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   /     I'm struggling to figure out who exactly got injured in this scenario 

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            ragnar walked over  ,  slower than he usually would.  he had come here straight from battle.  he was tired  —  he hadn't even been thinking when he found himself here.  "I wanted to see you." 

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            "I was unaware you were so fond of my crown."  he voiced with a huff.  "what made you think of this?"

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            "I would have no need to if you weren't so keen on hiding things from me."

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     `` i hardly know when it comes to you and how you're feeling . `` he mused , leaning back against the other man a bit  . he really did enjoy moments like this , made everything feel like it was on pause just for a while . 

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            ragnar let out a hum of acknowledgement  ,  arms gently wrapping around the others waist from behind.  he placed a chaste kiss to the eryndor's neck  ,  his grip around the other king tightening as he did.  "and what is it that you believe I might try?"  he questioned in a low voice.

 |  while he's without   true   powers  ,  he's been given   '  boosts  '   by the queen.  he's her warrior  —  she can't allow him to die   /   too easily   /.  he's hard to kill  ,  in the sense that his soul is tightly bound to his body.  his heart could stop beating and he could still be moving.  he himself can't heal  ,  but she can heal him.  his skin is hard to cut and his bloodlust increases as he fights.  were the queen to die  ,  he would only retain the physical attributes.  ( strength  ,  speed  ,  endurance )
            
                  |  he's naturally strong himself though  –  even without her increasing it.  with his own strength he could take on hundreds  ,  with hers its thousands.  this isn't a limitless technique.  he will eventually grow tired.
            
                      ( this is unknown.  he  CANT  grow tired. )
                               ( he can't lose another child. )

 |  he has three children in total  ,  two are alive.  he doesn't speak of them much  —  pretends to not care about them.  she makes him get rid of the things he cares about.
            
             |  he's a terrible person  —  an absolute red flag but like  ..  by necessity.  if that makes sense.
            
             |  prefers close combat  ,  but is skilled in long range too.
            
             |  he's genuinely going insane.  his actions will display that.
            
             |  the only morals he has left revolve around children.  he won't harm them or allow them to fight in wars.  it's a hard rule he's set.  he argues that the population will decline if they allow their younger generations to fall while fighting at war.
            
             |  will insult you in every possible way he can.
            
             |  stab first think later type of guy
            
             |  he's a terrible person  ..  but he's also a vegetarian ..  ( meat is scarce in fimbulvetr. he'd prefer other people to be able to eat it. )

RAGNAR  does not have his own free will.  this makes him angry  —  makes him violent  ,  makes him hate the world.  he's powerful  ,  has trained his whole life to be strong enough to take on hundreds  —  but despite this  ,  one word from the queen could have him kneeling.  she holds the power to command him  —  a power granted by his ancestors foolish mistakes.
            
            (  he won't admit it  ,  but the queen terrifies him.  being near her makes him tremble  —  something he won't show unless they're alone  ,  and even then he does his best to hide it.  she enjoys it.  she could make him do anything  —  she   /  has  /   made him do so much.  has made him kill mercilessly  ,  dig the two scars down his own face  —  she made him kill one of his children as punishment for losing a war.  he hates her  —  he hates his more for not being able to stop her.  )
            
            in order to retaliate  ,  he became cruel before she could order him to.  threw away his morals sooner than she could tell him to.  she doesn't tell him to conquer lands anymore  —  he does it on his own.  having his own will taken away from his is infuriating  ,  so he took it back.  if she wants the world  ,  then he'll take it on his own terms.