A medium close-up of a Viking king rising from slick, dark mud, wearing a tarnished bronze helmet adorned with large, sweeping wings. His war armor is studded with menacing skull motifs, while dark war paint streaks across his face. His scruffy blonde beard is flecked with mud, and his face bears a deep, prominent scar, highlighting his fierce, angry expression. In his hand is a weathered Viking axe. The scene is enveloped in cinematic, moody lighting with shafts of volumetric light piercing through the mist, the mud glistening wetly in the subdued atmosphere.