Random thing I saw while reading the character sheet that I might have missed.
(~) Different After All - You and Blackhand may share the same soul, but that doesn't mean that you are him. Stepping from beyond his shadow, even as little as you have, has strengthened your ability to cultivate odr.
I love that we're better at cultivating our Odr because we decided not to be the Saga of Blackhand Vol 2.
 
Hey Blackhand/Solrun

1) How far off am I from being considered a Seeress, if I wished it?
2) Does titles like 'Seeress', 'Skald', 'Shapecrafter' have effects on so named the same way having a Kenning does, or the same way being a Jarl gives you Jarlspeech?
 
Hey Blackhand/Solrun

1) How far off am I from being considered a Seeress, if I wished it?
2) Does titles like 'Seeress', 'Skald', 'Shapecrafter' have effects on so named the same way having a Kenning does, or the same way being a Jarl gives you Jarlspeech?
"When you can figure out the unknown without coming to me, then you will truly be a Seer."

"The Jarlsoul was created by Heimdall. A clever Skald may have received a drop of the mead of poetry, but that is not the same."
 
By the way, do goðis exist in this region? Wikipedia mainly talks of goðis in Iceland, but apparently there are toponyms referencing them in Sweden too.
 
hey Blackhand
1)is there any relation between the mead of poetry and Odr?
2)do you remember trying to alloy Seidr with hugareida?
 
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Hey Blackhand, you know how Stienarr had Boss Music with the sound of hounds al around the fight, what was yours, and how do we get our own Boss Music.
 
The Threaded Elephant (Shard)
The Threaded Elephant

Third foe for hird threaded,
Titan of earth unearth.

Sword swung six twice skin strike, [1]
Scathed scratched skin not a mark.

Rising steel storm ripping,
Runestone debones headstone. [2]

Ship ships in fighting stone, [3]
Sword slice once stills the fight.

[1] Folkmarr flopping
[2] Boulderbomb
[3] Kenning for Steinarr

@Imperial Fister

There is not enough syllables (48) in skaldic poetry to do that fight justice.
 
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Hey, Blackhand, do you remember what were your favorite tricks? You mentioned Kindle Spinner being one, but what else?
What things would you consider essential for every Norse warrior?
 
Hey Blackhand, you know how Stienarr had Boss Music with the sound of hounds al around the fight, what was yours, and how do we get our own Boss Music.
'Boss... Music...? Do you mean the Tunes?'
Hey, Blackhand, do you remember what were your favorite tricks? You mentioned Kindle Spinner being one, but what else?
What things would you consider essential for every Norse warrior?
'I was particularly fond of magma-based moves later in life. It's always smart to have a back-up weapon and to be willing to take risks. Sticking your hands in things is a good way of unlocking hugareida.'
 
'Boss... Music...? Do you mean the Tunes?'

If by the Tunes you mean whatever Stienarr had that caused "The clouds roll in to obscure the sun as a dog starts to howl in the distance. More dogs join the chorus, until there's nothing in your ears but the sound of howling dogs. The howling ceases the exact moment Steinarr speaks", then yes. Even if not it would be nice for you to elaborate on the Tunes, as they still sound interesting.
 
'I was particularly fond of magma-based moves later in life. It's always smart to have a back-up weapon and to be willing to take risks. Sticking your hands in things is a good way of unlocking hugareida.'

I want to stick our hands in dangerous things, but the rest of thread keeps saying its a bad idea!

Why did we learn healing Seidr then? If not to regrow our hand after we sticked it into lava?
 
Even if not it would be nice for you to elaborate on the Tunes, as they still sound interesting.
'The Tunes, also called the Drums and the Beat—amongst other things—are a result of the Norns paying closer attention to any given thing then may be normal. At least, that's my theory on it. Someone I've unfortunately forgetting now always said that it was one's soul dancing to the beat of the world.'
 
The Threaded Elephant

Third foe for hird threaded,
Titan of earth unearth.

Sword swung six twice skin strike, [1]
Scathed scratched skin not a mark.

Rising steel storm ripping,
Runestone debones headstone. [2]

Ship ships in fighting stone, [3]
Sword slice once stills the fight.

[1] Folkmarr flopping
[2] Boulderbomb
[3] Kenning for Steinarr

@Imperial Fister

There is not enough syllables (48) in skaldic poetry to do that fight justice.

This is beautiful! Currently I've been reading up on Dróttkvætt for when we do the poetry runestone about Standstill. I really like how you've captured the cadence and metre of Skaldic poetry whilst retaining readability! I think you can add more stanzas if you want, so long as each retains the same structure? Honestly given the number of rules, writing in Skaldic metre feels a bit like assembling a really intricate puzzle. Easier in Old Norse with the range of different word endings and more freedom in where you place words in sentences.

Has anyone in the thread come across the work of Ian Crockatt? He came up when I was Googling around and looking at discussions of how notoriously hard it is to translate Skaldic poetry whilst retaining its structure. He's Scottish poet from the west coast of Scotland, former Viking stomping grounds, and one of the only living poets who has translated Dróttkvætt poetry into English whilst retaining its structure, as well as making some original compositions. Looking at his work, I think it's fantastic, and I immediately ordered one of his books.

A sample for the thread:
Viking Spring by Ian Crockatt said:
Viking Spring
This: barley green as grass
swaying in gusty May;
its clouds of brandished blades.
This: ghost-blurs from the coast,
hoar-brained crows cawing, haar
fingering the halting
hearts and limbs of lambs
willed to life on the hill.

And this: wing-whirr of geese,
wind-arrows in narrow
formation confirming
sea-currents still foment
their baleful heat, hot blood
and gold-greed still breed in
the mind; sea-wolves still found
fine steel in hearts: yours; mine.
 
So, to be clear, the reason we haven't stuck our hand in our bottle of lava is not that it's dangerous. It's not, hands grow back. It's that we had considered making a drink out of it, which would probably be better if it worked, and were worried that opening it would 'break the seal' and make that no longer an option.

We may be hitting the point where we should give up on that dream (or not) and just shove our hand in, but the reason for not doing so was never the danger.
 
So, to be clear, the reason we haven't stuck our hand in our bottle of lava is not that it's dangerous. It's not, hands grow back. It's that we had considered making a drink out of it, which would probably be better if it worked, and were worried that opening it would 'break the seal' and make that no longer an option.

We may be hitting the point where we should give up on that dream (or not) and just shove our hand in, but the reason for not doing so was never the danger.

Could we drink it anyway to try and gain an Hugareida? or would that cause too much damage?
 
I really don't see how we've even gotten close to a point where we should give up on it, like just because we haven't done it now doesn't mean we'll never do it.

It's one of those cost/benefit things...if we do it now (or soon) we can actually train up the Hugareida gained before Vestfold. If we try and make a drink that takes some time and research dice. I'm not saying we give up, I'm saying it's arguable we should consider it.

Personally, upon reflection, I still think making a drink is worth a shot, I was just noting the other as a possibility.

Could we drink it anyway to try and gain an Hugareida? or would that cause too much damage?

That probably straight up kills us if done straight, yeah. Drinking lava is definitely the sort of thing that could do more than 17x the needed amount to kill a normal human (honestly, it'd do a lot more than that, I think).
 
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