How soft your fields so green, can whisper tales of gore,

Ice Age - How to Destroy Angels

It was a split second, the loss of a footing with the added stength of a shove by two supernatural powerhouses. Thorfinn had pulled back to hit someone else and ended up losing his footing falling against one of the two women. Shoved out of the way before either could really pay mind to the small blonde he never regained his balance. These were not the type of shoes he was used to fighting in. Instinct called for him to grab his knife stab something to regain his footing but it was just to fast to much for his small frame.

A loud bang barely registered over the sound of the brawl. One of the nearby booths had cut his fall short in the worst way, the bang was his forehead hitting the edge of the booth. There was nothing he could do or think, it was instantaneous. It was to much for his neck, a clean break. He was gone before his body hit the ground at an awkward angle, his father's blade slid from his hands, sliding under the booth as the small body laid there. With only four minutes until it would vanish.


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Four hours didn't really register for him. No bright light, no heavenly voices, no Valkyries. Nothing like the boastful stories passed around camp fires.

He was back home, laying in a pile of hay, listening to the man raiding outside of the barn. It was strange but oddly welcomed after so much strangeness in his dreams.

'where did the little bastard go?'
'same place he always goes when the jobs done.'

It was Bjorn's voice, that same quiet command to leave him alone and let him sleep. Which meant in about twenty minutes he'd wake up to screams. But something wasn't right. He couldn't put his finger on it.

Wait no. They were all dead. He remembered it all suddenly. his blood running cold as he started to push himself up in time to see a wicked grin.

'Figured it out did you, boy?' No it couldn't be, not him. 'Time to get up, good things don't come to lazy layabouts.' Thorfinn could only stare in horror at the man making his way to him. 'THORFINN! IT'S TIME TO GET TO WORK!' His voice bellowed.

Thorfinn's eye's shot open with a strangled gasp.

Electric lights were almost to bright for his eyes as he flinched form them, closing his eyes to stop the sharp pain. Reality sinking back into him. He wasn't in Mercia, or England. He was on Mundus. He was still in that strange world that had taken him... Askeladd was still dead, Bjorn was still dead.... everyone was dead and yet here he laid flinching away from the bright lights in the ceiling.

It was about then that he started to feel sick to his stomach, and the realization dawned, he wasn't alone.

CHARACTER NAME: Thorfinn "Karlsefni" Thorsson
CHARACTER SERIES: Vinland Saga

[OOC]
Backtagging: I am forever backtag friendly!
Threadhopping: Also cool with this, and thread jacking. Everything's good.
Fourthwalling: Thorfinn is a fictional version (with a very fictional backstory) of one of the heros of the Norse Vinland Sagas. So, if your character is big into viking legends, or is from Norse times feel free to realize he has the same name as the Thorfinn Karlsefni of those tales. Unfortunaaly Thorfinn will likely just stare confused becuase though he does know Leif Eriksson, those stories mean the world to him, but he wouldn't really believe himself to be a saga hero.
IC =/= OOC: I am not a badass baby viking. I am also not as big of a dick as he can be, so sorry in advance for anything he may say.
OOC Personal Boundaries/Warnings: None.



[IC]
Hugging this character: With his current state, hugging is okay. As LONG as he is unarmed. He may flip out though. he's not been big on affection.
Kissing this character: Just...no. Not unless the CR builds that way, its safer for everyone.
Flirting with this character: He will be hella confused, but go for it!
Platonic Physical Contact: This is fine as long as he's cool with the person or its necessary for the scene like helping the injured.
Romantic/Sexual Physical Contact: By the age of 12, males in Viking society were expected to take on the roles of adults, Thorfinn is a almost 18, and has been around a viking horde since he was 6 years old and treated like one of the guys Much to his displeasure. In short, by his societies standards he's old enough, hell his companions made fun of him because he WOULDN'T join them in taking a woman. However, Thorfinn has little interest in love or sex.
Violent Physical Contact: Oh hellls yes, the boy is a hell of a fighter.
Mindreading: This is cool, he may freak out if he realizes it but I am cool with it happening.
IC Personal Boundaries/Warnings: Thorfinn is very standoffish and tries to keep people at arms length. Purposely playing up being a dick to drive people away, however it doesn't often work and despite what he says he cares about the people around him. He has a fiery temper that once it's lit he goes berserk and loses all of his cool. This is a massive weakness of his and how he has gained most of his injuries, however he has also killed a lot of people this way to.

