Erik Forkbeard

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## Character information

### Other names

Wimp (Doomhild)
 Knock-Kneed Norseman (Doomhild)
 Dorkbeard (Doomhild)
 Fakebeard (Doomhild)
 Sky Stone Master (Himself & Arni)
 Feeblebeard (Doomhild)
 Forkbumbler (Doomhild)

### Occupation

Viking
Student at Viking Skool

### Allies

Ylva
Arni Weaversonson

**Erik Forkbeard** is one of the three main protagonists of *Viking Skool*. He is the grandson of the legendary Viking hero Olaf Forkbeard, and along with Ylva and Arni, is a student of Viking Skool.

## Appearance

Erik has bushy blond hair with three locks forward and wears a silver Viking helmet. He has a red nose and a wide smile with a gray hair in the middle. He wears a red mid sleeve shirt with long brown sleeves extending from it, and blue pants tied with a thin rope with brown leggings extending from them.

## Personality

Erik is described as positive, optimistic, and stubborn but a clumsy Viking, who is far from being the Viking boy by excellence. But despite his toothpick-like build, Erik has the best qualities a Viking could ask for, determination and fearlessness. He's completely confident that he's up to any task and has what it takes to be the best Viking ever. Full of energy, Erik is always the first to take action, even if he often forgets to take his spear or axe with him. But he's also the last one on the battlefield, crawling with all his might. He would throw himself into the middle of the trolls for protect his friends. But more often than not, his recklessness leads him and his friends into the most perilous situations. Erik is also determined to restore his family to its former glory. Erik has a sentimental value for his "magic sword", which means so much to him as it is the only tangible legacy of Erik's grandfather. However, its only apparent "power" is a glyph (an ancient magical rune) engraved on the blade that randomly emits a faint bluish glow, useful for exploring caves and reading scrolls under the covers.

## Background

Erik is part of the Forkbeard family, being the grandson of the legendary but now disgraced Viking hero Olaf Forkbeard, from which he inherited a sword for which he feels a great sentimental value. At some point, he joined Viking Skool, where he met and befriended Ylva and Arni Weaversonson.

## Powers and abilities

* **Basic Combatant**: As the student of Viking Skool, Erik is trained in the art of combat known to Vikings in general. As of his point, he is only familiar with basics.
	+ **Basic Sword Mastery**: Erik typically wields his grandfather's sword in combat. Though he still had much to learn, there's no denying that he has potential to become as skilled as Olaf did.
		- **Basic Axe Mastery**: Erik is also trained in the art of wielding axe for combat.
		- **Basic Marksman**: Erik is also trained in archery as with his fellow Viking Skool students, even in charge of setting the longship Vargir's body laid to rest at aflame as part of funerary rites despite requiring Ylva's assistance due to the grief from his former enemy's heroic sacrifice.
* **Basic Craftsmanship**: During his time at Vikingskool, Erik is also taught smithing techniques under the tutelage of Ladeler.

## Trivia

* In concept art from 2019 made by artist Marie Thorhauge, it can be seen that at some point Erik's name would be Olaf.
	+ In the final series, Olaf would become his grandfather's name.
* Erik would later discover his grandfather being indeed a great Viking like he believed to be yet chose to face ridicule before his people in a bid to protect Torre the Mountain King he supposed to fight for his nosehair; Mountain King is much gentle and intelligent than everyone assumed to be as opposed of savage beast which allowed Olaf to befriend him in the first place. Not only that, Olaf's habit of using soap every time he takes a bath so his body odor won't offend Mountain King was partly intentional for aforementioned purpose, further reinforcing the image of him gone soft. Olaf himself apparently died from old age following his self-imposed exile out of shame from unable to live his life as a Viking at its fullest and subsequently went to Helheim as he had no chance to make up the aforementioned sacrifice. That said, the fiasco resulted from Erik momentarily summoned his spirit to mortal plane via. Hamingja candle culminating to Olaf finding himself fighting dark entities who intended to keep him at the realm of dishonorable dead so he can properly bid his beloved grandson goodbye won him the ticket to Valhalla where he meant to be.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Viking Skool press release (French). *France Télévisions (france·tv)*. Archived from the original on 2022-05-20.
2. ↑ Thorhauge, Marie [@mariethorhauge] (August 30, 2022). "Concept piece including main character Olaf for Viking Skool ✨ #vikingskool #visualdevelopment #conceptart #backgroundconcept". *Instagram*.
3. ↑ *Nosehair Heist*
4. ↑ *Grandpa Goat*