Elsa the Fury

Elsa the Fury is a warrior and ship's captain of The Lazy Kraken. Since her marriage to Osric she has not often been present in Sigehold.

Origin
Born in Gildenheim to a minor but affluent family, Elsa grew up as the youngest child, with two sisters and one brother. Their parents operated a successful business in tailoring and fabric trading, successful enough to give their children a comfortable life free from hunger and lack.

Between a troublesome brother known as 'Nosebiter' and capable eldest sister who was their parents pride and joy, Elsa and her older sister Ingrid received the least of their parents attention and consequently enjoyed the most freedom. They devoted that freedom to little more than idle pastimes, expecting that when Elva, the eldest, eventually inherited the family business she would continue to keep them in the manner to which they were accustomed. That or that they would make good marriages among the merchants or warriors of Gildenheim.

Elsa was 16 years old when Gildenheim fell to the Thule in 373YE. The family was separated in the attack on Gildenheim, and Elsa was among those who escaped and fled for the southern coast. Using her quick tongue and an amount of gold she had sewn into her clothes she acquired a ship that was in great need of repair. Not only did she succeed in persuading Brass Coast traders to repair it at extremely favourable terms she also used her persuasive side to acquire a crew including the then 20 year old Liissa Sigeing.

Elsa, as Captain of her ship harried barbarian traders and acquired a reputation as something of a pirate.

It would be almost several years before she would eventually be taken back to Skarsind by her insistent sister Elva to the confusion of her crew.

Sigehold
Sigehold was only just formed when Elsa was dragged there by Elva and she discovered there her rescued sister Ingrid together with the three brothers, Laughing Wulfric, Jussi and Osric, all fighting under the command of Striking Ardith. She quickly took to fighting with the rest of the group, despite her older sister's concerns about her abilities.

Time at Anvil
On one of her earliest visits to Anvil she discovered that she had been followed by her best friend Liissa and she found her brother Aelfric looking for his family in the street.

She happily celebrated her sister Elva's marriage to Laughing Wulfric.

Less happily she mourned with Liissa and Osric the deaths of those who perished in 379 when Sigehold lost many of it's members including her sister and brother-in-law, Elva and Laughing Wulfric.

After a date she entirely discounted she asked Liissa to be her maid of honour at her wedding to Osric. Part of her hen do involved her getting free drinks at one of Liissa's strip performances in The Green Shield tavern. Later she was unhappy to discover her best friend used Cast Off The Chains Of Memory to completely forget her and she refused to have anything to do with her.