Try Norse ale sometime. You'll never try anything else. [That's something else they have in common: Ivar's been drinking since he was a pre-teen. His constitution for alcohol is pretty high by now. He nods at Klaus' mention of family.]

You don't need to tell me. Just wait till you read the chronicle of my family I'm writing for the library. It is a very dramatic tale.

[He's been working on it for quite some time, but he's still a ways off from finishing it. He hasn't told anyone else about it just in case he gets frustrated and abandons it halfway through.]

Sure, he might seem that way. Wise and compassionate. It is one side to him, a god of exploration. But there's another name we called him back home: The Furious One, for he is also a god of war.