The Viking Age Persona Test

All possible test results

Slave

FOLLOWER - IMPIOUS - PEACEFUL - UNEDUCATED Hey, congratulations, you're a slave! Slaves in Scandinavia around this time period were generally prisoners of war taken on viking raids from villages or m... Read more

Tradesman

FOLLOWER - IMPIOUS - PEACEFUL - EDUCATED You're the tradesman. Much like any society, there are people who were intrinsic to general life, but who aren't particularly noticeable otherwise. These are ... Read more

Jomviking

FOLLOWER - IMPIOUS - VIOLENT - UNEDUCATED The Jomsvikings were an elite army of Viking mercenaries whose base was called Jomsborg, located on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea. They were a well-di... Read more

Viking

FOLLOWER - IMPIOUS - VIOLENT - EDUCATED Your life is dedicated to raiding and fighting, and since you've survived this long, you've become quite a savvy fighter. Norse fleets and armies and raiding p... Read more

Peasant

FOLLOWER - SPIRITUAL - PEACEFUL - UNEDUCATED Hey, every society needs boring farmers who tend to the crops while the big boys are out fighting Saxons, right? You're a peasant, but there's nothing wro... Read more

Skald

FOLLOWER - SPIRITUAL - PEACEFUL - EDUCATED Skalds are the Norse equivalent to bards, or possibly minstrels. They are the ones responsible for over half of what we now know about Scandinavian culture,... Read more

Berserker

FOLLOWER - SPIRITUAL - VIOLENT - UNEDUCATED Berserkers (or Berserks) were Norse warriors who wore coats of wolf or bear skin and who were commonly understood to have fought in an uncontrollable rage ... Read more

Freeman

FOLLOWER - SPIRITUAL - VIOLENT - EDUCATED You're a freeman: the average joe of Scandinavia. Most people nowadays in the West are a variant of freemen. Freemen were allowed to vote, to carry weapons, ... Read more

Jarl

LEADER - IMPIOUS - PEACEFUL - UNEDUCATED You're a jarl. Jarls were basically earls or lords who owned a plot of land and a homestead complete with slaves, peasants, freemen and tradesmen, almost like... Read more

Merchant

LEADER - IMPIOUS - PEACEFUL - EDUCATED Besides fighters and explorers, the Norse were also very famous for being shrewd merchants. While no official curreny dominated trade in Northern Europe, tradin... Read more

Warlord

LEADER - IMPIOUS - VIOLENT - UNEDUCATED Kingship was a fluctuating thing in Scandinavia, especially when the old king died and left behind several teenaged sons. The eldest son would usually take the... Read more

King

LEADER - IMPIOUS - VIOLENT - EDUCATED Hail to the king (or queen, I suppose)! You rule in splendour over whatever country you're from, and have hordes of ferocious viking warriors to command, skalds ... Read more

Navigator

LEADER - SPIRITUAL - PEACEFUL - UNEDUCATED You are a navigator. It seems perhaps like a rather random profession out of many from the Viking Age to be a choice here, but navigators on longboats were ... Read more

Gothi

LEADER - SPIRITUAL - PEACEFUL - EDUCATED Gothar were the priesthood of heathen Scandinavia. You are the spiritual backbone of your society. Only you can intrepret the gods' will for your jarl. You ar... Read more

Explorer

LEADER - SPIRITUAL - VIOLENT - UNEDUCATED Possibly the most famous Norseman of all is Eirik the Red, who discovered Greenland. He was exiled from Norway for killing a man, so he decided to sail west ... Read more

Lawspeaker

LEADER - SPIRITUAL - VIOLENT - EDUCATED Judge, jury and executioner; you are the lawspeaker. You know the ancient lore of your people back and forward, and you can remember every charted detail of yo... Read more