Floki Skarsson- Shipbuilder
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| General.• Name: Floki • Last name: Skarsson • Title: Boat Builder • Age: 51Y/o • Place of birth: Kattegat • Place of residence: Kattegat • Rank:Military structure: Viking. Social structure: Shipbuilder. Family:• Parents:- Father: Skar [Last name unknown] - Mother: Unknown • Siblings: Unknown Relationship: Married to my lovely wife Helga Hirstdóttir. • Appareance:Build: Muscular, but rather slim build. Height: 1m84 Weight: 67kg Hair: Shaved bald with a small man bun on the back. Beard: strong, wild long grow. Eyes: Grey eyes. • Personality:Floki is an eccentric and joyful man with a bizarre and zany air about him and is often the source of entertainment among his friends. Though this is arguably a facade to hide the more serious and emotionally troubled man brooding beneath the surface. Nonetheless, he is sincere in his loyalty to Ragnar and is respected for his sharp intellect and wisdom. so much so that Ragnar trusted him to negotiate peace talks with King Horik on Ragnar's behalf. He is regarded as an equal, if nothing less than an individual of particularly high standing among the other warriors of Kattegat. Despite his seemingly nonchalant and apparently strange facade, Floki is very dedicated and proud of his work. He finds joy and often laughs during their plunders, whether he is killing or discovering new things in the land they visit. He is a man who is devoted to his gods and lives to serve them. However, one very important aspect of Floki's personality is his fierce devotion to the Norse Pantheon. At one point Floki quips that Loki's is his distant ancestor. Floki has shown on many occasions to be remarkably intolerant towards those who do not share his faith; particularly Christians. To him all Christians are untrustworthy and undeserving of mercy, including Athelstan, whom he often menaces and only seems to tolerate at the behest of Ragnar. In Floki's mind his faith and way of life are on a collision course with Christianity where one is doomed to be destroyed by the other. It is for this reason that he finds the idea of cooperating with the Christians or otherwise participating in their customs, even in an insincere manner such as Rollo's baptism, to be a grave betrayal to the Norse gods. He is prone to viewing many events as having religious or spiritual significance and even sees visions from his gods. • History:If you want the full history of Floki Skarsson then I’d advise you to watch the Vikings Series. - A little review: (Warning Spoilers for those who have not seen the series.):
1) Floki is a boat builder and incorrigible trickster, who also happens to be Ragnar Lothbrok's eccentric and closest friend. Committed to helping Ragnar sail west, he secretly designs and builds a new generation of Viking longboats for their voyage across the ocean westward.
2) Ragnar brings his son Bjorn to visit him. Ragnar described Floki as shy, but he then jumps out in front of Bjorn wearing a mask in an attempt to frighten him. Ragnar told Floki that he will be making their longship for their travels to the west. Floki presents the result: a new kind of ship which allows for travel on the open sea and up rivers. Floki remains nervous about whatever his new design will work. However, as he, Ragnar and Rollo takes it for a virgin-journey, he is overjoyed to find it working perfectly.
3) Ragnar's crew gather at Floki's shipyard where they wash and sets out on their journey. At the North Sea, a terrible storm rages. Floki takes it as Thor proving the quality of Floki's ship. After the raid, Floki sets fire to the scriptures of the Lindisfarne monestary. The fire spread and destroyed most of the monastery.
4) Ragnar and his family seeks shelter at Floki's shipyard where they first meet his lover Helga. Floki uses his skills in healing to save Ragnar's life.
5) When it is announced that they need a new human sacrifice for the gods to take the place of Athelstan, Floki seems to momentarily consider offering himself for the honour, but Helga pulls him back.
6) Floki joins Ragnar on his journey to Götaland to negotiate with Jarl Borg. Floki remarks he is bad at treating his guests. Later, Ragnar sends him to King Horik to further the terms Ragnar has managed to make with Borg. King Horik and Floki bonds over their deep interest in Norse Mythology. Floki quip that Loki is his distant ancestor. Horik ultimately rejects Borg's terms. Floki concludes this can only mean war.
7) Floki finds himself not fully trusting the Christian-turned-pagan Athelstan; while the latter has claimed to have abandoned his Christian beliefs, Floki does not believe him.
