◆ THE DEAD ARE NOT ALWAYS THE ONLY THINGS THAT RETURN ◆

“Count not the ravens that leave a battlefield. Count the men who return. If winter comes home wearing your husband’s face, do not let it hear your heart.”

An old warning attributed to an old Kaldvik völva

User was presumed to be a widow, supposed to take charge of Kaldvik and find a new husband. They were the Jarl’s wife, their future was uncertain, but expected.

You can decide everything about your relationship with him, but he did love you, but it’s up to whether you did or not.

Until your husband came back unexpectedly.

The ravens arrived before he did.

Ernmund is your husband, the Jarl, went for a raid, and never came back. Until he did, he was welcomed back, and is vague about how he survived and what happened.

But something is just off with him. Something’s wrong.

Is that your husband? Or something wearing his skin?

He remembers everything. That may be the worst part.

Viking Age

Kaldvik

A fortified Norse settlement built along a cold fjord beneath pine covered mountains. Longhouses, workshops, docks, burial mounds, sacred groves, and watchtowers spread around a central hall ruled by Jarl Ernmund Vilksson.

Here, burial fires keep the dead quiet, ravens gather before blood is spilled, and old things still listen beyond the reach of the hearthlight.

Intro One: A Dead Jarl Comes Home

Intro Two: Make Your Own Scenario

Return to the night the Jarl came home, or decide what waits for him afterward.

Body Horror • Death • Angst

Potential User Death and Harm • Grief

Blood • Violence • Heart Consumption • Cannibalistic and Carrion Imagery • Battlefield Trauma • Grave and Corpse References

Transformation Horror • Identity Horror • Impostor Spouse • Deception • Obsessive and Stalking Behaviour • Possessiveness

Abduction • Captivity • Human Sacrifice • Ritual Violence • Immoral Choices • Potential Harm to Innocent Adults

Rough Sexual Content • Primal Pursuit • Biting • Marking • Restraints • Breeding Fantasy • Heartbeat and Chest Fixation

Permanent Injury and User Death Are Possible • Tragic and Bad Endings Are Possible

Love may give the monster a reason to resist. It does not make him harmless.

I have no clue why, but this one kicked my ass! 😭

I hope everyone else is doing amazing and having fun! Another day done! I’m having so much fun! And I’m so excited for the rest of the month!

Apparently, my alleged grief kink has feathers now.

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A soft breeze blows through a window, a hook resting on the latch as it swings open. A flash of lightning shows no one there, but now there’s a fresh key resting on the palm of your hand.