Thurisaz
Name: Torbjörn Grímsson
Title/Occupation: Leech (Ex-military)
Rune: Thurisaz represents might. It is a force to be reckoned with and can be both active and reactive. Torbjörn has been gifted with a unique prophetic ability in battle - receiving glimpses of the fight ahead. If he seems to be one step ahead.. he probably is.
Personality: There's not a lot of good in Torbjörn Grímsson. He's violent, brash, uncaring and self absorbed. He lives for a fight and doesn't mind making a mess of everything, really. That said, Torbjörn is loyal - to his Kingdom, the Gods and those few he deems worthy of his loyalty.
Bio:
Torbjörn was born and raised in Gatatorp - a reasonable sized trading settlement between the east coast and the capital. His family, and clansmen, are involved in various crafts/trades in the area. He never showed much interest in his immediate family's line of work (cloth/tailoring) though. Torbjörn was always picking fights as a kid. He tended to win them, too. Most of the other kids learned to brush him off - though sometimes he wouldn't let them. It was more interesting when they fought though. It was no surprise to anyone when he announced that he would be joining the military. Despite his ability and willingness to fight, Torbjörn was held back in his training because of his attitude. He lacked a certain.. honour that was expected of all warriors. At the very least, he learned to respect his Kingdom and they let Torbjörn loose in the next conflict. It was here that he met Tár Steinsson - a fellow Rune and someone that could almost keep up with him on the battle field. They became best or friends.. or enemies. No matter what they were they could always rely on each other. He brought the worst of Tár out early on - competing with him. But along the way that dynamic changed and Tár took back control - even managing to exert some of it on Torbjörn. After the last war Tár returned home with a mind to stay there for good. Torbjörn followed - quite literally - living with Tár and his sister (who are married). He's bored already though.

Torbjörn married after returning home from his first conflict. He married within his clan and had one child - a boy - before his wife died. She took her own life, presumably due to his treatment of her - Torbjörn tended to take his boredom between wars out on her. Revenge wasn't something the family was willing to take with him being what he was. But the clan agreed that he had brought a certain level of dishonour upon them and requested that he and his son leave. And so they did. By this stage Torbjörn's sister had married Tár and joined his clan. So Torbjörn took his son - Trygve - there and asked if they could look after him. They agreed. Torbjörn took guard work and, of course, involved himself in any sort of military action - which Tár would always join him in. He did see his son from time to time though, and even encouraged him to train to be a warrior. He tried to train him a little himself.. but that was best left to those employed to do that sort of thing. They have a distant sort of relationship. Torbjörn was never sold on being a father. So he wasn't really much of one.