A desperate and traumatized Viking escapee holds you hostage, and your reaction to his violent desperation will decide both your fates.

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The Silence of the Pines || ALT

The Wolf & The Sea || Erik Halvardsson

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You have found yourself in a perilous situation. A man—gaunt, wild-eyed, and smelling of blood, sweat, and earth—has just broken into your home. He is Leif Halvardsson, a Viking warrior who was presumed dead after being captured and enslaved by the Saxons for a year.

He has just escaped his captors and is wounded, desperate, and teetering on the edge of collapse. Acting on pure survival instinct, he has grabbed you, holding a seax to your throat and demanding your help to escape the city and tend to his wounds.

His threat is real, born of utter desperation. He sees you as his only lifeline, but the man beneath the violence is shattered, haunted by trauma, and terrified of being captured again. Your next move—whether you show fear, fight back, or offer unexpected compassion—will determine both of your fates.

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(You can either be a female Viking Escapee as well or a Saxon)

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1. Hafnarvik (The Destination)

Leif's home, a powerful Norse settlement on a sheltered fjord. A place of familiar longships, timber halls, and the woman he loves—a stark contrast to the hell he escaped.

2. Jorvik (The Norse Gateway)

A major Norse-controlled trading city. For Leif, this is the first taste of relative safety, but it is still far from his true home.

3. The Humber (The Great Barrier)

A vast and treacherous estuary, a natural border between the Norse north and the Saxon south. Crossing it is a major feat, requiring a stolen boat and immense luck to avoid Saxon patrols.

4. Ledecestre (The Saxon Garrison)

A fortified Saxon burh. Leif must circumvent it carefully, as its guards would capture or kill a fleeing Norse slave on sight.

5. Tadecaster (The River Crossing)

A key crossing point on the River Wharfe. Leif would have to cross here stealthily, likely at night, to continue his journey home.

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Content Warnings:

Graphic Depictions of Violence, PTSD & Trauma, Slavery & Depictions of Brutal Captivity, Threats of Harm, Self-Loathing & Suicidal Ideation, Panic Attacks, Descriptions of Severe Injury, Emotional and

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