Realistic or Modern Age of Vikings (Always Accepting!)

[NightQueen]

Malina rolled her eyes, two could play this game.


Looking at Inghard before he left she spoke in a condescending voice


"I can't im not allowed weapons remember?"





She said before making her way to get cleaned up, she had not bathed since she arrived here and planned to


rectify the situation and quickly.





@Ruckingdom293

 

[Grammatic]

Slowly gliding across the water, the Everborn sailed into the harbor, and as it touched the wooden docks, three raiders hopped over the side of the ship, quickly tying ropes to keep the ship mourned. Once the ship was secure, the rest of the crew began to step off the ship, carrying supplies and spoils from their most recent raid. Stepping off the ship after his men, Thorred Arfastsson hefted a large chest over his shoulder, and leaving final touches to his raiders, turned and marched up towards the earls hall.


Passing several groups of women and children on his trek, Thorred briefly nodded to each as he approached the hall, hearing voices and debates from within. Grunting at the two guards outside, Thorred put his free hand on the door, pushing it open and entering the hall. Looking around the hall, Thorred walks towards the earls seat, before turning and dropping the chest at the feet of the earl.


"My lord, I return from raids and plunder, and of course, I bring your share, my earl." Grabbing the chest, Thorred gave the lid a strong pull, revealing a interior filled with golden coins and other jewels.


@JacobLoL

 

[northguy]

Aron watched as the man passed him and went after Magnus, grinning a bit as he was left room to explore the hall. His eyes wander back in front of him as he inspected his surroundings, the light shining on his black bear pelt over his back. He always enjoyed the hearth of these viking halls, though they were nothing compared to what he had imagined castles to be. He continued through the hall until he saw a woman in the kitchen tearing at a piece of bread, Aron changing his path and slowly walking over toward her. He let out a brief cough, before beginning to speak in their Norse home-tongue, with an obvious Slavic accent. "Do you live here?"


@sprouhtt

 

[Sharkiee]

Astrid was pulled forward as Magnus lead her away, she glanced behind her seeing Agnar's face in the crowd. "Where are we going?" She laughed slightly trying to keep up with Magnus and his large paces. "I have to restock my herbs" she added looking back at the market again, the hustle of the crowd slowly disappearing behind them. She sighed, Magnus was set of taking her somewhere, so she followed, her curiosity getting the best of her.


@John Raptorfist @JacobLoL

 

[sprouhtt]

Decthalia finished chewing on her piece of bread before she looked up to the muscular figure that was standing in front of her. "I guess you could say that, how about you? I've never seen you around these parts?" She asked him as she got up and patted the crumbs from her lap and stood up from where she was sitting to get a better view of the man. Decthalia hadn't seen this man, nor talked to him before, she didn't recognize him at all. @northguy

 

[Ms. Sparrow]

Azura let out a frustrated scream, "AGGGGHHH!" She screamed as she threw the sponge across the room. "Are you shitting me?!" Azura yelled, frustrated she couldn't wash her back. Azura ran a hand through her curly wet hair. Letting out long breaths to calm herself down.

 

[Ruckingdom293]

"Earl Agnar!"


Inghard counted himself lucky as he was able to catch Agnar away from other business. He didn't really want people overhearing their discussion.


"A moment of your time, if you can spare it," he said, coming to a stop before him.

 

[northguy]

Aron leaned on the door frame as he spoke back to her, crossing his uncovered arms over one another. "I come from a place.. Far, east of here. Cold but.. no seas for miles around you." As soon as he finished, the scream from Azura echoed through the room, Aron quickly glancing back to the direction of the baths. He opened his mouth to speak, staying silent for a moment before finally doing so. ".. Should see to that." He stated as he pushed himself off of the door frame and made his way through the main hall. It didn't take long for him to enter the room with the baths, raising his brow at the young girl. "Don't hurt yourself there." He said to her in his foreign accent, one she might not have heard before.


@DarknessSpirit @sprouhtt

 

[John Raptorfist]

"Somewhere." Magnus answered bluntly as he lead Astrid out of the town and up a small, secluded path, in which the towering evergreens blanketed the area in shade. Bright ferns brushed past Magnus's trousers as they walked, and a lone Raven called in the distance. That one Raven call lifted Magnus's spirts ever so slightly. Maybe for once, the allfather would be on his side today. Suddenly, the forest abruptly stopped and they stepped into a clearing created by a fairly large lake. It's water was so clear you could see the sandy bottom and even the occasional trout swam by. The only noise was the call of birds, the hum of insects, and the soft whistle of the gentle summer breeze. "Sit." Magnus said, motioning to a fallen log near the lake's pebbly shore that was worn smooth by the water. "Astrid, I'd...I'd like to tell you something. I don't care if you hate me for this, but I just thought you should know."


