"I don't think anyone here is used to the type of fights I tend to get into." The Norse were used to fighting revolving around their entire culture. They battled their enemies, and when there was none to wage war with, they fought each other instead.

He wheels forward and yanks his axe out of the shield with an air that looks almost effortless. Using his upper body to solely move around for the first seventeen years of his life did come with some perks on occasion. "Now comes the boring part. You practice stabbing and throwing about 5,000 times or so." Learning weapons isn't all fun and games. There's a lot of tedious effort involved.