Thorunn, The Warrior Queen
Queen Thorunn Horikdottir didn’t have an easy or happy life.
After her father and brother disappeared at sea, her household was on the brink of disaster and it would have been destroyed by other ambitious nobles if it wasn’t for Thorunn’s strength and her innate knack for politics.
After getting a measure of political stability, Thorunn set off to the Danevirke, to win the hearts of her subjects, fighting against the invaders alongside her shieldmaidens.
The Skalds everywhere tell the tale to the return of the great queen and her Valkyries. Despite the terrible state of Jutland, the entire peninsula unconditionally love the Queen.
In 498 a great tragedy stroke the royal family: a furious sea storm destroyed the ship of King Horik Gottfredson, killing the King and his firstborn Erik Barn (“the Child”), while they were sailing toward HeillHofn to meet their ally Asbjørn the Red.
Apparently, nobody survived the shipwreck. The population feared a time of political turmoil would follow because the only living descendant was the king’s daughter, princess Thorunn. The young princess didn’t give up, showing to be a true Gjallahorn, she summoned her faithful men and women and, in a single night, eliminated all the nobles and leaders that conspired against her.
After this show of strength, it was simple to convince all the remaining sages to crown her Queen. She took a second name in honor of her late father becoming Queen Thorunn Horikdottir. After establishing her power, the Queen took up sword and shield and marched to Danevirke with her elite guard, fighting on the forefront against the invasion from the Saxa kingdom of Seithrby.
Covered in the blood of the enemies and surrounded by the superb warriors of the elite guard, the Queen demonstrated her great skills as a leader, earning her spot in legends and tales. It didn’t take long for the Skalds to start comparing Thorunn with the first queen of legends, she who started the construction of the Danevirke
Today, the people of Jutland, see Thorunn, their warrior queen, as a great omen and the incarnation of the faith and hopes of her Clan. Finnnar warrior3.jpgWhile the Queen keeps strict control over Jutland, she knows that tradition is against her and the court nobles, who never fully supported her, push so that she finds a husband worthy of the crown. Thorunn isn’t happy with this perspective, but she also knows that an alliance might help the Jutland rise again.
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