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AcceptedKencen said:Name
Leiknir Steinarson
Age
26
Appearance
Standing at six foot three, Leiknir is a tall and well-built man.
Strengths
Raw Physical Might/Size
Dueling/Single Combat
Shield & Axe
Dual Axes
Weaknesses
Often tunnel visions during combat, ignoring all but his selected adversary.
Poor Vision (Shortsighted) (Because of this, he is a terrible shot.)
Open book, can not lie or bluff at all.
Personality
Leiknir sees the world in black and white- Everyone is either with him or against. Once he has established someone to be with him, he is fiercely loyal and will defend them with his life. Leiknir idolized the late Earl Halfdan and vowed to defend the young Earl Agnar’s position. Leiknir can be rather bullheaded and stubborn, and very few people, even among those he considers his friends, can get him to change his mind about anything. Leiknir is very easy to read, and it has often been said that, should you wish a secret to remain a secret, avoid letting Leiknir know at all costs.
Bio
Leiknir’s father, Steinar, was one of Earl Halfdan’s greatest warriors, and his father trained Leiknir to fight since he could walk. Leiknir spent many hours of every day training, swinging axes once he was strong enough to hold them, simple sticks until then. For years, he hated it, but when he saw his father beat down three men at once during an attack on their village, he understood. After that, he thrived in his training. As a young man, Leiknir became the Earl’s messenger. He saw this as training as well, running enthusiastically. Leiknir’s father fell in battle a year before the late Earl’s passing, leaving Leiknir to carry on his legacy. Leiknir has fought in many battles over the past several years, but never in a raid as ambitious as this one.
Occupation
Fighter/Duelist
Messenger
Ambitions
Leiknir wants to become the Earl’s Champion and fight the strongest warriors in the world.
Viking!
Accepted! Perhaps he could eventually convince Agnar to help him retake his lands.Ruckingdom293 said:
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Character Sheet (Custom bbcode is welcome!)
Name
Inghard 'Beartooth' Garthson
Age
21
Appearance
Inghard is also covered with some tattoos, most notably a pattern of spiral like swirls adorning his upper back to his lower neck, which form the image of a Tiwaz rune.
Strengths
Leader: Inghard is an inspirational man, and seeks to warm the blood and spirit of members of his warband. A social, playful individual, with a love of song and strength of spirit. His qualities as a leader help him both on the battlefield and at the hearth, where he is always a good man to share a horn of ale or mead with.
Combat: Inghard is a strong fighter and team builder, working well within the shield wall. He is a furious, though reckless, warrior. Seeking to inspire fellow warriors through personal deeds, though, is always dangerous.
Spirit/Survival: It may not seem like much, but Inghard is well known for his perseverance in the face of despair. He is a hard man to break, and of seemingly infinite morale and courage. His time spent as a wanderer has not only given him an unbreakable will, but taught him many things about surviving in the world.
Weaknesses
Youth: His youth is his greatest weakness, as he is still a young man in the eyes of many. Not so much in battle, but in matters pertaining to the more delicate aspects of the world. Diplomacy, law, what it means to not only lead men in battle, but lead men through their lives. He is fun loving, and that can sometimes lead to immaturity.
Reckless Bravery: His desire to attain glory, and inspire fellow soldiers, leads Inghard to attempt feats of almost foolish proportions in combat. Leaving the wall, taking on more than one foe at once, and attempting to fight men twice his size and age. While this works in his favor sometimes, it can also just as easily be turned against him.
Impatient: Inghard is impatient to prove himself, to reach new heights, to find out what it means to be alive before his death. He despises being looked down upon, or coddled, and will react very negatively to those who view him as an 'underling'. To these people he can come off as insulting, mocking, or uncouth
Personality
Inghard loves to joke, sing, and socialize around the fire and in the longhall with other warriors and people. He is a story teller, and very friendly individual to those who offer him respect. He is always looking to make friends with other people. He might not be ambitious for status, such as ruling an earldom or jarldom, but he does aspire to be known across the world. He loves telling stories, and his biggest dream is for one day, people to tell his own story.
This desire for fame influences his actions. He is courageous, almost without care for his own being. If he sees that an action will further his renown, he is very likely to attempt it, regardless of the difficulty. He is headstrong, and unwilling to back down, making him quite the obstacle.
Inghard has a serious love of nature and the natural world as well, and is a very devout pagan when it comes to the earth and the gods. He is not a judgmental zealot, however. He bears those of other faiths no ill will, so long as they keep their gods out of his own life. Attempts to convert, or dismiss his religion, will not go over well. He has a personal connection with the god Tyr, the god of war and honor, who he reveres.
