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Gunne
"Our old worlds have grown feral - rabid beasts with teeth of rust and ruin. But such beasts are meant to be tamed. Or broken."

BASIC
Name: Gunne
Titles: The Dreadnought, the Titan
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Breed: Unicorn | Belgian build

Voice: x | Patrick Stewart as The Great Prince
Song: x | Heilung - Krigsgaldr

Herd: War-Forged
Rank: Raider
Clan: Óhræddr

PERSONALITY

quiet - blunt - short tempered - war torn - passionate - driven - stubborn

A Titan, molded into what the world wanted of him. Once a kind, gentle boy, now stands before the public as a beast of ruin. A fire burns with his belly, creating a stallion that hates as ferociously as he loves. Gunne does all things with an intensity, a passion. There is no task given to him that receives anything less than his entirety, no bond he does not feel deep within his bones. Gunne is a character of unrivaled fervid devotion, something that so often gets him into trouble. This fire creates a thinly stretched patience about the Raider. He tolerates little, is quick to anger and slow to calm. In his old age, this has only grown worse. So few are spared his temper and these are typically incredibly old, or the exact opposite. Any in between will find no mercy in him.

This being said, so few experience his irritability regardless. Gunne keeps to himself for the most part. His allies, those he bonded with during his dark times, are few and far. Many have been taken by the very thing that brought them together, or others have simply drifted away. He misses them in some sense, but now enjoys solitude. He remains quiet when in a crowd, choosing to bite his tongue so as to avoid interaction with those he deems ultimately unworthy of it. The war torn Titan has closed himself off - subconsciously so - out of some sort of self loathing. His child's death has left him guilt ridden and confused as to who he truly is. Up so highly in his years, he is convinced he will remain nothing more but a weapon for his leader, misguided within himself but still an asset to those who need of him.

HISTORY

[ Pre-birth ] : - prologue
Displayed proudly atop a stony gorge, the Óhræddr were a relatively new people. Born from the ashes of their previous clan, destroyed by the tyrant ruler's own gluttony, a small council of young stallions promised democracy and justice to their new followers. Among these men - Aslaug. It was he who suggested the liberation of their people, the brutal murder of their unjust king, and he who sat at the head of the council. Their new home flourished in a short time. The Óhræddr people, being leftovers from was what before, already were already well oiled machine when put together. Both mares and stallions were expected to pull their weight about their new home - mares generally looked down upon, however sturdy and work ready they were, and stallions regarded in an unsympathetic light when it came to endurance. After losing a good many to the first winter due to starvation and predators, the women devoted their lives to the crops while the men threw themselves into combat training.

For 6 years the Óhræddr lived upon that gorge, forcing the land to bend to their needs and growing ever stronger by the day. During a small attack by rouges upon the crops, Aslaug found himself in defense of a gentle mare. Halla - the woman he would soon take to be his lover. She was unlike most of the harden mares of the clan, instead being soft spoken and submissive. The two rushed into their relationship, as many young couples do, only to find their personalities clashing and their ideals wildly different. Aslaug wished for nothing more than a pretty little thing upon his arm, while Halla yearned for a family. In the end the former bent to his lover, hoping giving her a child would end their quarrels.

Instead, it gave them more. Twice did she lose an unborn calf long before her due date. Aslaug swiftly tired of burying his dead children - declaring their union damned by the gods above and vowing never again to touch the woman; a vow he would not keep. Halla fell into a depression, and it was her frail state of mind that broke her mate's resolve. He relented, and tried once more. And thus was born Gunne.

