PROLOGUE
Story: The Viking Sagas
Chapter: Sigurd's Saga
Scene: Iskjerne's Vikings
Writer: NJAuthor (Siggy)
Artists: GPZang, Laguz, AFshen
Rights: ©2012, ©2015, (ɔ)2018
Publishers: NastroMedia, LLC and Quill, INC
BASIC PROFILE
Character: Sigurðr Randvérsson
Nickname: Sigurðr Hringr or Sigurd Ringtaker
Age: 35 (in Earth years)
Gender: Male (masculine)
Place of Birth: Roslagen (Sweden)
Current Location: Iskjerne (Ellaria)
Nationality: Dano-Swede (Geatish)
Language: Nordic & Anglic (Bilingual)
Education: Medieval (self taught)
Religion: Norse Pagan (Heathen)
Occupation: Dana-Svía Konungr
Title: King of the Goths (Geats and Gutar)
Predecessor: Haraldr Hilditǫnn
Clan: House of Munsö
Flag: Raven Banner
Income: Wealthy (Upper Class)
SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION
Kingdom: Animal
Class: Mammal
Order: Primate
Family: Hominid
Tribe: Hominin
Genus: Homo
Species: Sapien
Race: Caucasian
APPEARANCE
Hair Color: Charcoal (Black)
Hair Style: Long (Varies)
Facial Hair: Shaved (or Goatee)
Body Hair: Chest and Legs
Skin Color: Peachy (Apricot)
Eye Color: Greyish Blue (Periwinkle)
Height: 6'ft.2"in. (187.96cm)
Weight: 165'lbs. (74.843kg)
Build: Muscular (Toned)
Features: Chiseled (Defined)
Flexibility: Athletic (Nimble)
Strength: 300'lbs. (lift)
Balance: Strong (Stable)
Scars: Several (Everywhere)
Tattoos: Body (Tribal Runic)
MEDICAL RECORDS
Birthday: February 26th, 750 CE
Bloodtype: AB+
Birth Defects: None
Diseases: None
Allergies: None
Amputations: None
Heart: Strong (Good)
Lungs: Average (Okay)
Liver: Damaged (Poor)
Eyesight: 20/15 (Sharp)
Hearing: 0-40'db. (Great)
Addictions: Smoking, Drinking
Brain: 1350gm. (Healthy)
Disorders: Mild PTSD
FAMILY RECORDS
Father: Randver Longaxe, King of Gardarike
Mother: Princess Inghilda of Svealand
Spouse: Queen Alfhilda, former Princess of Alfheim
Sons: Ragnar "Lodbrok" Sigurdsson, and Hrolfir "Rollo" Sigurdsson
Daughters: Ingstrid Hringsdottir the Shieldmaiden
Grandsons: Ivar the Boneless, Ubba, Halfdan, Björn Ironside, Hvitserk, and Sigurd the Snake-Eyed
Harald Wartooth and Randver Longaxe were both sons of King Rathbarth, and after he died, Harald became the King of the Eastern Geatish territories, while Randver became the King of the Western Geatish territories, until Randver Longaxe died raiding England, being succeeded by his son Sigurd "Hring" Randversson, whose accomplishments became legend. Sigurd Hring and his uncle Harald Wartooth held a close friendship throughout King Harald's reign. They each raided other lands, but avoided each other's territories out of respect for their kinship. King Harald won many victories and was never defeated in battle. In fact, he lived to be an old man. Fearing that he was now too old and would never go to Valhalla, the aged warrior king asked his nephew King Sigurd to honor him in an epic battle. Sigurd agreed, and soon the news had spread far and wide that Harald Wartooth and Sigurd Hring were going to war. Danes, Swedes, Norwegians, Angles, Saxons, Irish, Scots, Franks, Slavs and Finns came from all over Europe to join sides with one of the kings of their choosing. King Harald was joined by the legendary heroes Ubbe of Friesland, Uvle Brede, Are the One-eyed, Ellrulf Trygvirsson the Ulfhethinn, Dag the Fat, Duk the Slav, Hroi Whitebeard and Hothbrodd the Indomitable as well as three-hundred shieldmaidens led by Hed, Visna of the Slavs and Hedborg, while King Sigurd recruited the legendary heroes Starkad, Egil the Bald, Grette the Evil of Norway, Blig Bignose, Einar the Fatbellied and Erling Snake. Famous Swedes were Arwakki, Keklu-Karl, Krok the peasant, Gummi and Gudfast from Gislamark, all great jarls and legendary warriors of their time. Entire forests were cleared out of wood to make over 3000 longships just for King Sigurd's fleet, with King Harald's fleet having even more ships by comparison. After several years of preparation, King Harald Wartooth and King Sigurd Hring faced each other on the battlefield, with all the great heroes and legends of old who came to join them. 50,000 men in all had showed up to the Battle of Bravellir.
At first the two armies fought collectively, but after a while Ubbi was in the centre of attention. He slew first Ragnvald the Wise Councilor, then the champion Tryggvi and three Swedish princes of the royal dynasty. Humbled by this, King Sigurd Hring sent forth the champion Starkad, who managed to wound Ubbi but was himself even more seriously wounded. Then Ubbi killed Agnar, and took the sword in both hands and slashed a path through the Swedish host, until he fell riddled with arrows from the archers of Telemark. Then the shieldmaiden Veborg killed the champion Soti and managed to give additional wounds to Starkad, who was greatly angered. She was killed by the champion Thorkell. Infuriated by this, Starkad went forth in the Danish army, killing warriors all around him, and cut off the shieldmaiden Visna's arm, which held the Danish banner. Starkad then proceeded to slay the champions Brai, Grepi, Gamli and Haki in combat. Ellrulf then stabbed King Sigurd in the shoulder with his spear, but Sigurd broke the spear and killed Ellrulf the Ulfhethinn in melee combat. After the great King Harald had observed these heroic feats, he stood on his knees in his chariot with one sword in each hand and killed a great many warriors both to his left and to his right. After a while, Harald's steward Bruni deemed that his liege had amassed enough glory and clonked the king's head with a hammer. Then the great King Sigurd walked over with his axe and chopped off King Harald's head, ending the battle. In total, over 40,000 warriors died in the Battle of Bravellir.
After the battle, Sigurd Randversson took the king's ring from Harald Wartooth and placed it on his own finger. 10,000 warriors roared and cheered for the new High King of Denmark and Sweden, now known as Sigurd the Ringtaker or Sigurd Hring for short. King Sigurd already started as a legend, but his story is just beginning. This is the beginning of the Sigurd Saga, a story which will involve a great deal of violence and drama. It is a story about romances, politics, religion and mythology. It is a story of unlikely marraiges, acts of vengeance, the falling of kingdoms and the rise to fame. There will be glory and honor, along with poisonings and assassinations. This is the story of Sigurd Hring, the semi-mythical legendary High King of the Geats who founded the House of Munso and reigned during the 8th century.