Magic Viking Quest

[X] He has it forged into a sword.
[X] Astrid and Brunhildr have both been acting odd.
[X] Swordsmanship. Focus on your sword lessons with your father.
[X] Lightning Seidr. Continue learning to master the art of lightning seidr.


While you briefly consider an axe for Astrid, you settle on a sword for yourself and let Father take your Adamantine to Hakon Forgefire, his personal blacksmith. You eagerly await your new weapon despite only getting your first sword less than a year ago. As much as you want to get it as soon as possible, you are aware that the forging of your new sword will take days rather than hours.

Which is why it was a rather unwelcome shock to learn from Father, that the forging of your sword would take at least a month, maybe even as long as two months. While a cheap sword could be done in a day or two and a good quality one in a week, the problem is when the Adamantine comes into play.

Even for a talented and experienced blacksmith like Hakon, Adamantine is a troublesome material to work with. That alone would drag out the forging process, but Father has got Hakon to add runes to your future weapon. A simple enchantment would increase the time to create a weapon, but Adamantine's resistance to seidr makes it especially difficult to enchant. Such a feat can only be done when the Adamantine item in question is being forged.

So despite your initial hopes, you settle down for a long wait. Honestly, you're lucky to have someone of Hakon Forgefire's talent around. Most blacksmiths couldn't work with Adamantine and only a few of those that can are also able to enchant it.

But in the end, the wait is worth it.


"Here you go, lad," says Father cheerfully as he presents you with your freshly forged sword after little over two months of waiting, "A weapon worthy of lasting you a lifetime."

The sword looks like your typical sword except the blade is made of blue-white Adamantine rather than your standard iron. It is engraved with lightning patterns along the blade while the pommel is shaped after Mjolnir. It looks like a masterpiece and you have no doubt its incredible appearance will be matched by its deadliness in battle.

"This blade is well-balanced and will cut through most things," continues your father as you stare at your new weapon in awe, "It won't kill any adult man with any Constitution to his name in a single blow, but it will kill most warriors in two. Even I could only take three or four blows from it before going down. Speaking of which, you aren't allowed to spar with this blade. It is too powerful for that to be used for anything, but trying to kill your opponent."

"So powerful then," you say, the awe you feel slipping out into your voice.

"Aye, Torvald," agrees Father as he clamps a friendly hand onto your shoulder, "I wasn't joking when I said it is a weapon worthy of lasting you a lifetime. Most people will go their entire lives without touching a weapon of this quality. The last thing you should know about it is the enchantment. The anti-seidr nature of Adamantine limited what Hakon could do, but he enchanted the sword with swiftness. You'll be able to attack twice as fast with this blade, which is no small thing."

"Of course," you say as you bend down to pick it up.

The sword isn't light, but neither is it heavy. It feels balanced in your grip and has an aura of steady deadliness to it. It feels fitting, like being held in your hand is where it belongs.


"Gods!" exclaims Astrid as you strike her with one of your newest lightning bolts, "Those hurt you know."

"That's kind of the point," you point out.

For a brief moment, Astrid looks terrible. Her golden locks are singed while her dress is burnt and smoking from the lighting. Her flesh is in equally bad shape with several burns that look rather painful. But it only lasts for a moment as Astrid rewinds the damage done as a sharp reminder of just how much better she is than you.

You can only cast your strongest lightning bolt three times a day, but Astrid can use Rewind dozens of times. You might have lynx as your Fylgia and claim Thor as an ancestor, but Astrid has a cat for her Fylgia and Freyja as one of her ancestors and the difference shows.

Still, your lightning seidr is becoming more and more powerful. Your lightning bolts can now be powerful enough to kill most people your age and even Astrid can barely withstand them. If only you could improve your seidr reserves, but that can only be done by improving your Hamr and Hugr or by getting a suitable Kenning or Trait.

"Still really hurts," complains Astrid.

"You just healed up," you reply.

"I still remember the pain," Astrid argues back, "Ugh, why did I agree to this?"

"Because I offered to be your sparring partner in return," you inform her.

"Ah yes, that," says Astrid as she perks up, "Speaking of which…"

"Yeah, yeah, I'll go and fetch my sword and shield," you reply.


"Astrid, are you okay?" you inquire, "You've been acting odd for…well, it has been a while now."

"W-what do you mean?" snaps Astrid, sounding startled at the question.

"It has been days since you last agreed to do training with me," you point out, "I mean, I get declining to be the target practice for my lightning seidr anymore, but you haven't done any shieldmaiden training. That's not like you."

"Maybe I just changed my mind about things?" suggests Astrid and you scoff at the weakness of the reply.

"Yeah, right," you retort, "I've known you for over half my life, Astrid. That isn't going to fly with me. What is going on?"

"None of your business!" barks Astrid before running off leaving you behind, bewildered by how this conversation has gone down.

What does Torvald do?
[ ] Try to speak with Astrid again about what is going on.
[ ] Speak with Brunhildr, who also started acting oddly about the same time that Astrid did.
[ ] Ask Sigrid if she has any idea what is going on.
[ ] Raise your concerns with your father about both Astrid and Brunhildr acting oddly.
[ ] Speak to your mother about your concerns regarding Astrid and Brunhildr acting oddly.
[ ] Speak with Volva Solvieg to see if she can provide any information or wisdom regarding the matter.



First of all, I think I made your Adamatine sword too powerful. As said in the update, it is good enough to last Torvald for the rest of his life. In hindsight, I wouldn't have offered such a powerful option, but I'm not going to secretly nerf it after doing so. That said, I'm not giving Torvald the chance to get any other overpowered items until he is an adult aka sixteen.

Anyway, onto the next childhood adventure. This one is more solving a mystery than anything action related so feel free to speculate on what is up with Astrid and Brunhildr.

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