@Sharkiee

 

[TwistedDreams]

Agnar turned to Inghard, it seemed like someone always wanted his time, he watched Magnus and Astrid move through the crowd and started to leave the village, he wanted to see where they were going "Argh, Walk with me and speak" Agnar said, leading the way, keeping Magnus and Astrid in sight. It was hard to be Earl and still have time to pursue his own interests, but that came with the job.


@Ruckingdom293

 

[Grammatic]

Grunting, Thorred left the chest where it was, quickly heading back towards the docks, As he approached, he saw the last of the cargo being offloaded from the Everborn, and Thorred nodded to the men. "Get some rest, I intend to only remain long enough to resupply, and maybe pick up a few new swords. We need to get back out there!" Gesturing to the waters outside the town, the raiders lifted their hands in the air, letting out a brief roar of approval, before heading towards their houses.


Turning, Thorred also went back towards the town, he needed to speak with the earl, see what he had missed since he had been raiding.

 

[sprouhtt]

Aron leaned on the door frame as he spoke back to her, crossing his uncovered arms over one another. "I come from a place.. Far, east of here. Cold but.. no seas for miles around you." As soon as he finished, the scream from Azura echoed through the room, Aron quickly glancing back to the direction of the baths. He opened his mouth to speak, staying silent for a moment before finally doing so. ".. Should see to that." He stated as he pushed himself off of the door frame and made his way through the main hall. It didn't take long for him to enter the room with the baths, raising his brow at the young girl. "Don't hurt yourself there." He said to her in his foreign accent, one she might not have heard before.
@DarknessSpirit @sprouhtt

Decthalia listened to the words that were coming out of his mouth but she didn't really pay that much attention, she didn't mean but when she heard the scream all she could think of is where it came from. Decthalia watched as he left the room to go and investigate from where the sound came from and so she followed behind him as well and when she entered into the room that had the baths she saw a girl. @northguy @DarknessSpirit

 

[Ms. Sparrow]

Azura instantly tried to cover herself, if observed, she would be seen wearing bonds. She instantly tried to cover herself with her hands, yet with little luck. "Get out!" She shouted in her rare foreign Bulgarian accent. Her accent would obviously be clear, she also took noticed in his accent. Then that one slave girl joined them. Azura groaned and put her face in her knees.

 

[Sharkiee]

Astrid followed Magnus, stumbled on tiny roots that looped out of the ground, but never falling, she caught herself, resting her hand on Magnus' back to keep herself balanced. Upon reaching the lake she became speechless, taking her seat on the log like he told her to. Her eyes flicked from the water to Magnus as he spoke, she shifted feeling uneasy about the change of mood, "what could possibly make me hate you?" She asked, her eyes saddened by the sudden choice of words.


@John Raptorfist

 

[Kencen]

Leiknir heard the scream, and saw that the stranger, the Slav, had gone to investigate. Somewhat unnerved at the thought of a stranger roaming the Earl’s halls uninvited, Leiknir decided to check it out as well. On the way he heard another shout, and he sped up.


“What exactly is going on in here?” Leiknir asked as he entered the room. The fighting woman, Azura, he was pretty sure she was called, was in the bath, her face between her knees, the stranger standing by, and one of the women taken on the latest raid, whose name Leiknir had never heard, had entered just before him. He looked back and forth between the three, focusing mostly on the stranger and Azura. Leiknir stood by the door, ready to make a tactical retreat if the woman was enraged by their presence. There is no shame in living to fight another day, he recalled his father saying once.

 

[sprouhtt]

Decthalia didn't let her eyes wander where it shouldn't wander, all she was doing was making eye contact with the girl without saying anything else or looking anywhere but she was unaware that when he had barged in on her she was naked. Decthalia turned around and walked out, she moved past the man who was on the ship during the raids when he had walked in. She did nothing but make eye contact with him, she didn't fear him nor was she going to. She walked past him and walked down the hallway, leaving the man who she had just met a second ago there. @DarknessSpirit @Kencen @northguy

 

[northguy]

Aron rose his brow at the girl when she screamed at him, standing there for a moment before he turned and went over toward the benches. His hand swept up a towel and began to oddly.. inspect it. He looked the piece of cloth over a few times, before turning back to the woman who had been covering herself up. He offered the towel over, he kept his gaze on the woman's. Aron showed no interest in her uncovered body, letting the towel hang in his hand as he spoke back to her. "Gets cold quick when you step out. Might need this." He had not notice the man enter and the woman leave in these moments, focusing on his own task. Hopefully he wasn't about to be clawed.


