Artbreeder has a tendency to go overboard when I try to make people wear hats. Sometimes they get horns. When I succeeded in removing his horns, he lost his cool beard, too. Sigh. Still a good expression though. Some hats look like something from the catwalks of Paris or Copenhagen. (And he wasn’t even supposed …
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How to name your Old Norse character
Take into account the period your character lives in Naming practices have changed over the ages. For example, most Scandinavian countries have introduced surnames at some point, but Viking Age people only used what they called “kenningarnafn”, which is a patronym, matronym, sometimes a byname, and/or, very rarely, a place name to denominate one specific …
Frequently Asked Questions
The following questions will be answered in this article, and below them you will find more topics I have written separate articles on. What is Bjartey? What do you mean by “fictional vikings”? What do you mean by “vikings”? What are these characters based on? So, are there dragons? What about orcs, hobbits and fairies? …