1.0 meet the residents of nordhavn!

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1.0 meet the residents of nordhavn!

below are short introductory summaries for each family i'll be playing in nordhavn! to begin with, we have eight households in the rotation. i'd been aiming to start with five or six, but here we are.

recommended: introduction to nordhavn

the jarl’s hall (the vetrbrok household)

(l-r, erik vetrbrok, yoren vetrbrok, tordis vetrbrok, noma vetrbrok)

it was seven years ago that tordis vetrbrok took on the position of jarl of nordhavn, following the sudden death of her mother, jarl tora. whilst not uncommon for a son or daughter to succeed as jarl after a parent, it is far from a given, and tordis had certainly not been seeking out the job. still, she seemed to be making a good go of it, and for reasons unbeknownst to her, the people of nordhavn appeared to unwaveringly respect her leadership and judgement. tordis' husband, yoren, is the town's physician/surgeon/healer all wrapped into one, and together they have an 8 year-old daughter, noma. tordis' nephew, erik, also lives at the jarl's hall, following the death of his mother (tordis' sister, olia) when he was but a young child. the poor boy never even knew who his father was, and so it had been left to his aunt and uncle to raise him as their own.

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the sumar household

(l-r, kai mori, alf sumar)

one year had now passed since alf moved to nordhavn from the larger town of eldenberg. it had been a move that he had not been keen on making, but one his father had demanded. his family appeared to hold hope that some time spent with his (far more) responsible cousin, jarl tordis, would do him some good. it was true that alf wasn't quite sure of his place in the world yet, but he didn't understand why that was such a big deal. perhaps it had something to do with the prestige and status that the sumar name still held, and the expectations that inevitably came with that. alf's best friend, kai, had also joined him on this new journey to nordhavn. there had been nothing keeping kai in eldenberg anyway, though if they'd known just how small nordhavn was, they'd have maybe thought twice about agreeing to come here...

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the borgen household

(ivarr borgen)

ivarr had fought and gained glory in the last great war between norrevik and its southern neighbour, surrland, almost 15 years ago. it was there that he'd forged a close bond with his friend, and now senior, jarl tordis. yet he was getting older now, and as such was starting to think about stepping back from his role as tordis' deputy, a role putting him in charge of the town's defences and recruits. perhaps he'd become a carpenter instead, or maybe even a blacksmith? with a divorce to his ex-wife also recently (rather controversially) granted by both the jarl and the watcher faithful, his life was certainly going through a transitionary period.

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eydis’ lodgings (the lodgings household)

(l-r, astra langr, eydis varanhuus)

as live-in owner of nordhavn's lodging house, eydis has seen many a face come and go over the years. the townsfolk often wonder why such a grumpy and reclusive lady like eydis would want to welcome strangers into her home like she does, for she certainly didn't need the extra money atop her well-established pottery business, but perhaps she's softer than people give her credit for. her most recent lodger is astra, a young highborn lady from the capital, who had recently been cast out of the city for making an enemy of a powerful merchant's wife there. renting a tiny room at eydis' place was certainly going to be a shock to the poor girl's system.

the mermaids (the hafsaer household)

(l-r, edda hafsaer, maya hafsaer (in the front), tove hafsaer)

the hafsaer women are also a fairly new addition to nordhavn, though most wouldn't even know they were here. they rarely ever left their cabin on the outskirts of town by the water's edge, and seemed to do all they could to avoid contact with absolutely anyone at any given time. edda had faced enough persecution over the years to know that mermaids are best to keep to themselves, and she didn't want to have to uproot her young daughter's life yet again. her sister, tove, on the other hand, had a less cynical view of the world, and was desperate to venture further from their lonely cabin. maybe people would be nicer here, after all.

the singasven household

(l-r, magnus singasven, sylvi singasven, fierzo singasven, tyrella singasven)

fierzo and sylvi had been an unlikely match when they'd first met 30 years ago, but their marriage has persisted despite everyone's expectations. fierzo had grown up far from the cold harshness of norrevik, but his travels had brought him to the high north back in his youth. the charismatic and lovable trader had at first been taken aback by the quick-wit and sharp tongue of young sylvi, but somehow things between them had just clicked, and the rest was history. their two children were now adults, and fierzo hoped his son magnus would one day take over his successful fishing business. tyrella, on the other hand, is still mourning the end of her marriage to the jarl's deputy, ivarr borgen. rarely permitted, divorce was still a rather scandalous affair in these parts, and it would make it rather difficult for her to find another husband. ah, and she had been so ready to start a family of her own...

the seer’s hut (the seer household)

(l-r, gisli rodtoppen, volund the seer)

whilst many joke eydis is the oldest resident of nordhavn, it is actually volund, the seer, who has lived longer than a century. despite this, so little is actually known about the mysterious shaman, other than that he somehow knows much of what has already occurred, what is happening right now, and what is still yet to come. he is rarely seen beyond his hut, for it is to him that people visit when they have a question to ask, and beyond that he has absolutely no interest in seeking out their company. then there is poor 14-year old gisli. the boy had recently been roped into becoming the seer's apprentice by jarl tordis and his parents. he hated everything about the arrangement, and couldn't understand why the seer even needed an apprentice. he certainly didn't seem to want one, that was obvious enough, and the old man was surely going to live forever anyway, right?

the farm (the rodtoppen household)

(l-r, espen rodtoppen, alsa rodtoppen, una rodtoppen, leif rodtoppen)

the rodtoppens have run their little farm on the same land in nordhavn for generations now, though they are just as famous for their vibrant red hair as they are for their turnips. cousins leif and alsa had their first child, gisli, when they were but teenagers themselves, and with him now off on his new apprenticeship, they are focused on raising their twin toddlers while attempting to keep the farm in check. they didn't mind much being near the bottom of nordhavn's social ladder, for the town needed the rodtoppens' annual harvests more than the rodtoppens needed the town!

begin reading round 1 here!