Thorfinn doesn't always grasp compassion, and mercy doesn't register a lot either. Blame that on his upbringing. However an important warning here is because of the savages he grew up around he doesn't see an issue with rape. While he himself refuses to participate in it, he often just walks past it without a thought. This would only be different because times of war, captured woman are enslaved, slaves in their society are just property. BUT Norse woman, that's different. Norse woman have much more freedom than slaves. And unwanted attention to them is forbidden.

In short, theres a lot of trigger warnings in Thorfinn's past, he's a little murder machine, but not a complete monster like those he lived around.



Other Notes: Thorfinn is at a crossroads in his life, he's just had the second worst blow of his life and he's pretty much set to stay violent or become more peaceful. In canon he becomes peaceful due to being enslaved, but on a farm where the master was kind to his slaves. In game who knows how life will take him. In short until he sorts himself out he may be a bit flipfloppish.

Player Information
Name: Koko
Age: 30
Contact: strangelyhumane
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Character Basics
Character name: Thorfinn Son of Thors/Thorsson, also known as Karlsefni
Character Journal: victoryorvalhalla
Canon: Vinland Saga
Canon Point: Chapter 54; just after Askeladd's death
Age: 16, though he looks younger
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Canon Character Information
Appearance: Thorfinn could be very handsome, only he pretty much never combs his pretty blonde hair so its always a mess and looks like he could have fleas Its happened before okay he has brown eyes and a fair skin tone. He is a short lad, even for his time he was a tiny kid. Around 5'4 he is built like a brick house, he's lithe, and will likely never be like a huge lumbering type but he's pretty ripped for a kid. He's been fighting with Viking pirates since he was 5, so slacking not really a thing for him. Though he has no facial scars he himself is covered in scars from years of hard warfare. One of the most noticeable is a thick scar from his shoulder down his chest.
History: Thorfinn was the only son of Helga daughter of the Jomsvikings king and Thors the Trolls. After the birth of his older sister Yufa, Thors and Helga ran to Iceland to be free of violence and raise their family in peace. To do this they faked Thors death.

Thorfinn grew up happy and surrounded by people who loves him up until a man named Floki arrived on the island to ask Thors to come back for one last seige, pretty much making it look like he would burn the village if Thors didn't come. Thorfinn was mia as he had been upset over a spanking he got... Having tried to take one of his father's knives to knife a kid that beat him in lock battle. Everyone assumed Thorfinn was sulking as his father sailed away. The truth he sowed away in a barrel on his father's ship. He wasn't discovered until much to late to turn around. Though Thors was mad or seemed okay, up until a big problem arrived by the name of Askeladd. A famous pitate. Askeladd was hired by Floki to murder Thors, and to save Thorfinn, Thors forfitted his life. Young Thorfinn watched as his father was shot to death with Arrows. And yet again he snuck on another boat. Askeladds, swearing at the top of his little lungs that he would avenge his father in an honorable duel.

This is how Thorfinns innocence died. From then on this tiny child was one of Askeladds men. Of course he would curse anyone out that called him as much, but he had to carry his own and grow strong. Askeladd actually wasn't bad to the boy, he raised him like his own but under the guise of 'if you want my head you earn it.' Thorfinn free into the littlest badads in a crew of badasses. Of course his view of the world was skewed by this he regularly got woken up by men trying to rape women where ever he slept. He didn't have any interest in these things, but did see himself as higher than the slaves they would take from towns they saked.

Things took a turn for the worst after the group faced off with the monsterous Thorkell the Tall, who turned out to be none other than Thorfinn maternal uncle. Thorfinn cut off two of the man's fingers to escape the battle alive but suffered broken ribs himself. In their way back across the land Askeladd got the bright idea to kidnap one of the prince's of Denmark to return him and be rewarded for it... Only the king didn't care about his youngest son. Not that it was figured out right away.

After the sucessful kidnapping, Thorfinn was made the prince's bodyguard, where he showed again how little fucks he had to give by telling the prince off more than once. Things started to go downhill as a bad snow storm drifted in. The party knew they needed to camp or die... So they murdered a whole village calling it a mercy as if they had just taken the food the people would die anyway. They figured they had till spring but Thorkell was already on their trail and coming fast. So, they bailed and ran through Wales, which was only allowed because Askeladd was half Welsh, half Dane. The son of a kidnapped and raped Princess named Lydia. Unfortunely, Thorkell still caught up. And by then the party was calling mutiny. Feeling Askeladd was no longer lucky they wanted to break free and give the prince to Thorkell to be spared. Askeladd knew the only two he could trust were Thorfinn and his long time second in command Bjorn. Thorfinn and Bjorn were told to take the prince and run, but, well Thorfinn can't let go of Askeladd. Not with his revenge unfulfilled. He reached Askeladd in time to see the man pretty messed up, but Thorkell arrived and didn't kill Thorfinn and Askeladd, no he killed the mutineers and fought Thorfinn breaking his arm in the process. He also told Thorfinn about his parents while Askeladd splinted his arm. Some stuff was happening with the prince over with Bjorn, so by the time the prince arrived he had a new outlook stopping the duel and telling the three they are now his vessels and they will come with him to kill the king.

