Ásbjörn, God of Strength

Strength, Heroism, and Power

A dragon skull, grasped by the horns by two hands.

Followers of Asbjorn practice their faith through martial forms, such as variants of Glima, or its more aggressive and dominating cousin, Sterkarmur

Matturgur Dogom- the Mighty Days. During the time before every harvest, Men and women from across the continents of Ragnias and Rukulos compete against each other in gladiatorial combat, fighting exclusively in Sterkarmur or Glima

To cut away at weakness to produce hardy, strong warriors

Ásbjörn was monstrous- his muscle mass and density surpassed Hrothmund, who himself was said to have thrown mountains like small stones. Not as Agile as many of his siblings, he made up for it in raw power. Broad-chested, with arms and legs as if hewn from stone pillars

Slightly tanned and bald

Looked almost exactly like his father, but with a much smaller brow and a more narrow chin

Bare-chest, rippling with muscle unlike any mortal, tattoo's that tell his story, his victories and endeavors, and the metal spike on his knuckles.

Despite not being the one to realize the ability, Ásbjörn has access to the Blood of Hrothmund, tapping into his father's insurmountable strength and endurance, but not to as great and devastating of a degree as his sister, Deirdre.

Godly interpretations show him as bare-chested, with a simple belt holding up leather breeches with full metal sabatons.

Unlike many warriors, Ásbjörn opted out of using blades for combat, instead having his brother, Sindri, God of the Forge, drill into his finger bones at his knuckles, and screw in pointed metal studs, allowing him to use more of his godly strength against his foes.

Born two years after the fall of the Great Dragon, Ásbjörn was immediately realized to be gifted in physical strength, strangling a drake that had been flying above his mother giving birth, hoping for a quick and easy meal, with his bare hands. Hrothmund, having immediately seen the potential in his first son, raised him as a warrior, not even bothering to train him with weapons and focusing on unarmed combat, called Sterkarmur. At 9, he killed his first monster- an adolescent Deep Mountain Drake, breaking one of its horns and using it to stab the Drake in the throat. Even before becoming a man at the age of 15, Ásbjörn was fighting and brutally pummeling every mentor he was given, totaling almost thirty, and fought his father to a stalemate when Hrothmund wished to truly test his son when he did become a man.   At seventeen, Ásbjörn was a hero to Hrothmund's people- he'd single-handedly slew Hiryur with his bare hands and took the dragon's skull as a trophy. Hrothmund then asked Adaliah to make his son a God, and she did. Naming him the God of Strength, Ásbjörn became a household name throughout the Old Kingdom and a pinnacle of what every mortal should strive to be. However, his hubris would one day be his downfall.   When Ásbjörn was instructed by his father to find a Storm Colossus at the center of the sea, Ásbjörn took it upon himself to slay the creature. Hrothmund was disappointed with him as his son returned bearing the heart of the Colossus, as the Storm Colossus was Olvaldr, who was charged by the Fireborn during his reign as Creation Incarnate to hold up the sky for all eternity as punishment for daring to rise against him. Hrothmund was trying to help Olvaldr by crafting a pillar made of stone from his body- the same type of stone that was once mounted to the Great Dragon, making him impervious to time and any causal forces of reality. As punishment, Hrothmund charged Ásbjörn with the same duty, chaining him by the ankles to the body of Olvaldr, who was so large that even Ásbjörn could not lift him, and forcing him to bear the entire weight of the sky.   When Hrothmund ascended and built the Halls of Valor, Ingemar revealed that his father did indeed feel that his sentence was fulfilled, and crafted the pillar as he was initially going to build. Relieved of his former duty, Ásbjörn was humbled, and then ascended to his father's Throne and ruling for a century. Ásbjörn's mortal form expired on the field of battle, waging war against an army of giants that threatened the Old Kingdom. He was caught in a storm of arrows and received a spear to the heart. Legends say that he continued fighting until the last bit of blood left his body, killing countless enemy giants in return, before he collapsed and ascended to the Halls of Valor.

He had a total of 42 mentors since his birth, 40 of which were mortal unarmed specialists and one more being Hrothmund.

He slew Hiryur with his bare hands at 17 and held up the sky for a total of 129 years

Forced to hold up the Sky after wrongly slaying Olvaldr.

Hard-headed