Vinland Saga
- Genre: action adventure award winning drama
- Author: yukimura makoto
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- Year: Apr 13, 2005 to ?
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- Status： Publishing
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Askeladd
Main
Age: 44Birthday: 969 ADHeight: 170 cm (5 7")Hair color: BlondEye color: blueFamily: Olaf (father) Lydia (mother)A cunning, mysterious Viking who commands a mercenary band of vikings, of which Thorfinn is a member.Askeladd was contracted by Flok...
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Canute
Main
Son of Sweyn Forkbeard, the King of Denmark. He appears effeminate and weak, always hiding behind his retainer Ragnar, but sticks up for himself against Thorfinns insults. His weak appearance and his strong Christian faith earn him the mockery of the Viki...
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Einar
Main
Einar is a man from the north of England who was sold into slavery. He meets Thorfinn on Ketils farm in Denmark and helps him work his way to buying his freedom....
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Thorfinn
Main
A ferocious young man who is devoted to avenging his fathers death at the hands of Askeladd, and is tricked into joining his band in hopes of defeating him in a fair fight. He is the son of Thors, the most renowned Jomsviking warrior until his defection, ...
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Ake
Supporting
A member of Askeladds band. He didnt wear armor. He died in a duel resulting from a disagreement with Tore, another member of Askeladds band....
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Anne
Supporting
Anne is the sole survivor of a Mercian village whose inhabitants were massacred by Askeladds band in December 1013. The Vikings were attempting to reach the Danelaw while escorting Canute, but were caught by winter and forced to seek shelter.(Source: Vinl...
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Ari
Supporting
A guy from Thorfinns village. Has crush on Thorfinns sister Ylva.Eventually he becomes her husband and gets three kids with her.(Source: Vinland Saga Wiki)...
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Arnheid
Supporting
Arnheid is Ketils slave and concubine. In the past, she was Gardars wife and Hjaltis mother....
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Björn
Supporting
Askeladds second in command, and his longest-serving and most loyal follower. Bjorn is an extremely skilled warrior, often using a berserker mushroom to work himself up into a fury, augmenting his strength and making him resistant to pain, though losing t...
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Bug-eyes
Supporting
Leifs adopted son, under Leifs guidance Bug-Eyes became a skilled sailor.His real name is also Thorfinn, the reason he ended up with Leif the shared name and similar appearance to Thorfinn Karlsefni.He joined Thorfinns trading voyage to Greece.After retur...
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Cordelia
Supporting
The child of Thorkell. Cordelia was raised as a girl when her mother lied to Thorkell about her birth gender out of concern for her safety. Later in life she is a slave of Halfdan, valued for her strength. Halfdan grants her permission to accompany Thorfi...
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Ear
Supporting
A member of Askeladds band whose remarkable hearing allows him estimate distance and marching speed of enemy troops just by pressing his ear to the ground. He needs complete silence to work, and snow dampens sound enough to severely limit this ability....
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Erikson Leif
Supporting
An explorer who joins Thorfinn in his quest to find paradise. He is based on a real life historical counterpart of the same name....
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Floki
Supporting
A Jomsviking commander whom Askeladd contracted to assassinate Thors, Flokis former comrade....
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Forkbeard Sweyn
Supporting
King of Denmark and father of Canute, known for his political genius and conquest of most of England and Wales. He appears sickly, with a droopy face, discolored skin, and missing teeth....
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Gardar
Supporting
Gardar was a former Viking warrior turned slave, is Kjallakrs slave but managed to kill him and escape to meet his wife, Arnheid....
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Garm
Supporting
Garm is a pompus and brash man looking for thrills in fighting. He is quite intrigued by Thorfinn due to recognizing his prowess in combat and possibly being the fight he so long sought after.Garm is an extremely talented fighter. He showed his talent as ...
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Gorm
Supporting
Gorm is a feudal lord in a village located on the Jutland Peninsula, Denmark. He really loves gold and it brightens his heart, just by looking at it....
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Gudrid
Supporting
A once widowed young woman, now fleeing from her second husband by arranged marriage. She joins Thorfinn and company to travel around the world. She is based on the historical Icelandic explorer, Gudrid Thorbjarnardttir.She later marries Thorfinn....
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Gunnar
Supporting
Gunnar is a politician who currently serves as an adviser to King Canute. He is Ragnars brother....
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Halfdan
Supporting
Halfdan is a wealthy and powerful landowner and moneylender known for his ruthlessness, earning the nickname "Iron Chain" for his skilled use of one as a weapon and symbol of his philosophy of chaining others....
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Harald
Supporting
Haralds army conquered the lands of Norway village by village, after which he proclaimed himself as the king of Norway. He then gave a choice to the people, serve him or leave Norway forever....
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Helga
Supporting
Helga is the mother of Thorfinn and Ylva, and the wife of Thors. (Source: Vinland Saga Wiki)...
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Hild
Supporting
Hild (ヒルド Hirudo?) is a character in anime/manga series Oh My Goddess!The ultimate Demon in Hell, known as the Daimakaichō (Great Demon Leader, Ruler of Demonkind in the dub), and also Urds (who she refers to as "Urd-chan" (Urdie in the dub) mother. She i...