By the time they reach the capital of Denmark it's clear Bjorn will die from his injuries so, Askeladd stops his promised duel with Thorfinn to duel Bjorn iinstead so he can die a warrior. As Bjorn does he tells Askeladd all he ever wanted was to be his friend. Its known Askeladd hated the Vikings. Askeladd sits the prince and Thorfinn down and explains to how you truly kill someone you hate. Thorfinn again loses the duel, Askeladd hitting him harder since he's really angry for once and tells him his problem is letting his rage control him. He loses his cool and focus.

Thorfinn goes off to mope alone instead of joining the others for a feast with the king. He starts hearing screaming and runs into the great hall... To find Askeladd soaked in blood surrounded by bodies looking insane. He rushed to try as stop and help him but Askeladd is killed by the prince before his eyes.

His life goal shattered before his eyes. Askeladds earlier words about what would he do with his life once he was dead starts playing in his head as Thorfinn breaks. The prince moves forward to say something to Thorfinn and Thorfinn lashes out, slashing Canute across the face. The royal guards tackle him down as Canute tells them not to kill Thorfinn, instead he sells Thorfinn into slavery as attacking royalty is punishable by death.

Personality: Thorfinn was once a child who was full of happiness and loved the people around him. However, as with most things he is a product of one bad day destroying everything. Thorfinn at six saw his father murdered in front of his eyes. From that day his smile vanished. Thorfinn's innocence died with his father, he had to give up his childhood to live by the skin of his teeth and march along side of seasoned warriors. He doesn't really know or trust happiness anymore. Constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop. The reason he does this is to avenge his father by killing his father's murderer Askeladd in an honorable duel so his father's spirit can finally rest.

To this he becomes a puppet for Askeladd, though he is very headstrong on the fact he is NOT one of Askleladd's men, and is the man's enemy he is pretty much the man's puppet. Putting himself in dangerous situations to earn these duels. Thorfinn has a hot temper that tends to blind him, though he is a very skilled warrior that temper distracts him and leaves him opened to attacks. It is something Askeladd keeps taunting him on. But, Thorfinn is stubborn as can be and wants his way even if it means rolling in something he hates for a long time.

Though he grew up with these horrible men, he is also very disgusted by them and when he is not working with them in battle he tends to be off by himself, preferring his solitude and to depend on himself. The men however counted him in their ranks to the point that they even offered to share spoils of war with him ( a woman they were rapping while he was trying to sleep) to which he disgustedly walks off in a huff. Thorfinn's stubbornness also plays into how he survives some crazy stuff and manages to always pull off whatever Askeladd has ordered of him. Even if he spends the whole while cursing he WONT give up. Its not in him.

Though it's important to point out that coming in Thorfinn's just taken the second worst blow in his life, arguably the worst considering he was 6 when Thors was killed. His life and drive were about avenging his father, killing Askeladd…but he witnessed someone else do it. Some he had been ordered to protect, and something in him broke. As Askeladd had asked him more than once, how would he live what would he do once he was dead? Thorfinn was empty and broken inside when Askeladd died, his purpose gone and he isn't sure how to move forward. So, depending on how things play out would bring either the violent boy back out, or the future pacifist he eventually grew up to be.

Powers/Abilities/Talents: He's a human, but highly skilled having lived with coming pirates since he was 5 years old and told to hold his own or be left behind. He is stubborn as hell.

What 4 items would you like your character too have with them on the island during their stay? His father's short blade, the old woman's comb, his napsack, and Askeladd's sword (preferably stained in blood).

Samples
First Person:
What...what's happening? Why were the chains removed? [ A voice asks the strange device...which is upside down.] Where is Askladd....and that bastard prince? [ There's rage building as he says the words, his eyes going wide as he throws the device as hard as he can.] Father! I'm sorry! [ he sinks down, everything is just jumbled. He buries his hands in his messy blonde locks. There's no crying. he let himself cry once he wont do that again.]

I need a battle. [ he says low.] Someone send me to Valhalla...

[ he needed a warriors death, if he couldn't avenge his father. And slavery was all that waited for him, he would rather just go on to the other side. And yet, some part of him just wasn't ready to die. He kicked the table the device had hit as it shut off killing the feed. ]

Third Person: Snowblind's test drive

Finally, out of the 4 words, pick one: gravel