Author’s Notes: Vinland Saga is a monthly manga series by Yukimura Makoto and has forty-one chapters translated as of late May 2008. The main character is Thorfinn, a young Viking bent on seeking revenge for his fallen father by defeating a man named Askeladd and the only way to do this is by traveling with him. The story takes place during the Danish invasion of England led by Sweyn in the late tenth and early eleventh century, before William the Conqueror in 1066. This fan fiction is a character interpretation of Chapter 17: “England, 1008 , the point in which I believe to be pivotal in understanding the character of Thorfinn. If you are particularly uneasy about the thought of small children slicing and dicing things other than vegetables, then please turn back, as that is the central theme of this series.

Bonus points go to whoever can figure out where the point to this thing is.

Disclaimer: I do not own Vinland Saga or Sir Elton John’s music. Live with it.