Nordheim

Real-world touchstone: Norse/Germanic clan cultures — sworn oaths, cold country, fierce independence.

Nordheim lies in cold mountains and rugged tundra, home to fair or red-haired, pale-skinned clanfolk who answer to no crown but their own. Nord society is built on the clan: tight-knit, fiercely loyal, and bound together by oaths sworn over blades and sacred trees said to house a watching (if silent) god. Nords have a reputation for stubborn independence and don't much care whether outsiders find that admirable or exhausting.

Within Alberetor, this same flavor of clan-and-oath culture is at home among the northern barbarian tribes — a legionnaire raised among them carries that same weight of blood oaths and hard-won loyalty, whether they hail from the frozen north beyond any map or from a clan much closer to home.

Naming a Nord Character

Nords use a given name followed by a patronymic or matronymic (father's or mother's name plus a suffix), and often pick up a earned moniker later in life. Roll or pick a given name and a parent's name to build the patronymic/matronymic — add a moniker as the story warrants.

#	Given Name	Parent's Name (for patronymic/matronymic)
1	Vikei	Boryev
2	Kariya	Eley
3	Thoren	Gundar
4	Eyrsa	Halvad
5	Brynolf	Ostrid
6	Ravenna	Skarnag
7	Ulmark	Tordis
8	Solveg	Fenrik
9	Halmund	Vestra
10	Ingrit	Draumar
11	Kelgrim	Ostenna
12	Aslinn	Roggvar

Example: Vikei, child of Borye, becomes "Vikei Boryevich" (son) or "Vikei Boryevna" (daughter). A moniker like "One-Eye" or "Fire-Hair" may be added once earned.