Once you were an accomplished raider with a prom-
ising future, but you had also become arrogant and

overly proud. You thought of yourself as a walking
legend and your place in the Halls of Slain was surely
guaranteed! Then you made the unfortunate mistake
of allowing a rival clan’s foul-tongued skald to survive
after a raiding victory. That skald cursed you upon
that battlefield:

You laughed off the curse, but that evening you choked
on the bones of a boar while celebrating your victory
and died an inglorious death. Your clan left you on that
beach in the middle of nowhere, to be claimed by Hel
and brought to her Underworld. They mourned for you,
knowing that your death was unworthy, and you would
never enter the Halls of the Slain.
Yet you returned to life the very next day. Since then,
you have died several more times, but you always rise
again, the following morning. Now you seek a way to
end the curse so that you might die as a raider should
and earn your place in the Halls of the Slain.

Player Interest: Elric of Melniboné, Captain Navarre
Restrictions: Must be born in Grimnir

 

Feature: A Raider’s Rune ( ᛁ )

You received a rune tattoo upon reaching adulthood in
your clan, but upon your first death, it changed. That
tattoo now resembles the rune ᛁ and indicates the frozen
north, the unchanging lands, and you have long seen it
as a sign that you must introduce change into your life.
At certain moments in the story additional runes will
be drawn, adding to your story, your abilities, and your
penultimate reason for existing

Skill Proficiencies: Arcana & Religion

Tool Proficiencies: Navigator’s tools & vehicle (water)

Equipment: A set of traveler’s clothes, a winter blanket, a
boar’s bone, navigator’s tools, a pouch containing 5 gp