The early winter chill was heavy upon the land as soldiers charged at each other from all sides with weapons drawn and the battle-lust thick in their blood. Folkvar swung his axe with demonic precision, cleaving through armor, flesh and bone of his fellow Norsemen.
Prowess and the ability to dominate the other tribes would be found on the battlefield and under new leadership, the tribes would again be united. Treachery and murder had deposed the previous chieftain and now the edge of a northern blade would decide his replacement.
A worthy adversary turned upon being hit with Folkvar's axe and fell a top of it, ripping it from his hands. Deprived of his weapon, he lunged at the next attacker wrestling away a spear and turning it on its previous owner.
The din and clamor of weapons over the war-cries filled the air amid the steam rising from the freshly bloodied wounds of the dying. A towering hulk of a man with red locks and a full beard brought his sword down on the unarmed Folkvar with a terrible force from overhead.
Only the metal grieves that covered his forearm kept the blow from sending him to Valhalla's gates. A second and third strike were turned away before the armor split and bit in to Folkvar's skin but at that strike his hand found his attackers wrist and crushed it in his powerful grip.
The sword fell and Folkvar sent a rising knee into the redhead's solar-plexus, sending him to his back. It took only a moment to retrieve the sword and drive it in to his enemy's throat before twisting it to dislodge the head.
To his left, Folkvar looked to see Gudrun retracting her sword from one man's chest before using it to cleave the skull of another. Her howl, like the piercing screech of a bird of prey had drawn his attention. Admiring her fury and precision, he took his battle won sword and charged to her side, discarding the ruined grieve as he did so.