Later Floki appears to drift away from Ragnar, feeling Ragnar claims everything. He marries his lover Helga without the blessing of the Earl of Kattegat but with King Horik and his son Erlendur as witnesses. When the Viking fleet leaves Kattegat for Wessex, Floki joins with Horik rather than Ragnar as he thinks the King knows more about the darker gods that haunt him than Ragnar.
It is on the trip to Wessex that King Horik further sinks his talons in Floki, telling him a shipbuilder is just as valuable as ten Earls. The Danish King also tells him he needs Floki's ideas, for these come directly from the gods. In the Viking camp in Wessex, Floki is often seen close to King Horik. Floki even follows the Danish King when he advances towards Anglo-Saxon forces despite Ragnar advising them to wait. When the Norsemen are on the brink of being annihilated, Floki persuades Horik to retreat along with Ragnar, Lagertha and some others, leaving a critically injured Rollo behind.
Arriving at Ecbert's villa, Floki remarks that it is a bad decision to negotiate with the King of Wessex. He adds that Rollo is not worth it after his earlier betrayal. When Lagertha says it is not only about Rollo, Floki replies it is also about Athelstan, someone who they cannot trust. Ragnar finds it peculiar for Floki to talk about trust.
Helga arrives in Kattegat with their newborn child. Floki wants to name her Angrboda, after Loki's first wife. Helga is upset about it, remarking that Angboda was evil and gave Loki monstrous offspring. Floki says she still was a great Giantess. When Helga asks Floki if he will come back with them so he can get to know his daughter, Floki declines, saying he has to stay in Kattegat, and urges her to leave.
Floki reminds King Horik a proposition, but Horik replies he is not sure if he can trust Floki. When Floki asks what he can do to gain his trust, Horik tells him to kill someone close to Ragnar. Floki gathers some mushrooms which he personally gives to Rollo, still recovering from his injuries, and also via Ubbe to Torstein. Later, Torstein appears to have died from poisoning. Floki, while comforting a grieving Bjorn, tearfully says they should find the one who murdered their friend and flay him.
King Horik visits Floki at his place, saying he did well and now Ragnar and his family should be killed. Bjorn, whom they think of as possibly protected by the gods, is to be killed as well and Floki, Horik says, should find a way to do it. Floki spies on Bjorn, who pursues his lover Porunn in the woods.
During the night, King Horik secretly gathers his troops to attack Kattegat with the intention of killing Ragnar. When he makes his way to the Earl's Hall, it turns out that Floki has stayed true to Ragnar all along and was only acting as a double agent. Ragnar's loyalists then take turn in stabbing Horik. Floki sarcastically pats the King's face before walking away, leaving him to be finished by Ragnar.
8) One day Aslaug comes to him and Helga with her Son Ivar, asking Floki to take care of him and to teach him the way of the gods, to teach him to truly hate the Christian god just like he himself does. So he knows what it means to Truly live. Of course as Ivar was a son of Ragnar he could not refuse and agreed to take care of the boy.
Bonding fast with the young boy and thinking slightly of Ivar as his own Son, Floki makes sure not to let the boy down. Designing a special card so that he could move around, on his own or with help of the others and making sure that he can play with the other children.
One day Ivar is outside as other children play with a ball. Floki is watching as Ivar tries to play along but none of the other children even seem to notice Ivar. This led to Floki’s frustration. He then decided to take the ball as he gave the other children a sudden look. Before handing Ivar the ball. It was then when one other boy tried to grab the ball of Ivar, that the young boy took his axe and slammed it in the young child’s head. Floki seems hardly surprise and even though he was a bit chocked he could not say he was disappointed in Ivar.
Over the further years he and Ivar grow a stronger bond and he designs more things to make the life of the boy easier, the best he could. He is also one of the few people who does not fear Ivar.
9) After Ragnar’s disappearance Floki becomes Loyal towards Björn Ragnarson and agrees to build ships for him, for his journey Westwards, further then even his father could have dreamed of, still being just a student of the world he is still willing to go visit other lands. This to please his gods and his own curiosity.
[A lot of the Iinformation found on the FanVikings Wikipedia.]
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