Viking leader rising from the depths of slick ebony mud, a fierce presence captured in his enraged eyes. His imposing, dark metallic helmet adorned with formidable black horns. Weathered warpaint streaks across his face, accentuating a rugged, scruffy black beard and a prominent scar, testimony to battles past. Clenching a massive Viking axe, the essence of power and defiance. The atmosphere is thick with cinematic lighting, casting volumetric rays that pierce through the moody ambiance, the wetness collecting in rivulets that trace his form, dripping from the mud that clings to him.