Northmen

This is a vaguely "Usual Suspects" kinda thing which is such a lame framing device...but I did it. Joe Abercrombie is a great character writer, very inspiring indeed. Not much of a fandom for him but, it'll pick up. With time. Anyway, here's some of my favorite Northmen.

Curnden Craw is an old, bandy-kneed, out of breath, old school old fighter. He commands a "dozen" consisting of six dudes. He's sort of an "every time I think I'm out...they pulllll me back in.." mixed with a little "I'm too old for this shyiiiiit" with a dash of "I've got a baaaad feeling about this..."

Whirrun of Bligh, or Cracknut Whirrun is sort of a stand-out character from "The Heroes". He's the kind of flippant, loopy warrior type that everyone loves. Like that Irish guy from Braveheart. Interesting fact, he is not actually a nut. He's a legume. He wields the "Father of Swords" which is a sort of meteor sword or something.

The Dogman. He's sort of the....well he's kind of a...I dunno he's the Dogman.

Caul Shivers is a big drink of mutilated water. He's the most developed of the bunch, having the most page time. And yet I still don't understand why he does any of the things he does. He has a cool metal eye from a huge scar he got. One guy asked him why he didn't just wear a patch, and he said something like "why hide it?" Well why put a ball in your face Shivers? Why not leave the big gaping socket hang out? Tch.

Black. Dow. Nuff said. Not really, Black Dow's killed more men than winter. I mean, Black Wow is this guy hardcore. When he wants someone dead, he wants it Black Now.

And yeah, Bloody-Nine. If you are the witness identifying someone in this line up, the Bloody-Nine did it. Point to him and say "officer, that's the guy that bit off my husbands tongue and poked him in the eye with it."