Backstory
Skaal was an old drengr/vikingr who was once a proud and capable warrior in their prime with a great affinity for sea voyaging, before battle wounds made it impossible to keep up with the raiding parties and they fell into slump. No longer physically capable of keeping up in fights and spending several weeks at sea, Skaal became an old drunkard pining for the lost days of valor and glory they once had.
Even when spinning away into a drunken haze, Skaal's proclivity for seeing and watching the signs of the sea and it's fickle weather patterns remained sharp as ever- they were rarely ever wrong on a forecast of an incoming storm or dry spell.... but whether the information spoken aloud was intelligible or able to be discerned and understood was a bit of a tossup. Through the rambling and the ravings from the bottom of a drink most grew to ignoring them and not paying any attention to what the washed up drengr was ranting about.
Skaal eventually become no more than the old drunk who was left to waste away, until eventually their body melted into the water-logged shores of a coast and a beach that had once been frequented by voyagers, and then not.
Even when spinning away into a drunken haze, Skaal's proclivity for seeing and watching the signs of the sea and it's fickle weather patterns remained sharp as ever- they were rarely ever wrong on a forecast of an incoming storm or dry spell.... but whether the information spoken aloud was intelligible or able to be discerned and understood was a bit of a tossup. Through the rambling and the ravings from the bottom of a drink most grew to ignoring them and not paying any attention to what the washed up drengr was ranting about.
Skaal eventually become no more than the old drunk who was left to waste away, until eventually their body melted into the water-logged shores of a coast and a beach that had once been frequented by voyagers, and then not.
(Coming Soon)