Bio
Inghard was born in a small village in one of the Norwegian fjords. In the rife political strife of the region, he learned to fight at the age of 14. Tribes in the fjords are often packed close together, as arable land is few, and there is constant war between the tribes. These battles and wars often take place on the water itself, as tribes who sit on opposite end of the fjords usually have tense relations. Inghard had to learn to not only fight on land, but also in ship to ship combat.
This was a rough upbringing for him, but he fought well beside his father Garth, one of his earls huscarls. He was not a peasant, growing up, and had access for good food and weapons, but neither did he or his family hold any land. They lived in the longhouse, with their lord, and Inghard grew to hate it. He wanted to be out, experiencing the world, and so when he was 18, on his birthday, he set off into the mountains for two months, surviving alone. While there he became hardened, and learned many skills that would help him in his life.
One frosty morning, he woke to retrieve some of the fish he had caught the previous evening, only to find a bear raiding his stores. He knew that he would either let the bear go, and risk starvation, or have to kill it. The fight was great, and he bears a large scar on his torso from where the bear mauled him, but in the end he killed it. Bringing its pelt back as proof, and wearing the bear's two large canines around his neck, he became known as Inghard Beartooth.
It was not long after his return, however, that their village was set upon by an alliance of neighboring tribes. Outnumbered and defeated, their village was seized. His father killed in battle, Inghard left the village behind, unwilling to serve the usurper in any way, shape or form. For two years he wandered, doing odd jobs for various people, or simply making his way in the wild.
Now he hears rumors of a voyage to a place called England, by an 'Earl Agnar' of Egersund. It is to this earldom he has set his course, and he will do whatever it takes to earn a spot in the warband.
Occupation
Warrior, wanderer and bard
Ambitions
Fame and glory, and a place to rest his head. He is loyal to those who can give him these things.
Accepted, You can start in any way you want, already being part of the Viking raid, or just coming across the village today, or maybe being with this Earl Syvl's group, any way you want basically.northguy said:
YSANTOERAKSKI IS ABACK BABy!
Name
Aron Santorski
Age
31
Appearance
Strengths
- Brutal Combat: Being trained with the bardiche, sword, spear, and other forms of combat; Aron is highly skilled in brutal combat, specially with his alpha male type of thinking that has compelled him to have higher skill. He expresses this greatly in war, and would easily be considered a skilled fighter.
- Courageous: Aron has a tendency to show little signs of fear when in the face of death or anything that would strike fear. Although instead, he masks this with his short rampages.
- Commanding: Having experienced a number of battles and wars in his short time lived, he has learned to command well on the field of battle. Usually including well thought out tactic, Aron is able to work well in leading positions, and often works to keep one steady.
Weaknesses
- Insecure: Aron truthfully has a fear of not being up to par, or lacking highly in ability. He handles this by continually flaunting his alpha male thought process, and continues to push himself.
- Bowmanship: This also applies to most ranged combat, although to Aron’s disliking, he had set his priorities on becoming a hand-to-hand warrior. So in turn, he is clumsy with a bow and most ranged weapons, aside from the crossbow because of its simple mechanic.
- Anger Control: In some situations Aron will be unable to control his anger and go entirely berserk on someone. This is entirely rare though, and usually occurs in heavy emotional experiences, or if he completely consumed by stress and anger.
Fighting Styles (Added this in because I was bored, haha)
- Bardiche: Aron’s main form of combat includes this great bladed axe-like weapon. He seems to handle the weapon with mastered skill, able to swiftly swing the blade with his own developed fighting tactics around it. He takes a full frontal and quick offensive with this weapon, hardly relying on the the long axe’s wooden handle to block, instead making swift movements to avoid and invade on his enemy’s guard. He is said to be ruthless with this fighting style, sometimes going out of his way to use the axe to decapitate someone, just to send a message.
- Sword and shield: In close-range combat Aron will take an offensive approach, sometimes with his arming sword and shield in hands. He uses ferocity in battle, though also keeps a good head to know when to be able to defend himself well, making this approach have a good defensive nature to it as well. He will use his sword to parry blows and strike quickly, or his shield to block, all while always moving on his feet. He strikes precisely during this, and uses good form and tactic.
- Spear:When on the ground with a spear, Aron uses it in similar senses as to a staff if an opponent was to get too close. However, he usually focuses on quickly striking down the enemy with his longer range, using quick and precise stabs with it. He also will throw the spear in order to reach a further enemy, and would often turn back to his sword (and shield) afterward.
- Calvary: While on a horse, Aron will trade out his usual sword for a lance, in order for him to reach with longer range. This consists of stabbing through or even skewering his enemies, using precision in order to not fail in this process. He has practiced this quite well, and has been part of cavalry charges on more than one occasion.
