Yngvild Helgasdotir

Yngvild is also known as Yngvild the Fierce, and she's the title and POV character for Fierce. She was adopted into Old Bjorn's household on Straven. Her biological parents were lady_helga and oddmundr. Oddmundr weilded Jafnadr the Sword before Yngvild was born.

Yngvild, known formally as Yngvild the Fierce, serves as the primary heroic protagonist within the Skyssian theatre. Her narrative function is defined by the restoration of divine justice and the containment of the renegade hero Rojden. Raised in the isolation of Straven, she acts as a bridge between the humble maritime commons and the high political-mystical echelons of the College of Heroes. She is specifically special-purpose in the removal of involuntary geasa, a capability derived from her direct communion with the Goddess Malfin - Goddess of the Darkness.

Yngvild possesses a exceptionally high divine blood quotient, inherited through a complex lineage of the Skyssian Pantheon. She is the biological daughter of the late King's Justice oddmundr and Helga Trollslayer, the current Second Sea Lord. Her ancestry includes Fafnir (Justice), Malfin (Darkness), Kari (Wind/Sea), and Frijdodr (Creativity).

Physically, she is characterised by braided red-golden hair and grey-blue eyes that reflect her shifting affinities. Like all high-status Heroes, she ages with glacial slowness; despite being 24 years old, she maintains the appearance of a girl of sixteen. That said, she is a shapeshifter and she can look like anything she can imagine and over the course of the story she takes several forms, mostly human. Her moniker “The Fierce” was earned at age fourteen when she successfully repelled a raider captain using her bow, stringed with her own hair.

Her standard equipment is highly distinctive:

• Armour: A bright red padded wool coat worn under a shirt of iron mail, accompanied by a full-face helmet with hinged cheek pieces.
• Shield: Yngvild made her own shield as a teenager, with the help of Old Bjorn. It's a slightly curved rectangular shield that covers knees to shoulder featuring a red field with an inverted green triangle.
• Jafnadr: The sentient “Sword of Justice,” featuring a blade as black as a slice of darkness. Yngvild is the only individual currently living capable of wielding it, as it requires the blood of both Malfin and Fafnir.
• Amulets: She wears a silver coin amulet inscribed with Malfin’s face, which serves as a conduit for the goddess's protection and a psychological anchor for her “Keeper of Secrets” geas.
• Clothing: Her favourite colour is red, with green a close second.

Gifted to her by Old Bjorn her amulet is in the shape of a silver coin attached to a silver chain. “It looked freshly minted and polished, shinier than most silver coins I'd seen. Not that I'd seen very many. The side facing me had the standard crest of Skyss, a circle of nine circles, gold coins when painted, and crossed axes in the middle with a boat prow underneath. Usually a blue circle with coloured paint. The boat was green and the axes red. This coin had a small hole drilled where the top-most of the nine coins went. Old Bjorn turned the coin round. The other side had the face of the Goddess Malfin. The runes Bjorn had cut round the edge read “Malfin, guide and protect your loyal servant and champion Yngvild the Fierce, Helgasdottir and Keeper of Secrets”.

Yngvild’s early life was defined by the secret of her parentage. She was raised on Straven under the belief that Old Bjorn and helga_the_red were her parents, only to discover her true heritage upon her arrival in Kronstadt.

While Skyssian culture eschews formal marriage, Yngvild has declared Noren as her intended life partner. Their union is a significant geopolitical event, as it aligns two of the most potent heroic bloodlines of the current generation. Their relationship faced its ultimate test when Yngvild was forced to perform a harrowing ritual at the Temple of Estreham. To save Noren from a terminal geas laid by Rojden, Yngvild sacrificed Noren to the Goddess Malfin, cutting his throat with Jafnadr to “kill” the geas. Through divine intervention, Noren survived the sacrifice, effectively reborn and free from his father’s compulsion.

• Mother: Helga Trollslayer (Second Sea Lord)
• Father: oddmundr (deceased)
• Partner: Noren
• Foster Parents/Mentors: Old Bjorn, helga_the_red
• Allies: alfinna, Inibrakemi, olaf_ragnarson
• Enemies: Rojden, ormrun

• Straven
• Kronstadt
• grunwald
• beretha
• estreham
• ocaso