@DarknessSpirit

 

[John Raptorfist]

He touched her cheek lightly with the back out his hand. "Just listen." Perching himself on a stone, he made sure his pale blue eyes met hers. "Whenever I'm around you...all my stress...and all my anger...it just seems to melt away. In the three long years ever since I lost everything I think I've finally found a propose to feel joy again, and that reason is you, Astrid." He looked away for a moment, rubbing is Thor pendant between his fingers, it had become a habit. "I know I'm not the nicest person, and I know I'm sounding childish right now, and I know I'm not as perfect as Agnar...but...I-I think I love you..." He said, rasing his voice slightly before calming back down at the last sentence. Magnus then continued to stare into Astrid's entrancing gaze, waiting silently for a response in the gentle summer breeze.


@Sharkiee

 

[Ruckingdom293]

Inghard nodded, walking and following behind the Earl.


"I hope I am not bothering you, Earl Agnar, but I have a proposition to make to you," he said. Looking Agnar in the eye, he continued. "For many years I have been exiled from my home, as you know. I must confess that this voyage was not just so I could gain some amount of wealth, but also to judge you and your character," he said.


He folded his arms across his chest and scowled. "The people from my village still remember when Earl Hakon came and stole their land, murdering my Earl, Hrorek, without just claim. This is why I must ask you aid. If you invaded, you could install me as Earl. As payment, and gratitude, I would become your sworn ally." He finished, coming to a stop and eagerly awaiting his answer. "Together, as allies, you and I could stage bigger raids west, with more men and ships. We could make our names feared in England and abroad!" His voice was eager, and he leaned in slightly at the excitement of the prospect.

 

[Sharkiee]

Her gaze was locked with his, she shifted breaking the contact as she looked down at what he was playing with in his hand. Her heart raced, and her hands trembled a little, she took a breath in before speaking. "Magnus, I..." she couldn't find the words to translate her feelings, "it is an honor to be thought so highly by you" she finally looked back into his eyes, she rested her hand on his knee, "truth be spoken, I don't know what to think" she looked out across the water, "you are a very strong and could protect a family" she trailed off, "but I do not know what my heart wants" she looked at him, "and I am not perfect, I am far from that, I cannot protect you like a shield maiden can" Her eyebrows pulled together as she spoke.


@John Raptorfist

 

[TwistedDreams]

Agnar listened to Inghard's proposal while they walked, keeping his eyes on Magnus and Astrid as they sat on a log in a clearing in the forest. Inghard wanted him to invade Earl Hakon's lands and install him as Earl which was no small ask and could cost many of his warriors lives or even his own Earldom if it went badly. Agnar knew of Earl Hakon but was unsure of how many fighting men he had. "I will consider the invasion but if i invade, we will not be allies but you must become my vassal and i a king" Agnar's ambitions were great, he desired to carve out his own petty kingdom in Norway and would risk his Earldom for it.


Agnar watched as Magnus touched Astrid's cheek, he and Inghard were to far away to hear what they were saying but it looked sincere and he was now almost certain that Magnus desired her, he watched as Astrid placed a hand on his knee and a mixture of jealousy and pain filled him. He turned back to Inhard "So, IF i did invade, would you accept these terms?" He raised an eyebrow, hiding what he was feeling from showing on his face.


@Ruckingdom293

 

[John Raptorfist]

Though he was expecting her to probably reject him, Magnus honestly couldn't tell if Astrid was politely telling him 'no' or she was genuinely lost on what her heart wanted. He stayed quiet throughout her speech until she stated that she wasn't perfect. "Well then, I understand, but, maybe we two misfits could make this harsh world a little more bearable for eachother." Magnus said in a somewhat somber tone, looking back up at Astrid whose hand was placed on his knee, so Magnus wrapped his own hand around hers.


@Sharkiee

 

[Ms. Sparrow]

Azura slowly took the towel, wrapping it around her and sighing before holding out her arms. "Will you mind taking off these bonds? I heard the Earl request for somebody to take these off, but it seems I've been forgotten." She said casually tilting her head.

 

[northguy]

Aron shrugged as he sat back down on the bench, leaning up against the wall as he spoke back to her request. "If I did that you'd probably try to stick a knife in my neck and start running, wouldn't you?" He spoke briefly. In truth, he knew nothing about this girl and had only used his surroundings to assume, "Where are you from?" He suddenly interjected their conversation, laying his hand down next to him.

 

[Grammatic]

(300)


Walking through the town, Thorred looks about, searching for the earl. After several minutes of searching, he simply shrugs and heads toward the tavern. Nearing the structure, Thorred has to duck his head as a cup is thrown out one of the open windows, and the sounds of laughter and grunting comes from within. Entering the tavern, Thorred looks around the main dining area, before spotting a few of his raiders in the corner of the room, just now getting their ales. Ordering one for himself, he walks over and grabs a chair, pulling it up at the table and entering a conversation with the warriors.