[ 0 to 17 ] : - born to honor the iron lords
The sky raged the night Gunne took his first breath. Black clouds and a sheet of gray rain were the first thing the child's eyes laid upon, perhaps a warning to the boy of the years to come. He heeds it not. He stares into violent night, and he finds comfort in it. It is his father who names him Gunne, "warrior". But the child is not such in his first few years of life. He is a kind, gentle child. Perhaps due to his mother's constant presence ( therefore influence ) he finds his enjoyment in things unexpected of a Óhræddr colt. Farming, exploration, and his mother interest him far more than sparring with others his age. Aslaug watches in horror as his first born son becomes something of a clan joke. Though none dare jest to the child's face, nor knowingly in the company of Aslaug himself, the stallion can see the looks his child receives. The murmured jokes, undelivered taunts, the disapproving gaze. Ignorance shielded Gunne from the disdain, but Aslaug himself could not suffer them any longer. The boy is 5 when Aslaugh begins to pull him from the safety blanket of his mother. He plays rough with his child, demanding strength from the young lad. When the Stone-Hooves war beings, he asks evermore of his son. And Gunne is eager to please. While his father devoted a great deal of his time to the war, he ensured Gunne was taught properly by others if not by himself. Halla is unable to compete with the boy's love and need for Aslaug's attention and as a result only saw her son when the night came about and he returned to his home to sleep. There were many times the child pushed himself beyond his body's limits, much to his mother's dismay. And it was perhaps only Halla that kept Gunne from working himself into an early grave.

He lost this voice of wisdom during a raid upon their stronghold. His mother fell to the might of those opposed to Garok's rule - one of many tragedies of war. Gunne grieved heavily, looking to his father for support. The already distant man found himself unable to assist his boy, despite his best efforts. This resulted in him placing his son in another home to be his main caretaker. The mare in which he stayed with had a daughter of her own, Ashild, and the two bonded swiftly in the wake of his mother's death. They became pillars of support for one another, and any time Gunne had after his training was devoted to the girl. Many suspected marriage from the two, but they knew their friendship would remain just that and nothing more. They held a bond unbreakable, unwavering, and yet entirely platonic.

[ 17 to 46 ] : - and like the storm did he become
It was his 18th year that he joined the Stone-Hooves war. No amount of training could have prepared Gunne for the horrors of true combat, and in his first battle, he was paralyzed. Fear froze his bones in place, making the child into an easy target. He was beaten into the dirt until comrades came to his aid, and surely would perished had a skilled medic not been diligent enough to notice the bleeding boy. The true pain, however, came from the shame upon his father's face when he came to visit his recovering child. A small, vile part of Aslaug in that moment wished Gunne had joined his siblings - such was evident upon his face. It was this that sparked the Titan's fire. Upon recovering, he tore through his enemies with the rage of a scorned son. His brute strength and lust for blood proved him a worthy foe, but his desperate need to better himself intellectually is where his true prowess shone through. He learned the game of war and played his opponents as needed. So skilled was he that at the young age of 22, he was appointed a leader among the soldiers.

And thus begun Gunne's reign upon the field. His name was whispered among enemy ranks, infamous in his brutality and body count. Hymns were written in his name - both by his own people and by those he slaughtered, the latter of course damning him. Finally did the stallion earn the pride of his father, and no longer did Aslaug hide their connection as best he could. Gunne was, admittedly, underwhelmed by the event when it finally came. For another had stolen his heart - war. Hoof beaten battle fields, the smell of iron and rot, the drums of combat; all a drug and Gunne a willing addict. He found his pleasure in victory above all, needed it as much as any creature needed oxygen. One might believe Halla's swift death was a mercy, for the sight of her boy turned cruel would be one her heart could not bear. For all his savagery, the Titan ensured the safety of those under his lead. Be it because he wished for their praise or genuinely cared for their well-being is a question unable to be answered perhaps even by Gunne himself. For all his skill, however, the stallion was no god. Many times did he bleed, and many times was his life saved by the medics on standby. It is for this reason that Gunne has an undying respect to those who devote themselves to the life of a healer, knowing without them he would have long since expired.

The war comes to an end when the stallion is 27. A year prior, Aslaug joined his mate in the ground. Gunne felt little for his death, instead focusing on his new family. Not once did his loyalty to Garok waver, nor his love for his other-clan brothers. Satisfied with the work he'd done, Gunne retires to pursue the life he thinks he wishes to have. He finds himself without direction, ultimately lost without the savagery he'd crafted himself out of. It is Ashild who comes to him with the idea to have a child. With no desires of his own, Gunne finds himself so eager to adopt hers and the two decide to conceive a child. Perhaps it was the gods' will for the children of Aslaug's blood to be cursed, for the child ruptures Ashild's uterine artery and ultimately causes her death. The child ends up being a young male, sickly and small. The raider is unable to connect with the boy - despite the two having been so alike in their younger years. He takes the same tactic his father took with him, demanding more than the boy can give and pushing him beyond what he can provide. He names the child Naddad and struggles to love him for 19 years.

