Battle Born Berserkr (Revenge/LitRPG)

A king slain.  A system inherited.  A path of revenge.  They came for his father, and now he will come for them. After two years of leading his army in brutal, bloody warfare against the treacherous King of Sweden, Bjorn finally sends him to walk the soul-road and seizes his crown. He is battle-tired and ready to sail home, but the gods have other plans.  The Nornir's Weave power system hits Bjorn like a well-sharpened axe, and he is thrust suddenly and violently onto a whole new playing field. What should be a blessing curses him with the knowledge that his father has been captured and executed by a Saxon king, and his small world is thrown into chaos. He thought he understood Midgard, but he has much more to learn than he realised. The quest is simple: kill King Aella. The means are nothing but. Because when you wield power, when you hold the crown, everybody wants to take it.  Bjorn's path to power will be paved with blood as friends become enemies and nothing is what it seems. Brutal, unadulterated vengeance is the only thing that drives him on his quest to show the entire world that: Revenge is a dish best served Norse.  About the Series: Battle Born Berserkr is a slow-burn revenge LitRPG / progression fantasy with a semi-historical setting that combines real history and historical figures with monsters and gods from myth and legend. Featuring: skills, kingdom conquering, large-scale battles and more traditional monster fights, dungeons, and Bjorn's adamant quest for vengeance aided by a mysterious system known only as: The Nornir's Weave. What to Expect: - A Mid to Strong Progression: Chapter 2 - barely stronger than most other people. Chapter ??? - Can take on an entire army of powerful monsters. - 'Lite' System with Minimal Stats: There are only a handful of DnD-like stats that Bjorn can put stat points into. His system focuses more on the acquisition of kingdoms as a way to increase his level cap and get stronger. He still gets skills, he still gets level-ups, numbers still go up, but you won't see endless 20-page repeated screens of texts showing his stat sheet. - A System That Cannot Regress: One of the fundamental governing rules The Nornir's Weave is that it can only add things, it cannot take them away. So you won't be halfway through the story only to find that Bjorn has lost all his levels and has to start over. - Vengeance is the Core Theme: Though there are aspects of kingdom subjugation, raising armies, and eventually fighting gods, this is a revenge story. That means that people will die, and Bjorn will shed blood basically everywhere he goes. His driving purpose throughout the story is to kill those who have wronged him and his family, often in brutal ways. - 'Ruling Class' MC: Bjorn is the son of the late, battle-famed King of Denmark: Ragnar Lodbrok. As such, he starts off in a position of power (to some extent), and some of the story is based around politics, alliances, betrayal, and the subjugation of kingdoms.  - Semi-Historical Accuracy and Monsters, Mythos, and Gods: This story (at least in the beginning) is low fantasy. It is set on the eve of The Great Heathen Invasion, which was a real historical event. As such, many of the characters are based on real historical figures and some of the events are based on things that actually happened. I have spent a lot of time trying to add realism to the historical side of the story, including using Old Norse words and insults instead of modern profanity, and trying to be fairly geographically accurate with setting, buildings, weapons, battle tactics, etc. That being said, there are lots of monsters to fight (many of which are from Norse and Saxon mythos), there are gods in this story, and there are 8 other realms to eventually travel to. - No Harem. Release Schedule: M/W/F  Patreon is ten chapters ahead.  Old Norse Glossary is located in the author's notes of the prologue and chapter 1.