Mastery
  • Tactician with an expertise in stealth attacks
  • Acrobatics

Personality:

  • Fiercely passionate:- Yngvld is passionate about everything she loves. That includes her love for all the people she rules along with her husband Canis. She is known to be pretty aggressive and sometimes even bordering on being sadistic in the eyes of others.
  • Tactician:- It was her father who has to be credited with her tactical knowledge. She was used by her own father to gather Intel and it has given her knowledge about a vast variety of tactics used by other armies.
  • Faithful:- She's faithful not just to gods but also to her husband. Despite having a very active and open marriage, at the end of the day she belongs to Canis and it shows in her actions and words how much he means to her. She believes that there's a beautiful afterlife waiting for her and all the people whom she can make believe.
  • Cruel:- Despite being a kind person, she's cold, cunning and cruel. She has killed people at the first sight when they have offended her or insulted her anyone else whom she loves. She also doesn't believe in sparing enemies or having war prisoners. Those who opposes her usually end up without head on their body.
History:

  • Yngvld was born in 835 AD and met Canis when she was 14. They got married when she was only 16 due to the circumstances which life presented them with.
  • Yngvld was made to learn at very young age and it was her parents who taught her whatever they knew. She mastered horse riding on her own even before her youth has started to blossom.
  • Her father Trygve was a friend of Canis' father but when he died, her father tried to take over the territories of Canis'. She couldn't have bore the sight of her one true love being murdered for the sake of ambition of her old man. To rub the salt on her wounds, she was also arranged to marry another king who promised to lend his army for the siege. She ratted her father out to Canis and helped him take over the Kingdom for him. It was her who has slain her father and that had earn her the title of being Heartless in her people
  • She helped her husband in his quest of conquering the kingdom of Rogaland. She not only provided her insights in tactical matters but also gathered information working as a scout. She was one of the many scouts who set out to gather information about troop numbers, their weapons. She also accompanied him to Cologne where they became first ever Vikings to plunder it.
  • She along with a viking fleet and landed at the Ligurian port of Luni and sacked the city. Her Vikings then moved down the Tuscan coast to the mouth of the Arno, sacking Pisa and then, following the river upstream, also the hill-town of Fiesole above Florence and other victories around the Mediterranean in the areas of Sicily and North Africa.
  • When she's raiding a city, she usually like to manipulate the minds of the enemies' soldiers and this is achieved by spreading rumours. It's one of her favourite techniques as she believes that the purpose of war is not to defeat the enemy physically, rather it's about defeating the resolution and conquering their mind and instilling fear in it. She always make sure that rumours are started way before their arrival and spread with the help of the locals who in turn are told these lies by her vast array of slaves whom she send them before along with few soldiers, in case slaves decides to double cross her.
  • She also has her own small military whom she has handpicked herself and had nurtured them with her own knowledge. They were chosen elites, her favorites, in the eyes of others though they were worthy of being favorite. She has taught them everything she knows, some of them being expert scouts, some are marksman. They are usually used to carry out personal missions of hers where she trust no one else except the ones whom she has raised.
  • It was with Canis that she learnt how to wield weapons like Mammen Axe and heaviest of bows. It was her desire to be his equal so that she can never be forced to in her life and in case if she is needed to be a ruler who can rule in his absence.
Relationships/Connections:


  • Wife of Canis Goldmane and mother of two beautiful kids. One boy and one girl, named _________ and ________
  • To be decided
  • To be decided

Additional Details:


  • She can speak Old Norse and Anglo Saxon fluently.
  • Has a tattoo which goes from underside of her left breast to her left hip


  • She carries one of the heaviest bow with the bow generating 90lbs draw weight

Heartsink

#53
Hey everyone :-) this concept intends to replace Grímur Kamban and the Færeyinga saga, hope it looks good






Character: Gunnarr "Hoárr" Bradán
Player: Heartsink

Role: Farmer, shepherd, fisherman, trader, warrior
Specialties:

  • Sailing and navigation: Well vested in ship maintenance, building and sailing, fishing and the likes, he knows the Irish Sea and parts of the Atlantic Ocean very well.
  • Sheep herding: Owns a herd of sheep which is now taken care of by his eldest son.
  • Trade: Has to leave the Faroe Islands often to trade their goods for different merchandise and harvest wood in Norway or other regions to bring home as the Faroe Islands have no trees.
  • Survival: As any colonizer, settling new land is extremely difficult. Moreover, Gunnarr survived being taken prisoner in Wales, the Welsh thinking he was a raider, and lost an eye during his escape

Personality:

  • Humble: Despite being the founder and first settler of the Faroe Islands, he does not boast about his discovery, preferring to maintain the peacefulness of the islands. He maintains a simple life as a farmer and shepherd, while every Faroe Islander is inherently a fisherman.
  • Not ambitious: He does not seek richness or glory, aiming instead to forge better relations and trade connections for his fellow Faroese people
  • Patient: Having settled new land, he patiently reaped the reward and founded his own family and legacy.
  • Resolute: Having escaped imprisonment by the Welsh, he is unwavering in his desire to preserve his life and provide for his family.
  • Additional traits: Calm, collected and good observer

History:

  • Born in 824 in Mull, Dál Riata, offspring of an Irish mother and a Norse invader, making him a Norse-Gaels
  • Fought alongside fellow Vikings at the Siege of Paris in 845
  • Settled and discovered the Faroe Islands in 846
  • Introduced sheep and crops to the islands in 847
  • Married an Irish Christian woman, brought her to the islands and became a shepherd and farmer in the settlement of Funningur
  • The amount of sheep on the island soon gave it its name, Færayar (in old Norse, literally "Islands of Sheep")
  • Has two sons and three daughters, the oldest of which is Bartal, 17.
  • Built his own war ship with fellow Faroese sailors and sons of different families across the islands.
  • Brought a Faroese army of 30 men under his command, most of which were actually born in Mainland Scandinavia and recently immigrated to the Faroes.

Relationships/Connections:

  • TBD
  • TBD
  • TBD

Additional Details:

  • He speaks Old Norse and Old Gaelic (Old Irish)
  • He cannot read or write
  • Believes in the Norse gods but is tolerant of Christianity due to his wife and part of the population on the Faroe Islands
  • Wields an axe
  • Captain of the Úveðr

Primarch

Just a quick update, we have decided to close the position of Fourth Leader of the Great Heathen Army. We will be proceeding with just 3.

Still welcoming characters!

Primarch

We're about to complete our Prologue and enter Act I!

We are still open & recruiting with an active Discord for plotting and hanging out!