Student Prompt

Sydney: Create your own character. Describe him/her in detail. What's his/her name? Age? What is his/her story?

Gunnar Albinsson was the eldest of his siblings. He was raised in the small Viking village of Grof for the past seventeen years. Though he enjoyed the coziness of his village on the water, he could never wait to get out. The men in his family were Berserkers and he had been ready to join them since the age of eight, but his parents insisted he train longer. So he worked hard. Harder than all of the other boys of his year and he knew that he would surpass them on the battlefield someday.

Today was finally that day. Gunnar was on his first raid with his father, Albin, and the rest of the warrior men from Grof. They were on a mission from their chief and had been sailing for days. At last, they reached their destination and took their ships to a quaint part of the beach, near the forest and prepared themselves for the raid to come. This tribe was supposed to put up a real fight and Gunnar could feel the adrenaline pumping in his veins. Seventeen years had built up to this and he was finally a part of the elite fighting force that his family was known for.

In the early evening, Gunnar could feel tension building throughout the men and everyone began to prepare. As they were approaching the village, the men he knew as family transformed. With no armor, they should have been worried, but instead, they were furious. Rage engulfed these men and Gunnar felt the haze of battle swallow him like a mist. Suddenly his vision was red and he wanted nothing more than a fight. And he knew in a few short moments, he'd get one.