Gjöll, the Vane-Bearer, brings the power of Thor from his Jarl's
dragonship, his skei, into battle; an honour that is not lost upon his
crew nor upon the wretched victims of the Thurs, what the enemies of the
Norse call Trolls. Himself a mighty warrior, already spoken of in the
tales of Lindisfarena and of Ilkolmkill, Gjöll is known from the lands
of the painted to the soft southern coasts as a murderer of woman and
child and beast, a terrible creature of what once was legend filled with
a fury that is terrible to behold - but which Vörtun's skalds record
for their sagas reverently. Gjöll cares nothing for sagas, for poetry or
verse, only the lust found in the kill and the favour of his Jarl, but
mostly for the honour of bearing the lightning of Thor himself into
battle; for the god of thunder and lightning and strength sees the
Jötnar of Jötunheimr and especially the Thurs, who bear his name, as his
children, and Gjöll knows that the favour of the gods - in these times
of war and darkness - are everything.
Gjöll is a complex,
multi-part resin miniature that is supplied unassembled and unpainted.
It will require trimming and cleaning before assembly, priming and
painting.