Björn Åberg

Björn Åberg is a 19 year old boy, half Alkor and half Natblída. This caused Björn to have a very unique look. He is 180 cm (5’11), which is tall for a Natblída, but short for an Alkor male, and he weighs 79 kg (174 lbs). Björn grew a set of white wings, but also has green/black eyes, believed to be inherited from his father. His hair is medium long, wild and brown, with a strand of white, longer hair running through. Because Björn is partly natblída, his blood is black, and this can be seen because the veins and arteries of Björn are way darker than any other Alkor, which also turns Björn’s skin slightly grey. Björn Åberg is a farmer and scientist and runs Aesrn of Hollburg en Oruna, together with Kiel von Oakinirj.

Birth
Björn Åberg was born during a heavy thunderstorm in the late autumn of 143 (23.04.2022) to his parents, Filip Bergman and Isabelle Åberg. Now, you might ask why Björn’s last name is Åberg and not Bergman. Well, Filip Bergman was an infamous magician, who had discovered a greatly powerful weapon. Bergman discovered a way to affect time and space. When the news about the discovery was spread, kings and emperors from all over Kylorne wanted their hands on the weapon. They started a worldwide manhunt, and would fight wars over clues to the whereabouts of Filip Bergman.

The Flee
On a Wednesday morning in the midst of winter of the year 144, a merchant arrived at the house of the Bergmans. Filip opened the door and the merchant looked like he had seen a ghost. Filip asked him what was wrong, but the merchant quickly ran off. Isabelle suspected that the merchant had seen one of the wanted posters and was going to inform the army about Filip’s whereabouts.

The Friday after, soldiers of the empire arrived at the house of the Bergmans. They searched the house for clues, and the secret lab, but only managed to find so much. When they were confident there was nothing there, they decided to light the wooden cabin on fire and burned it to the ground. Filip and Isabelle had left with Björn a few hours earlier, they knew the soldiers would arrive at their house within a matter of days.

The couple and Björn trekked through the wilderness for days, but the winter was too harsh for them to continue for any longer. That’s when they stumbled upon a farm, maybe they could stay there. However, when they knocked on the door, no one opened. They decided to set up their tent in the field nearby to wait for the owners to return.

Lakeside House
They lived peacefully in the Lakeside house for a couple of years until rumours spread through Kylorne that Filip lived somewhere in the area. In fear of losing their home again, Isabelle and Filip decided it would be best if Filip left and would not return. He said his goodbyes and packed his stuff and the next day, he left for lands far far away.

Filip Bergman, obviously, was long gone when the soldiers of the emperors arrived at the lakeside house. The soldiers searched every nook and corner of the lakeside house and threw everything around. However, they did not find a trace of Filip or his secret lab. Filip Bergman had said goodbye to Isabelle Åberg and his now five year old son, Björn, and would disappear forever. The kings and emperors continued their manhunt, but slowly, rumours started to spread amongst the soldiers that there never was a secret lab, or a weapon to affect time and space.

Curiosity
Since Filip spent most of his time in the lab, and left when Björn was only 5, Isabelle raised Björn all alone, in the lakeside house far away from any other sign of civilization except for the Oakinirj farm. She taught him to fish, farm crops, and weave linen for clothes. Björn always loved to go out into the forest and play with the local wildlife as well as go on silly adventures. When he became 15, Björn started to develop a strong desire to learn more about his father, and started reading the books in Filip’s old library hoping to find a clue. His mom, however, didn’t want Björn to follow in his father’s footsteps and tried to keep Björn from learning more by trying to distract him with other tasks. When that didn’t work anymore, Isabelle decided to burn the books in the library.

When Björn noticed the smell of fire, he ran outside and saw all dad’s books going up in flames. It was too late to save them, the flames were too large. He then saw something weird, the flames around a specific book in the pile turned bright green and lifted a page out of the book. The flames carried it up and then, the page whirled down and landed right before Björn’s feet. What did this mean? Björn quickly grabbed the page, which was so hot that he burned his fingers and put it in his pocket before Isabelle could see it.

Later that night, Björn took a look at the burns on his hand and saw something very strange: there was a symbol, something he had never seen before. Then he looked at the page; it was filled with more strange symbols. He guided his fingers along the symbols and a number of them lit up with the same shade of green the flames had. It had to mean something, it had to be his dad telling him what to do!

Help
Life continued for 2 more years as normal, Björn helped his mom during the days and spent studying the symbols in the evenings. This was until Isabelle contracted a disease, with symptoms he didn’t know how to cure. He tried his regular herb potions and other medicines, but her health and strength kept decreasing.

Lakeside House

The Spell
After another year of studying the symbols, Björn and Kiel discovered the meaning of the page from the fire. The page was a set of directions; probably leading to his father’s magical lab. However, the symbols were still very unclear, and it would take 4 more moons to figure out what they meant.

They had finally cracked the code, and directions led them through the lab. It was hidden deep in the woods, in a cave only accessible by a small opening under a fallen tree. Kiel lit a torch which was left near the entrance and the cave was illuminated. They saw a large hatch in the floor, with symbols on it which he recognized from the page. They spelled out: “Do not open if not a Natblída.” Björn told Kiel he should leave the cave and wait outside, Björn would return to get him when the hatch was opened.

When Björn opened the hatch, something unexpected happened. Large green flames came out the door and engulfed Björn. However, he did not burn but just blacked out. When Kiel woke him up a few minutes later, he discovered something interesting, the trees outside had suddenly browned, and leaves were falling from the trees. How could this happen? It was spring, not autumn!

The magical autumn stayed in the valley, and to this day, the leaves bear brown, yellow and red leaves, which keep falling endlessly.

Now, Björn spends his days travelling for clues to his father, as well as researching his magic in the lab together with Kiel.

Personality
He is fairly strong and energetic, and is very nifty. Björn is not religious but he believes in the good and evil of man, values truth and justice, and will always protect and help his family and friends.