Sir Ragnarr Mösu "Barbarossa"

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Sir Ragnarr Mösu "Barbarossa" Head of House Mösu Position : 54 S.A - Present Predecessor: N/A Successor: N/A Redclyf-Rozania Aesir of Aesirs Position: 78 S.A - Present Predecessor: N/A Successor: N/A Redclyf-Rozania Aesir of War Position: 80 S.A (Temporary) - Present Predecessor: N/A Successor: N/A Personal Born: 28 S.A, Winter Death: Alive Burial: N/A Spouse: Lady Dahlia Sigvardsson Mösu House: House Mösu Father: Sigurðr Mösu Mother: Estrid Mösu Children: Freyja Mösu, Björn Mösu, Kol Mösu, Lord Uhtred Mösu Religion: Red Faith Signature:

Ragnarr Mösu, also known as Sir Ragnarr & Ragnarr Sigurðrsson alongside Barbarossa because of his firery red hair and facial hair, was among the 4 sons and the only surviving one of his father, Sigurðr Mösu. Ragnar is widely known the first Head of House Mösu and the official founder of the House, even though it had existed before him as a commoner dynasty for centuries, for he was the one that lifted it up from humble beginnings to a noble house that later ruled over the Duchy of Redclyf-Rozania. He was also the holder of several other titles such as the Aesir of Aesirs and the Aesir of War (although the title of Aesir of War being temporarily held by him until a suitable candidate could be found) within the Duchy of Redclyf-Rozania thus making him the first person in the so far short yet ongoing history of the duchy to hold two offices at the same time. He was furthermore knighted in the Kingdom of Norland when King Ragnvald Eiriksson Ruric reigned over the lands of the north, thus making him a Knight of Norland but after Ragnarr and the Mösu's departure from Norland due to disputes with the local government and unfair treatment, he considered and called himself a Knight-Errant, A Knight with no liege.

Childhood

Ragnarr was born in a cold winter of the year 28 S.A. He was a special child in their family as he was the only one that had red hair, red as the flame which gives us light in the dark. Some in the family saw it as a blessing and others as a curse from the Allfather. No matter how you saw it, he was picked on by the kids in their vilage. He spent many nights crying in the arms of his mother, Estrid Mösu, because of this but she always told him that some day they would respect and even fear him and even serve him. This was the seed that lead to becoming an ambitious and seeking or rather trying to gain the respect from others. As he grew older, to around the age of 12, he stumbled upon a man who seemed to be more of a poet then a figher. But never judge a book by its cover. The man could fight really well. Young Ragnarr was impressed by the man asked him to teach him how to be as witty and poetic as him while also teaching him his martial prowess. The man refused at first but when he saw how Ragnarr was being bullied he changed his mind. From that moment on Ragnarr's life would change. He would no longer be a weak and pathetic little boy who was bullied but something greater. Ragnarr and the man trained at every oppertunity they got.

During these times Ragnarr helped his father on their farm whenever he could, learning much from his father in terms of farming and alot of other subjects, some of them also being tought to him by the man that decided to help him aswell, alongside being told countless stories from the lives his old man had lived and what it meant to be a man. Ragnarr and his father had a deep bond which could not be destroyed, Sigurðr even put the little Ragnarr in charge of protecting the farm while the overall wellbeing and economics of it was put in the soft and loyal hands of his mother, Estrid Mösu, while he was levied into the Norlandic Army to fight in their wars.

It was around the time that Ragnarr was 16 that he first fell in love. He remembers it as clear as day and even wrote it into his journal.

"It was summer and I was out fetching things for (my) mother in the market when suddenly I heard someone humming a song. The person who was humming and singing bits of it had the voice of an angel. I looked around to spot a young lass by the name of Adela. Her beauty was beyond compare and my heart started beating faster. It was as if she had put an enchantment on me, a spell. What felt like an hour was soon over faster then (I) expected it to be when she dissapeared behind a building."

Ragnarr from that day onward would try and capture her heart, gain her affection. Although he would never succede since she soon left the village to become a priestess. This little pursuit for love was a break from the mundane day which he experienced everyday. When she had left he dived into a more hedonistic life style, feeling more or less heartbroken by the fact that he would most likely never see her again. He became the regular at a local tavern, Drinking, feasting and doing some more suspicious activities with the ladies.