[ 46 to 60 ] : - against the wall that which he breaks
Naddad never gives his father what he wants. He remains thin and cowardly despite all the desire to please Gunne. Gunne does not realize how much he loves his son until the two are overtaken by wolves. Naddad feigns bravery in his final moments, charging into the fray in an attempt to assist his father, which results in sharp ivory tearing out his throat. The Titan loses an eye in the the fight, and the last bit of family he has. He stays within his now empty home - far from any sort of others - until he is sought out by an old friend. He now returns to his old home to once more take up arms in the defense of the ideals he follows.

[ Group history ] : N/A

the following is a collection of my first notes. however messy, they summarize his history up for a place holder tl;dr !

- born during a storm
- mother was soft spoken and quiet, father was a hardass battle beast
- conditioned to be unmovable; a force of nature. in reality simply a boy eager to make his father proud
- father was a hardcore supporter of Garok, pledged his life to him. mother perished in the Stone-Hooves war, an accident. ( 8 )
- father was left to raise his son, confused by his boy and found it difficult to connect. tried his best however
- spent much of his time with a family friend and her daughter, Ashild
- joins the stone hooves war ( 18 )
- becomes a leader in Gaork's armies when he's old enough, making his father proud ( 22 )
- father perishes in battle a year before the war ends
- has a child, platonically, with best friend Ashild and retires ( 27 )
- Ashild dies in child birth, son ( Naddad ) is weak and frail, and as history repeats itself Gunne struggles to connect with the boy
- pushes the child beyond his limits many times in an attempt to force him to be stronger
- loses him in a battle with wolves, as well as the sight in his left eye ( 46 )
- is called back by an old friend

TRIVIA

- later i'm dead inside

pixel by lethiforous , design by queerly!

Description

Gunne
"Our old worlds have grown feral - rabid beasts with teeth of rust and ruin. But such beasts are meant to be tamed. Or broken."

BASIC
Name: Gunne
Titles: The Dreadnought, the Titan
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Breed: Unicorn | Belgian build

Voice: x | Patrick Stewart as The Great Prince
Song: x | Heilung - Krigsgaldr

Herd: War-Forged
Rank: Raider
Clan: Óhræddr

PERSONALITY

quiet - blunt - short tempered - war torn - passionate - driven - stubborn

A Titan, molded into what the world wanted of him. Once a kind, gentle boy, now stands before the public as a beast of ruin. A fire burns with his belly, creating a stallion that hates as ferociously as he loves. Gunne does all things with an intensity, a passion. There is no task given to him that receives anything less than his entirety, no bond he does not feel deep within his bones. Gunne is a character of unrivaled fervid devotion, something that so often gets him into trouble. This fire creates a thinly stretched patience about the Raider. He tolerates little, is quick to anger and slow to calm. In his old age, this has only grown worse. So few are spared his temper and these are typically incredibly old, or the exact opposite. Any in between will find no mercy in him.

This being said, so few experience his irritability regardless. Gunne keeps to himself for the most part. His allies, those he bonded with during his dark times, are few and far. Many have been taken by the very thing that brought them together, or others have simply drifted away. He misses them in some sense, but now enjoys solitude. He remains quiet when in a crowd, choosing to bite his tongue so as to avoid interaction with those he deems ultimately unworthy of it. The war torn Titan has closed himself off - subconsciously so - out of some sort of self loathing. His child's death has left him guilt ridden and confused as to who he truly is. Up so highly in his years, he is convinced he will remain nothing more but a weapon for his leader, misguided within himself but still an asset to those who need of him.

