Name: Arne Thorbrandsson, known throughout the world as “Farfar Arne Skalle” (Grandfather Arne the bald).
Age: 57.
Gender: Male

Weapons and equipment: One bearded axe, one longsax, a round shield, a knife, a bow and a quiver containing twelve arrows of Arne’s own design.

Background: Arne was born is today’s Sweden and spent his youth as an adventurer. He has seen things that most people can only dream about. He has been all the way east to the edge of the Rus’ lands, south all the way to the Arabs, where he has served as a Varjang. He has fought in many battles and claims to have seen the valkyries come for the brave dead after the battle.

Now he mostly just sit at home, tend to his little patch of earth or looks after the kids so that their parents can work. He has always loved kids and his only regret in life is that he never found time to find himself a good woman and get some kids of his own.

He is almost completely bald with only a few grey, almost white hairs left on his neck. Above his clear blue eyes sits two big, bushy eyebrows and on his chin a magnificent beard which he always keeps clean and well-brushed. His face is wrinkled with age and he has quite a big, red nose. The nose is pretty much the only part of his body with some color on it. His recent duties have cemp him indoors and so his skin is fair, almost pale.

Arne is known to brag a lot and has a very sharp tongue. His biggest flaw is that he can’t really face the fact that his days of glory are long gone.

He has a long and eventful life behind him, once he was known far and wide for his strength and skill with both axe and sword. Now he is and old man and most of his strength has left him, but he still has a few tricks left.