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 ====== Yngvild Helgasdotir ====== ====== Yngvild Helgasdotir ======
-{{ :skyss:chars:yngvild_shield.png?400|}}Yngvild is also known as Yngvild the Fierce, and she's the title and POV character for Fierce. She was adopted into [[:skyss:chars:old_bjorn]]'s household on [[:skyss:places:straven]]. Her biological parents were [[:skyss:chars:lady_helga]] and [[:skyss:chars:oddmundr]]. Oddmundr weilded [[:skyss:other:jafnadr]] before Yngvild was born. +{{ :skyss:chars:yngvild_shield.png?400|}}Yngvild is also known as Yngvild the Fierce, and she's the title and POV character for Fierce. She was adopted into [[:skyss:chars:old_bjorn]]'s household on [[:skyss:places:straven]]. Her biological parents were [[:skyss:chars:lady_helga]] and [[:skyss:chars:oddmundr]]. Oddmundr weilded [[:skyss:chars:jafnadr]] before Yngvild was born. 
 ===== Appearance ===== ===== Appearance =====
  
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 ==== Stories/Function ==== ==== Stories/Function ====
-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 [[:skyss:chars:rojden]]. Raised in the isolation of [[:skyss:places:straven]], she acts as a bridge between the humble maritime commons and the high political-mystical echelons of the [[:skyss:chars:college_of_heroes|College of Heroes]]. She is specifically special-purpose in the removal of involuntary [[:skyss:osnines:geasa|geasa]], a capability derived from her direct communion with the Goddess [[:skyss:pantheon:malfin]]. +Yngvild, known as **Yngvild the Fierce**, serves as the primary heroic protagonist in the novel [[:skyss:fierce]]. Raised in the isolation of [[:skyss:places:straven]], she crosses from the humble maritime commons into the high political-mystical echelons of the [[:skyss:chars:college_of_heroes|College of Heroes]].  
  
 ==== Description ==== ==== Description ====
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   * **Armour:** A bright red padded wool coat worn under a shirt of iron mail, accompanied by a full-face helmet with hinged cheek pieces.   * **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.   * **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.+  * **[[:skyss:chars:jafnadr|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.   * **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.    * **Clothing:** Her favourite colour is red, with green a close second. 
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 ==== Amulet ==== ==== Amulet ====
 Gifted to her by Old Bjorn her amulet is in the shape of a silver coin attached to a silver chain. 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". 
  
 +//"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. 
  
-==== Marriage and Scandal ====+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".// 
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 +==== Personal Life ====
 Yngvild’s early life was defined by the secret of her parentage. She was raised on Straven under the belief that [[:skyss:chars:old_bjorn]] and [[:skyss:chars:helga_the_red]] were her parents, only to discover her true heritage upon her arrival in [[:skyss:places:kronstadt]].  Yngvild’s early life was defined by the secret of her parentage. She was raised on Straven under the belief that [[:skyss:chars:old_bjorn]] and [[:skyss:chars:helga_the_red]] were her parents, only to discover her true heritage upon her arrival in [[:skyss:places:kronstadt]]. 
  

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