HISTORY

[ Pre-birth ] : - prologue
Displayed proudly atop a stony gorge, the Óhræddr were a relatively new people. Born from the ashes of their previous clan, destroyed by the tyrant ruler's own gluttony, a small council of young stallions promised democracy and justice to their new followers. Among these men - Aslaug. It was he who suggested the liberation of their people, the brutal murder of their unjust king, and he who sat at the head of the council. Their new home flourished in a short time. The Óhræddr people, being leftovers from was what before, already were already well oiled machine when put together. Both mares and stallions were expected to pull their weight about their new home - mares generally looked down upon, however sturdy and work ready they were, and stallions regarded in an unsympathetic light when it came to endurance. After losing a good many to the first winter due to starvation and predators, the women devoted their lives to the crops while the men threw themselves into combat training.

For 6 years the Óhræddr lived upon that gorge, forcing the land to bend to their needs and growing ever stronger by the day. During a small attack by rouges upon the crops, Aslaug found himself in defense of a gentle mare. Halla - the woman he would soon take to be his lover. She was unlike most of the harden mares of the clan, instead being soft spoken and submissive. The two rushed into their relationship, as many young couples do, only to find their personalities clashing and their ideals wildly different. Aslaug wished for nothing more than a pretty little thing upon his arm, while Halla yearned for a family. In the end the former bent to his lover, hoping giving her a child would end their quarrels.

Instead, it gave them more. Twice did she lose an unborn calf long before her due date. Aslaug swiftly tired of burying his dead children - declaring their union damned by the gods above and vowing never again to touch the woman; a vow he would not keep. Halla fell into a depression, and it was her frail state of mind that broke her mate's resolve. He relented, and tried once more. And thus was born Gunne.

[ 0 to 17 ] : - born to honor the iron lords
The sky raged the night Gunne took his first breath. Black clouds and a sheet of gray rain were the first thing the child's eyes laid upon, perhaps a warning to the boy of the years to come. He heeds it not. He stares into violent night, and he finds comfort in it. It is his father who names him Gunne, "warrior". But the child is not such in his first few years of life. He is a kind, gentle child. Perhaps due to his mother's constant presence ( therefore influence ) he finds his enjoyment in things unexpected of a Óhræddr colt. Farming, exploration, and his mother interest him far more than sparring with others his age. Aslaug watches in horror as his first born son becomes something of a clan joke. Though none dare jest to the child's face, nor knowingly in the company of Aslaug himself, the stallion can see the looks his child receives. The murmured jokes, undelivered taunts, the disapproving gaze. Ignorance shielded Gunne from the disdain, but Aslaug himself could not suffer them any longer. The boy is 5 when Aslaugh begins to pull him from the safety blanket of his mother. He plays rough with his child, demanding strength from the young lad. When the Stone-Hooves war beings, he asks evermore of his son. And Gunne is eager to please. While his father devoted a great deal of his time to the war, he ensured Gunne was taught properly by others if not by himself. Halla is unable to compete with the boy's love and need for Aslaug's attention and as a result only saw her son when the night came about and he returned to his home to sleep. There were many times the child pushed himself beyond his body's limits, much to his mother's dismay. And it was perhaps only Halla that kept Gunne from working himself into an early grave.

He lost this voice of wisdom during a raid upon their stronghold. His mother fell to the might of those opposed to Garok's rule - one of many tragedies of war. Gunne grieved heavily, looking to his father for support. The already distant man found himself unable to assist his boy, despite his best efforts. This resulted in him placing his son in another home to be his main caretaker. The mare in which he stayed with had a daughter of her own, Ashild, and the two bonded swiftly in the wake of his mother's death. They became pillars of support for one another, and any time Gunne had after his training was devoted to the girl. Many suspected marriage from the two, but they knew their friendship would remain just that and nothing more. They held a bond unbreakable, unwavering, and yet entirely platonic.

[ 17 to 46 ] : - and like the storm did he become
It was his 18th year that he joined the Stone-Hooves war. No amount of training could have prepared Gunne for the horrors of true combat, and in his first battle, he was paralyzed. Fear froze his bones in place, making the child into an easy target. He was beaten into the dirt until comrades came to his aid, and surely would perished had a skilled medic not been diligent enough to notice the bleeding boy. The true pain, however, came from the shame upon his father's face when he came to visit his recovering child. A small, vile part of Aslaug in that moment wished Gunne had joined his siblings - such was evident upon his face. It was this that sparked the Titan's fire. Upon recovering, he tore through his enemies with the rage of a scorned son. His brute strength and lust for blood proved him a worthy foe, but his desperate need to better himself intellectually is where his true prowess shone through. He learned the game of war and played his opponents as needed. So skilled was he that at the young age of 22, he was appointed a leader among the soldiers.

