Hordaland (ホルザランド Horuzarando?), real name unknown, is a young woman from Hordaland, Norway. She was a family member of a lord in that region but due to the family losing a war, they were ruined and she was sold as a slave.
Appearance[]
Hordaland is a beautiful young girl with long light blond hair and light blue eyes. She wears cyan-coloured overalls over a white and gold-coloured trim outfit and brown shoes.
Personality[]
Hordaland is very kind, despite her rough treatment as a slave. Although Gorm beats her, she still finds the idea of killing him awful.
History[]
War Arc[]
Hordaland can first be seen standing next to Gorm in his workplace, while he talks to Askeladd. Gorm tells Hordaland to bring out some expensive wine as a celebration for Askeladd and his men. When she simply looks at the ground without reacting, an annoyed Gormrepeats himself, which snaps Hordaland out of her inattentiveness. She walks out of the room to complete the task. Askeladd is confused by her name, recognizing it as the name of a region in Norway. Gorm states that she was the daughter of a feudal lord in the Hordaland region, but that after her family lost in a conflict, the noble family fell apart, causing their daughter to be sold into slavery. Gorm claims that she was expensive and that she is too slow at her work, making him believe that rich girls are useless and have too much pride. Askeladd responds that the girl’s uselessness isn’t her fault and that Gorm is just bad at making good use of her.
Later in the evening, Hordaland is tasked with giving out food during the celebration, but she accidentally drops some of the food on the floor. Gorm sees this and begins to angrily beat her with a whip while furiously mocking her for her ineptness. Hordaland doesn’t struggle, sitting on the ground and taking the punishment. Askeladd finds the situation ironic, as Gorm taunts the girl for being a slave while he himself is essentially a slave to money, which is the sole reason he was able to acquire Hordaland in the first place.
Gorm tasks Hordaland with bringing out a basket of food to Thorfinn, who is outside on one of the Viking ships. Hordaland approaches him as he sleeps and puts her hand on his shoulder, causing Thorfinn to immediately wake up and instinctively put a knife to her throat. She falls down and drops the food, but Thorfinn quickly calms down as he notices that it’s just a girl. While Thorfinn eats the food, she asks him if he is also a slave, given the fact that he stays outside. Thorfinn rebuffs this, declaring himself to be a warrior and stating that he stayed outside of his own will. Hordaland claims that she and Thorfinn are somewhat alike, but an irritated Thofinn asserts that he could never sympathize with the plight of a slave. Thorfinn claims that if he were in her shoes, he would kill Gorm and everyone else who would come after him. Hordaland replies that she could never kill anyone, and Thofinn harshly tells her that it is why she will remain a slave for the rest of her life. Hordaland tells him that even if she were to run away, any place would be the same, filled to the brim with violence, war, slavery, and suffering. Thorfinn, repeating what Thors had told the dying slave in his childhood, tells her that across a sea, a fertile, warm place called Vinland exists, a place where there are neither slaves nor war, and that no one would find her there. suddenly breaks out of his cold demeanour, telling Horda that;' Hordaland asks Thorfinn if the place he is talking about truly exists, but he solemnly stares towards the snowy sky and does not respond.