Steinar Grimmosson

## Steinar Grimmosson: Early Life

**Steinar Grimmosson** was the son of a sea raider on the island of **Jarvik**. As a young boy, Steinar would play war with his friends around the village.

**Jarvik** was a village of sea raiders and farmers who made their fortune by sailing on coasts and attacking towns suddenly out of nowhere. *Steinar's father* taught Steinar how to fight and hold a shield and at the age of 15.

Steinar went to his first raid with his father. This particular raid didn't go so well and the sea raiders lost six out of fifty raiders, including **Steinar's father**. After this Steinar grew a hatred for the town that had caused his father's death and swore to the revenge on the town. After two years, Steinar rose the rank of **Sea Captain** and sailed back to the town that caused his father's death, and finally took revenge. The raid was very successful and the sea raiders returned home with a large bounty and slaves, most of whom were sacrificed.

Life continued on normally for Steinar and his companions, He became close with the Jarl Halfdann and worked as a promenant sea raider captain for him. Raiding coasts all across iaddithis and becoming feared across many nations. This was Steinar pride and joy in life for a long while until Halfdann fell sick. Steinar spent almost all his day next to his bed-ridden dying friend, his jarl. One day Halfdann whispered to Steinar that he should become the next Jarl incase Halfdann died to the sickness. Soon it was arrenged that Steinar would become the Jarl until Halfdann healed or worse case succumbed to his illness. Steinar allowed the power and glory of being jarl get into his head as he institued "the jarvikian creed", it was a set of rules which none would be allowed to break, doing so would lead to harsh punishment.

In search of glory Steinar eyeballed the weak state of the freehold of pagonia, a nation he had previously raided many times. He ordered his men to ready for war as he sent a warrior by the name of Gobi to give the Pagonians terms.

The fleets readied and the men bloodthirsty they set sail, but unknown to Steinar and his armies, the pagonians were already waiting for them. Using a strange substance called greek fire the pagonians managed to eradicate Steinars fleet as Steinar tried to orginize a retreet. Later it came to light that a traitor was payed by the pagonians to reveal their plans. Steinar was beyond furios and confused as of how something like that could have happened. But with the advice of halfdann who had healed and became steinars advicor Jarvik agreed to be annexed into the Ferean republic.

Steinar and his council were intergrated into the ferean goverment and found like-minded friends there. Steinar became the Lord commander of the military of ferea and began training recruits and building the stones for a proper ferear military structure. Soon Steinar would be able to get his revenge as a vote to declare war on the Qamari sultanate passed, an ally of Pagonia. Steinar waited and waited for the day of the attack where he would again get to lead an army againts the enemies who cheated him before. As the ships sailed to the outskirts of the city al janubia Steinar orginize his men and they went to battle. Under Steinars coordination many strong pagonians were picked off by having the army focus them. The battle raged on for quite a while, the pagonians able to restock on equipment and the Fereans only had to do with what they brought with them, but luckily each soldier had a few shulkers each so they could battle on for quite some time. Steinar saw that if it was a battle of attrition the qamarians and their allies would win. So he took whatever men he could and Charged into the heart of Al janubia. hacking and slaugthering any who dared stand in his way, making his way into the potion room that was out in the open and broke the chests and told his men to loot them if they had to. Then he took a well trusted warrior and jumped into the armory that the Qamarians had smartly put into the ground that was blocked by blocks only the Qamarians could break. Jumping in was obviously a deathtrap, but not to the Jarvikians. Filled with the burning hate of his enemies Steinar and his friend jumped in and caused a Massacare no one couldve predicted. Corpses everywhere, and two men at the top of the pile. Steinar and his friend proudly stole whatever they could and marched out of the hole, watching as the Qamarian and pagonian armies were exterminated, none were allowed to live.

After these events Steinar returned home and life was peaceful for a while as he continued to train men. Steinar yearned to be back on the field though, as he always did. Soon he was orginizing a special elite platoon to be hired by other nations to fight their wars for them. This was approved by the Ferean people through a vote as was the Ferean custom. Steinar once more was on the sea's, riding with his ship that still had burns from the failed Pagonian raid, to remind Steinar he is not immortal.