And thus begun Gunne's reign upon the field. His name was whispered among enemy ranks, infamous in his brutality and body count. Hymns were written in his name - both by his own people and by those he slaughtered, the latter of course damning him. Finally did the stallion earn the pride of his father, and no longer did Aslaug hide their connection as best he could. Gunne was, admittedly, underwhelmed by the event when it finally came. For another had stolen his heart - war. Hoof beaten battle fields, the smell of iron and rot, the drums of combat; all a drug and Gunne a willing addict. He found his pleasure in victory above all, needed it as much as any creature needed oxygen. One might believe Halla's swift death was a mercy, for the sight of her boy turned cruel would be one her heart could not bear. For all his savagery, the Titan ensured the safety of those under his lead. Be it because he wished for their praise or genuinely cared for their well-being is a question unable to be answered perhaps even by Gunne himself. For all his skill, however, the stallion was no god. Many times did he bleed, and many times was his life saved by the medics on standby. It is for this reason that Gunne has an undying respect to those who devote themselves to the life of a healer, knowing without them he would have long since expired.

The war comes to an end when the stallion is 27. A year prior, Aslaug joined his mate in the ground. Gunne felt little for his death, instead focusing on his new family. Not once did his loyalty to Garok waver, nor his love for his other-clan brothers. Satisfied with the work he'd done, Gunne retires to pursue the life he thinks he wishes to have. He finds himself without direction, ultimately lost without the savagery he'd crafted himself out of. It is Ashild who comes to him with the idea to have a child. With no desires of his own, Gunne finds himself so eager to adopt hers and the two decide to conceive a child. Perhaps it was the gods' will for the children of Aslaug's blood to be cursed, for the child ruptures Ashild's uterine artery and ultimately causes her death. The child ends up being a young male, sickly and small. The raider is unable to connect with the boy - despite the two having been so alike in their younger years. He takes the same tactic his father took with him, demanding more than the boy can give and pushing him beyond what he can provide. He names the child Naddad and struggles to love him for 19 years.

[ 46 to 60 ] : - against the wall that which he breaks
Naddad never gives his father what he wants. He remains thin and cowardly despite all the desire to please Gunne. Gunne does not realize how much he loves his son until the two are overtaken by wolves. Naddad feigns bravery in his final moments, charging into the fray in an attempt to assist his father, which results in sharp ivory tearing out his throat. The Titan loses an eye in the the fight, and the last bit of family he has. He stays within his now empty home - far from any sort of others - until he is sought out by an old friend. He now returns to his old home to once more take up arms in the defense of the ideals he follows.

[ Group history ] : N/A

the following is a collection of my first notes. however messy, they summarize his history up for a place holder tl;dr !

- born during a storm
- mother was soft spoken and quiet, father was a hardass battle beast
- conditioned to be unmovable; a force of nature. in reality simply a boy eager to make his father proud
- father was a hardcore supporter of Garok, pledged his life to him. mother perished in the Stone-Hooves war, an accident. ( 8 )
- father was left to raise his son, confused by his boy and found it difficult to connect. tried his best however
- spent much of his time with a family friend and her daughter, Ashild
- joins the stone hooves war ( 18 )
- becomes a leader in Gaork's armies when he's old enough, making his father proud ( 22 )
- father perishes in battle a year before the war ends
- has a child, platonically, with best friend Ashild and retires ( 27 )
- Ashild dies in child birth, son ( Naddad ) is weak and frail, and as history repeats itself Gunne struggles to connect with the boy
- pushes the child beyond his limits many times in an attempt to force him to be stronger
- loses him in a battle with wolves, as well as the sight in his left eye ( 46 )
- is called back by an old friend

TRIVIA

- later i'm dead inside

pixel by lethiforous , design by queerly!