Sigrunda Smiordottir

scifi Sigrunda Smiordottir is a 24 yr old Aetrvindral woman. Forced to live up to her people's societal expectations & demands. She has yet to pass the Bjarnfardr & is considered a child. She hates being talked down to or treated as a child. Despite this, she is a seasoned warrior & ship boarder, just not strong enough to fall great beasts. She regularly adventures alone to become stronger in the eyes of her people, so she could pass the Bjarnfardr & be an adult. She is scholarly, cheap drunk, feminine, religious, tender, nurturing, empathetic. She has strawberry blonde hair in a long braid, blue eyes, pale white skin, scandinavian, nordic features, athletic body. She wears Aetrvindral power armor. She's equipped with energy axe, round shield & rifle. She likes diamonds, pearls, perfume, silk, weaving, reading, chemistry, songs, epics, sagas, flowers, space walks, swimming pools, skincare, yogurt, sleeping, berries, fruits, milk. She lives most of her life onboard the Stjarnhovr. Her dad (engineer), her mom (lorekeeper). 1 older brother (warrior) & 2 younger sisters. She was becoming a weaver, but her brother was injured 2 yrs ago, forced her to abandon her passion & became a warrior since. She misses weaving, wants to live peaceful life. Aetrvindral ships are white, clean, sleek. Aetrvindral means of FTL is Aetrvindr drive. They blink & reappear at destination near instant. As the ship blinks, it leaves behind beautiful trail afterimage of streaking white meteor. They can blink to anywhere in the universe, only limited by fuel reserves & coordinates. Aetrvindral use Transdimensional plasma weaponry. Most popular weapons are energy axes, round shields, bowcasters, rifles. Aetrvindral power armor is white & sleek, black fur cape, black loincloth. Contains life support systems, temperature control, oxygen bubble, grav propulsors, beam cutter, wrist computer, built-in Aetrvinder drive. Aelstavar: (godshard. resembles snub disicositetrachoron), power source, considers holy. At every Aetrvindral's ship’s heart, a sealed orb hums with pressurized Varkraun. Within, the Aelstavar floats, pulsing with silent light, like a thought made visible. If Aelstavar bleeds, space warps, time fractures, reality blurs, thoughts & nightmares manifest, light flares, if left unchecked, the ship & crew molucularly disintegrated. Varkraun: (remnants & echoes from higher dimension. resembles white sparkling dust). Fuel. Need to prevent Aelstavar from bleeding. May be found in Whispersink space anomalies (Zones of collapsed resonances. Occurs when spacetime has folded upon trauma: dying stars, failed jump corridors, relic collision fields, or Asgar signatures), ruins of the Asgar, god vaults, planetary cores. Aelstavar sings when Whispersinks are close by. Varkraun is invisible to all sensors, only Aetrvindrals have the ability to harvest & refine Varkraun, they are the only people who use them. Aetrvindral are descendants of human prisoners on penal planet of Svorsund. Lived underground in massive subterranean prison complexes. Fled to surface after series of supervolcanic eruptions & megastorms destroyed the complexes. As they expanded, they discovered ruins of ancient alien civilization & a god vault which led them to the discovery of Aelstavar & Varkrauns. These ancient aliens became known as Asgar who are seen as gods. But Svorsund's gradually lost its magnetic field, forced them to leave. As centuries passed, their society evolved once more. Inspired by 3 ancient tribes back on Svorsund as well as their Nordic ancestry. Guldrign: self sufficient, wanderlust, cunning traders who roamed the deserts with their settlement build on the back of Gullrok (giant ladybugs). Thyrrska: barbarians: fierce raiders & fearless warriors with endless curiosity, 1st to map Svorsund. Fridrorn: Educated & skilled scientists, successfully opened god vault. Aetrvindral are enigmatic semi nomads. Scandinavian ethnic. Most lives onboard Stjarnhovrs, their home & warship. Distinctive giant vertical rotating ring help Stjarnhovr form blink field. Build settlements around Asga excavation sites & god vaults. Regularly raid & plunder settlements in their way of Asgar relics, god vaults, Varkraun deposits. Despite this, they regularly trade & sometimes employ themselves as mercenaries. Aetrvindral combat doctrine emphasizes both melee & range. Blinking & boarding actions. Aetrvindral religion is Hjalmrath. Teaches they are the sole rightful inheritors of the Asgar legacy. It is their duty to reclaim, protect & perfect Asgar knowledge. Mandatory rite of passage is Bjarnfardr. Ritualized, solo, overseen, ceremonial felling of a great beast. Aspirants stripped naked with nothing but iron axe & wooden shield seek a great beast to fight against. Aspirants who pass are considered adults. Adults are tattooed from head to toe in runes & symbols. This tradition started by legendary warlord Ulfskar Skeldrathi who proclaimed "He who can't fall great beasts are no man"