- Berserker: This is an all out last resort, he uses this one as a psychological tactic against his enemies. Usually clad in a heavy weapon of sorts, and bleeding from self-given wounds, Aron will try any attempt to strike fear into the enemy as he charges them. Though this would usually be fueled by rage, he avoids it at most costs if he can.
Personality
One of Aron’s most noticeable traits is highly prevalent bluntness. With this comes a sense of arrogance, deriving from overcoming other Northern warriors in order to prove himself a competent leader, he will often flaunt his abilities. Though, aside from both of these he is quite a logical person, being a trained strategist/tactician, he uses logical thinking to overcome issues despite usually thinking his logic is always correct. Aron also has quite the sense of greed, he enjoys having wealth, land, and all the other splendors that money can bring to one. Aron will often put himself above others if he can, and will go out of his way to prove himself more capable than, this gives a high sense of dominance to him. Aron in no way is a shy person, and this results him to be very outspoken about what he does, and how he conveys himself to others. He is not one to hide his thoughts because of this outspokenness, bringing him to be quite forthright. This all brings him to be an intense person, his opinions and ideals are strong and he has no problem in putting them out forth, and is quite serious about all of them. Aron is not an optimist, though he could not be seen as a pessimist in nature, he takes a realistic approach to most situations, this results in him having strong and well thought out decisions, mostly. Aron is quite the selfish person, and does many things out of his own wants and desires, though a small sense of good still drives within him, and it there is now and then a sight of generosity from him. Aron is the opposite of a liar, usually telling people facts with a blade pointed toward their neck, he gets to the point.
Bio
Aron’s birth was quite the eventful one, crowded around with different pagan priests, family, and other sorts of people that would be involved with such. Aron, was the first born of his family, making this day quite important in the group of travelling barbarians in what was now modern day Northern Poland. He came out with quite the clean birth, to surprise, and was a cherished child in his beginning, until his years would soon progress. Nevertheless, as a child Aron was loud, very loud. He really would hardly ever shut up, going on and on about gibberish and nothing that made any sort of sense. He would often be kept in a closed and tied tent with his dog, and this caused even more problems. Running was nearly a hobby of his, and he would always try to make his way out. The first three years of his life were hectic, and he was a horrid child in his first years. Though this was not to last for a long time, he was soon aging in his years.
Once was around the age of four, the disciplining would begin. Personally brought on by his father of course, Aron was disciplined and learned to quiet himself when he should, this was mostly taught through physical sorts of punishment brought on. Though, this also began his interest in becoming a knightly sort of person, having seen Northern warriors by this age, and other figures that would go against each other in combat. Although it was typical for a Northern boy as himself, it happened nevertheless, and he would even go to toying with a wooden sword he carved out. Although it was first conceived a harmless child like act of swinging a stick, he soon met one of the local camp’s children that were around the age of his own. This soon resulted in Aron giving the boy a severe beating with the makeshift sword he had, it would later be broken up after. Aron’s sense of dominance developed from this little fight between the two of them, although displeased with the punishment he had been given for his acts, he still knew that /he/ beat him. That was all that mattered at the time. It was quite a petty way to develop such a prominent feature of his life, but it soon continued to show, especially in the next years that were to come.
At age 5 Aron had begun his basic education, this consisting of what to and what not to eat, and to hide when violence came. Most of these bored him evermore, and he continued to be a problem child with these, though these 5 years did have relevance to them. He also learned his basic morality, ways of life, logic, and the birth of his younger brother Magnus and sister Lidia took place in these years. Magnus was nothing really to him, a child being six years younger couldn’t really do all too much with him, and Aron was not quite fond with being around infants. He never got along quite well with his cousin Lenora either, usually avoiding her as he could. She was such a cocky girl in his eyes, even at the young age she was, Aron thought her to be an annoyance simply out of dominance issues. He made a deal of friends as well, children of the local tribe, himself being the sort of leader of his little group of friends. They constantly got into fights over petty things though; someone mistakenly tripped another, someone’s short height, sometimes for no reason at all, really. Finally these five years had passed though, Aron now having basic education and a more structured and less hectic personality to himself. It was time he had learned to fight...
(Soo. I was kinda hoping the rest not be revealed yet for ideas I have for the rp, though basically, he is ending up with this group of vikings and they will have no clue who he is.)
Occupation
N/A
Ambitions
Aron has ambitions that proceed anything he could likely accomplish. He wants to be the richest man, the greatest fighter, and the most valiant leader. Of course, he was about to begin working toward it. Maybe it would take some time.
"viking"
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