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Hordaland
Supporting
Hordaland, real name unknown, is a young woman from Hordaland, Norway. She was family member of a lord in that region, but due to the family losing a war, they went in ruin and she was sold as a slave....
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Ivar
Supporting
Ivar is a farmer who joins Thorfinns mission to colonize Vinland. He disagrees with Thorfinns pacifist ideology and is heavily distrustful of the Lnu.(Source: Vinland Saga Wiki)...
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Jabbathe
Supporting
Jabbathe was first seen trying to overtake a fortress. They were loosing and Askeladd send out Thorfinn to negotiate with them, suggesting that for half the spoils, they will join them with their 100 men or if they decline, they will join the other side. ...
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Karli
Supporting
Karli is the child of a friend of Lief named Arngrim. Karlis mother died due to an attack of vikings allied with Gisli in his feud with Arngrim.Thorfinn, after finding him in the wreckage of his own home while being guarded by his half-dead mother, and h...
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Ketil
Supporting
He is the owner of the farm and is known as Iron fist Ketil for his previous success as a renouned warrior in his earlier years.Snake later reveals that he is not the famous Iron fist ketil but is rather abusing the fact that his name is the same.He unint...
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Lydia
Supporting
Askeladds mother. Lydia (リディア Ridia) was a Welsh noblewoman who was captured and enslaved by the Norse warrior Olaf.Lydia was a lean woman with long light blonde colored hair and blue eyes. She dressed in a simple gray robe.Not much is known about Lydia&r...
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Miskwekepuj
Supporting
Miskwekepuj is a native of Vinland. He is a shaman and the mentor of Niskawajij. After performing an ancient ritual and seeing the future of his country, he becomes convinced that Vinland must get rid of the Norse.(Source: Vinland Saga Wiki)...
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Nisqaujij
Supporting
Nisqaujij is a a young Lnu native to Vinland America who has the gift of prophecy. Since the arrival of the norsemen, she has been having a dream where she walks on an endless plain of stone and sand with no life to be seen, until the sun ...
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Olaf
Supporting
Olaf (ウォラフ Orafu) was a Norse warrior and the father of Askeladd.Olaf had medium-length blond hair, a matching color goatee, and gray eyes. He wore a black cape, over a red outfit, a black colored belt, gray pants, and brown boots.Olaf was a self-centered...
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Olmar
Supporting
Olmar is the son of Ketil. He is a young and arrogant fellow who longs to make a name for himself on the battlefield.(Source: Wiki, edited)...
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Plmk
Supporting
Plmk is a native of Vinland. He is the first native to make contact with Thorfinns group, becoming friends with them and exchanging knowledge.(Source: Vinland Saga Wiki)...
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Ragnar
Supporting
Ragnar is the main adviser for Prince Canute.Ragnar is bald apart from very long, black, curly hair on the sides of his head. He has very thick black eyebrows that lie close to his deep-set eyes. His wrinkles are also very deep, especially in his cheeks, ...
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Snake
Supporting
The most deranged of villains, Snake is the megalomaniacal developer of the hugely successful Kiddie Kastle amusement park franchise.(Source: Official website)...
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Styrk
Supporting
Styrk is a farmer and friend of Ivars who joins Thorfinns journey to settle in Vinland. He is a cunning man who seeks to help Ivar take over Thorfinns position as the boss once he fails at settling in Vinland.(Source: Vinland Saga Wiki)...
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Sverkel
Supporting
He is the old master of the farm. Depicted as a stubborn old man who still wants to work on the farm despite his old age. He helps Thorfinn and Einar by lending them a horse in exchange for their help with his farmIt is later revealed that he is Ketils fa...
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Thorgil
Supporting
The older brother of Olmar and oldest son of Ketil. He is man who has seen many battlefields. His mercilessness frightens even his own father to the point that he cannot even believe that he is his son....
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Thorkell
Supporting
Thorkell is a Jomsviking general and brother of the Jomsviking Chief. A giant man who loves combat he defects from the Danish army to become a mercenary for the English, believing that fighting his fellow Vikings will give him a better challenge. This sam...
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Thors
Supporting
Thors is the father of Thorfinn, a Jomsviking general whose phenomenal combat prowess earns him the epithet "The Troll of Jom." Thors grows weary of battle after the birth of his children, fakes his own death, and retires to become a pacifist farmer. The ...
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Tore
Supporting
A member of Askeladds band. He killed Ake, another member of Askeladds band, in an argument-turned-duel....
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Willibald
Supporting
Appearance: Willibald is a shaggy man with messy light blond hair and a matching color full beard and gray eyes. Once he reaches Gainsborough, hes clean-shaven and gets a tonsure. He wears a black robe and shoes.Personality: Willibald is a pious in...
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Ylva
Supporting
Ylva is Thorfinns older sister. After Thorfinn has set on a journey to avenge his father, Thors, she takes care of the household and her mother....