Early Adulthood

When Ragnarr finally reached adulthood, he finished learning all that the man who decided to tutor, whose name was Manfred, him in poetry and martial arts. Feeling that he was trapped by the village that he lived in, he wanted to get away from all the things he had already done a thousand, a million, a billion times and seek out his own adventures that he could tell his children like Ragnarr's father, Sigurðr, had told him. He started packing his bags and left the village, only having a old sword his father had brought back from his times as a levy by his side and would never to be heard from again. All he did was leave a small note to his family, saying that he was leaving to seek out his own adventures. He for many years lived a nomadic lifestyle. Hunting to get food and sleeping next to a campfire. Only on winters did he sleep in taverns so that he would not freeze to death. He travelled around the world and went to many of the great sites in the world, often fighting as a mercenary to make a living and so that he would survive from day to day. While being a mercenary which one could hire to basiclly do anything aslong as it provided Ragnarr with money and was within what he was willing to do. He ended up doing smaller tasks such as returning escaped animals and or fighting in the retinue of some lord who needed more soldiers. These fights and battles is where he gained most of his scars, the most notable one being the one that has made his eye blind.

Extracts From his Journal At The Time:

"So something rather strange happened today on the 2nd of... something, in the year 48 S.A. I had come to a stop at some small religious estate in the warm and temperate region that is south of the cold and icy Norland and north of the mountains where the dwarves live. I soon found myself speaking to the religious leader and owner of the estate and they had a rather odd problem. One of the chickens that belonged to one of the farmers in the area had escaped and was causing trouble. It was assaulting children and breaking into the granaries where the grain from the harvests are kept. They had sealed the place over and over again yet it always found a way to get in. So I was tasked with capturing and returning said chicken and I was dumb enough to believe that would be easy! When I found the chicken, it led me through the entire estate while running away from me as I tried to capture it and I swear to the Allfather that the workers and people who lived on the estate must've thought I was mad. Eventually I managed to get it into a corner and stuffed it into a bag before returning to the owner with chicken in hand so I could get my payment. Never again will I do such a thing..."

"Today I was hired by some small and irrelevant manor lord in the southern continent to fight alongside him and his retinue against some bandits who have been harassing his subjects. They apparently extort and rob them and if they refuse then they mutilate them. Cutting up their bodies, breaking and twisting bones to create disfigured "art" as one captured bandit calls it. We'll soon be heading out to fight them and kill the scum... Also this warmth here in the south is driving me crazy at times. I feel like I will die of a heat stroke whenever there are no clouds in the sky. I am starting to miss the cold of Norland. Maybe I should return there one day and settle down..."

It is only when he turned 24 that he started seeking for a chance to settle down and thus he decided on returning home to Norland, where he was born.

Returning to & While In Norland (54 S.A - 77 S.A)

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Departure From Norland (77 S.A)

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Settling in The Duchy of Redclyf-Rozania

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Wars

• Orcish-Elysian War | 72 S.A. - Present
  • 6th of the Sun's Smile, 76 S.A. - () Siege of Elysium - Victory

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Skirmishes

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Issue

Name	Birth	Death	Marriage	Notes
Freyja Mösu	76 S.A	Alive	Unmarried	First daughter & biological child of Sir Ragnarr Mösu "Barbarossa" & Lady Dahlia Sigvardsson Mösu, Born in the Volcanic Wastelands, Dynast
Björn Mösu	77 S.A	Alive	Unmarried	First Biological son of Sir Ragnarr Mösu "Barbarossa" & Lady Dahlia Sigvardsson Mösu, Born under a Lemon tree in the Norlandic Tundra, Dynast
Kol Mösu	78 S.A	Alive	Unmarried	Second Biological son of Sir Ragnarr Mösu "Barbarossa" & Lady Dahlia Sigvardsson Mösu, Born in Ando Alur's Wastelands, Dynast
Lord Uhtred Mösu	57 S.A	Alive	Unmarried	First adopted son of Sir Ragnarr Mösu "Barbarossa", Arseling