Name:Iórunn Málgeirsson
Name Pronunciation:Joren
Age: 24
Appearance:Personality:Iórunn is described as a spirited man, always eager to prove his worth to the gods and to the man, or woman, he swore his loyalty to. He’s a fighter, both by combat and with words and wits, thanks to his father. The man had taught him a lot, and told him that - though men said that words were just air - speech could raise settlements and bring down kings. If he thinks that words won’t help him, he prefers to settle things from a distance with the swiftness of an arrow. Some might think him a coward, but he knows better and needs not prove it as long as he thinks the gods are at his side.
While Iórunn has his peculiarities, he was raised well and proper. Kindness comes easily to him and he’s always keen to help out whenever he can. When he senses that the morale is low, his instinct is to try and raise it with the tellings about giants, elves, kings and gods.
Bio:His father was a skáld, a storyteller of sorts, who told about great men and women, courageous heroes and the almighty gods. He was both honoured and feared by nobility; able to put a king’s reputation to shame, however, mostly, praising the lords and ladies for their deeds. His stories made the gods come alive to all who listened as they traveled from one place to the next in their oxen-pulled cart. When Iórunn was but a child he’d sit on his mother’s lap near the door, always listening to his father’s tales with great intrigue, and as he grew older he started sharing the stories of the gods and kings himself with his father proudly watching him. Still, most of the skálding he leaves to his father while Iórunn helps his mother out at the farm where they eventually settled.
While his father is away most of the time, his mother has taken running the farm upon herself and excelling at it. It is how she earns her own share, which she is very much proud of. When the two still traveled the land together, Iórunn’s mother would often sing for the lords and ladies whose halls they’d visit. Often she’d be praised for her voice, a voice granted to her by Bragi, but since the loss of two of her children - a son and a daughter - her songs ceased to be.
As his father was away a lot and his mother busied herself with the household and farm, it was Iórunn’s uncle, the brother of his mother, who taught him how to hunt and fight. While not excelling with an axe or sword, Iórunn hand seemed guided by Skadi as he proved to be an excellent archer and huntsman.
Family:Father: Málgeir
Mother: Katla
Uncle: Læiknarr
Brother:✝ Rœrikr died of smallpox
Sister:✝ Beyla died of smallpox
Equipment:Weaponry:
His favoured weapon is his ash longbow that’s 190cm in length and has an effective range of about 200m, with a leather quiver at his waist. As a secondary weapon, to protect himself if enemies come within striking distance, Iórunn has his long seax with runes decorating the blade.
Clothes:
Protective features:
Leather lamellar chest plate over
long ringmail shirt.
He has a series of crude-looking tattoos that cover a large part of his body. Some parts have mostly faded, such as those covering his lower arms and hands. Most of them are names of the gods, words of victory or wishes for good fortune.
