Vinland Saga/Characters

Thorfinn Karlsefni

• Anti-Hero: Type V
• Badass
• Beard of Sorrow
• Celibate Hero
• Character Development
• Cheerful Child
• Deadpan Snarker
• Dramatically Missing the Point: about Thors' teachings that is,up until the Farmland arc
• The Determinator: In regards to his revenge.
• Jerkass
  • Jerkass Facade
• Made a Slave
• No Social Skills
• The Only One Allowed to Defeat You
• Perpetual Frowner
• Screaming Warrior
• Slasher Smile: When not stoic or frowning.
• Sociopathic Hero
• The Stoic: So much even when watching Askeladd and his men killing an entire village including women and newborn babies , he still don't care.
• Used to Be a Sweet Kid.
• Weak but Skilled
• You Killed My Father

Askeladd Lucius Artorius Castius

• Affably Evil
• Badass
• Bastard Bastard
• Combat Pragmatist
• Cool Old Guy
• Deadpan Snarker
• Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
• Genius Bruiser
• Heroic Sacrifice
• Magnificent Bastard
• Manipulative Bastard
• Rags to Riches
• The Social Expert
• Son of a Whore
• Trickster Mentor
• Villain Protagonist: : Thorfinn is nominally the main character, but so much of the story is spent following Askeladd that he pretty much qualifies as one.
• The Unfettered

Thorkell

An extremely tall and mighty warrior in the employ of King Sveyn. He later ends up in Askeladd's band, and finally, Canute's faction.

• Anti-Hero: Type V
• Ax Crazy
• Badass
• Blood Knight: Upon realizing that the Vikings would steamroll through England, he decides that sort of war is no fun, and so switches to the losing side.
• Cool Old Guy
• Crazy Awesome: If you would just look below, you will find that Thorkell punches a charging horse and sends it and its rider flying backwards.
• Good Old Fisticuffs: He punches a horse, amongst other things.
• Hero Antagonist
• Heroic Comedic Sociopath
• Older Than They Look
• Telephone Polearm
• Victory Is Boring

Askeladd's band

• Psycho for Hire

Prince Canute

• Drunk with Power
• Dude Looks Like a Lady
• Fan Nickname: Moenute, GARNute and lately, Jerknute.
• Good Scars, Evil Scars
  • Scars Are Forever
• Hime Cut
• Lonely at the Top: The power of the crown has that effect.
• Long-Haired Pretty Boy
• Rage Against the Heavens
• Saved by Canon: Being a historic character and all.
• Shrinking Violet
• Took a Level in Badass
• Took a Level in Jerkass
• Tsundere: Acts like one once Thorfinn got him to speak. Right down to the flustered blushing.
• The Unfettered

Einar

A new character after the timeskip, he is a fellow slave of Thorfinn.

• And Now for Someone Completely Different: Post-timeskip, Thorfinn's role was subdued for a few chapters.

Carrock

A slave from a nearby farm who decided to kill his master, his master's whole family, and burn down the house. He is now running into the territory that Thorfinn and Einar work.