Close-up of a Viking King rising from thick, glistening black mud, wearing a dark metal helmet adorned with two menacing, shadowy horns. His face is marked with intricate, dark warpaint and a deep scar running across a determined visage framed by a wild, scruffy black beard. His eyes burn with fury as he grips a formidable Viking axe, the blade partially submerged in the viscous mud. The scene is enveloped in cinematic lighting, with dramatic volumetric rays cutting through the moody atmosphere, highlighting the wet sheen of the dripping mud.