Odin Björnsson

Odin Björnsson is a veteran, blacksmith, cheese maker, and former thane, now citizen of Skjoldrbrodir. He currently resides in his home and former forge Burger King Forge™.

Early Life
Odin Björnsson (oh-deen byorn-son) was born in Rathnir in the nation of Skjoldrbrodir to 2 parents of human Valdic descent. He grew up as a peasant, just like his parents. His father was a blacksmith and taught Odin smithing, but Odin always wanted to be of renown for his skills as a warrior. When Odin was a young man, nearly 24 years old, instead of settling and finding a wife he used every penny he had to travel to the new land in Eldham that Skjoldrbrodir had acquired, and in these colonies Odin would finally have a chance to make a name for himself.

Life in Eldham
When Odin arrived in Eldham he didn't know much, so he started by going to the largest city that a man named Grassel (Grassioso) was making in a mountain. They called this city Steinborg and Odin began to train as a warrior whilst staying in a house that a man named Frog owned and was willing to let new arrivals stay in. Odin saw his first bit of combat when a bandit was raiding Steinborg. He was hit with arrows but nonetheless still fought the bandit alongside Grassel, Frog, Jarl Pipo, and a wizard by the name of Fitzimaba. Together they defeated the bandit and left him limping away, the bandit would return a second time and would be defeated again and that would be the last they saw of him. After a week in Steinborg, Odin went to Grassel to tell him that he was a trained blacksmith and could produce weapons for the nation if he had a forge where he could do so. Grassel replied to Odin that "Our nation is in need of blacksmiths, I will allow you to build your own forge in the worker's district." And so Odin labored for a day and finished Burger King Forge™. When Odin was not blacksmithing, he would train with the other warriors, but he never proved to be one of excellent strategy in 1 on 1 combat, but soon he would need to be good at it. A nation to the west of Skjoldrbrodir called Limuria, was threatening the trade routes of Skjoldrbrodir, and Skjoldrbrodir announced that they would be going to war with the Limurians. In the time leading up to the day of battle, Odin had befriended Jarl of Holmguard, Ezee8, and Ezee8 trusted Odin enough to help him set up a camp outside the Limurian capital where they would orchestrate an attack against the Limurians. After the battle, life calmed down for Odin and he returned to the life of a blacksmith at his Burger King Forge™, until the 2nd Limurian War when the Limurians were tired of being antagonized by the Skjoldrbrodirians and would issue a set of demands that would be rejected, meaning that Skjoldrbrodir would be defending in the Eldham colonies capital of Steinborg where Odin would be designated as a commander of a small force, but during the battle he was nowhere to be found and his spot would be filled in by a close friend by the name of Locoyo. Odin after the defense of Steinborg would be offered the position of Thane of Holmguard by Ezee8, and he would accept despite his aspirations to become a Jarl. Sadly after this position was taken, the leader of Skjoldrbrodir, AC0N, would begin reforms of the leadership positions and would make Thane a title of those who held a city and would make an awkward position where Odin would just build structures for Ezee8 in the city of Fjordvik where both of them would reside. Odin would also begin a cheese company with his friend Frog called Lactose Inc. where he would spend a lot of time making cheese in Fjordvik, while Frog would build an entire village at an abandoned water mill centered around making cheese.

The 1st Skjold-Limurian War as to Odin's Recollection
Odin is a veteran of the first Skjoldrbrodir-Limurian war, he fought hard when attempting to take the Limurian capital, but not much is recollected by Odin himself, with witnesses saying he went into a berserkir rage. The battle began with the attackers hiding in a hill camp made by Ezee8 and Odin where they were scouting, Odin proceeded to leave from time to time to lead the army of Skjoldrbrodir allies and Skjoldrbrodir warriors to their camp. Soon the attackers would charge the gates and would be rained upon with fire arrows by Limurian and Limurian ally archers. Though this was grueling, they found a breech in the Limurian walls and made it to the top of the wall and would proceed to wrap around the northern side of the Limurian mountains and would face the Limurian army, which was mainly made up of hired mercenaries and volunteers from other nations to help defend. The army of Skjoldrbrodir would punch with everything they had into the center of the capital, where there were houses on pillars surrounded by water, but the Limurians began to use lava as well to deter the attackers. Upon clearing out the defending force, the lack of coordination in the Skjoldrbrodir army allowed the defenders to reinforce behind them and proceed to counterattack. This is where Skjoldrbrodir suffered many casualties and witnesses say Odin himself went into a berserkir state, a state of pure rage and fighting like a bear, and would take on multiple enemies and would only regain his consciousness when the Skjoldrbrodir army was retreating west through the jungle back to Steinborg. The battle would be a draw and Odin would lose some of his best gear in the battle.

The 2nd Skjold-Limurian War as to Odin's Recollection
The Limurians, growing tired of Skjoldrbrodir antagonizing them, issued a set of demands that would be rejected, "a damage-compensation of 450k", "The creation of more space between the nation of Limuria and Skjoldrbrodir. The Badlands Border. (This territory shall fall under Limurian governance.)", "A N.A.P. (non aggression pact) be signed between the nations of Limuria and Skjoldrbrodir, making sure proper relations are restored, and so diplomacy can take hold again." Upon the rejection of these demands a second war was imminent and this time it would be a defense of Steinborg. Odin was designated as a commander by Kai, the head of the Skjoldrbrodir army, but could not be found during the battle and his spot was filled in by his close friend Locoyo. The Skjoldrbrodir army would destroy the Limurian army completely and during peace talks, Limuria would give all of its land to Skjoldrbrodir and seek refuge elsewhere.

The Disappearing of Odin
After Odin had secured his position as a Thane and had even built his own castle in the town of Fjordvik where he now resided, he would grow bored of such complacency and would disappear into the forests for a year, never to be seen again. Until recently Odin has resurfaced from the forests of Skjoldrbrodir, sporting a new goatee and bald head and proceeded to repair his relationships with his old friends, learning that his closest friend Grassel had committed suicide. Odin did not request the position of thane back from Ezee8, after finding that all of his things had been confiscated by Ezee8, so instead Odin returned to his old and true home of Steinborg where he has learned of Skjoldrbrodir's fall from grace and the resignation of AC0N and the coronation of his friend Pipo as the ruler in Eldham and of Loggylag as the ruler in Rathnir. Despite this mixture of terrible and good news, Odin continues to reside in Steinborg to this day where he is a master of making cheese in the very own cheese factory below his former forge and forever home, Burger King Forge™.