A Day in the Life of an Úlfheðinn

In Spring/Summer.

What follows is a typical day for us during Spring/Summer. Our schedule and activities tend to be different in other seasons. I have posted already about the Arctic/Polar Winter specifically, and I will post an update in the fall, and possibly in winter when not in a polar area. 

These typical days are also when we are at home, not when we are raiding or traveling, which tends to be frequent in the Spring/Summer.

Notes:

In the north, there is a lot of daylight for several months. In Svalbard there is 24/7 daylight between April 19 and August 24, during which time the sun never sets. Between April 5 to September 8, there is at some point some twilight, but it never really gets dark. Even in mainland Norway, especially in the north where we always spend the Summers if not in Svalbard, there isn’t much night, if at all, for several months. 

Væringjar, the tier 1 units of Jómsvíkingar, dedicated to the service and protection of hybrids, mature or not, usually remain on 8-hours shifts, engaging in the same activities as us. When we are indoors, some Væringjar, on rotations, have 2-hour shifts outside guarding the hall, followed by 2-hour inside with us, and 2-hour outside again, followed by 2-hour inside again.

Our typical spring/summer days are more active than in winter, and include around 10 hours of intense physical activity, not including sex (which can be pretty intense as I previously pointed out, and particularly so in spring/summer).

There still is a complex organization around pups being skillfully herded and looked after by specific bros on rotations in various locations, and through different activities, to keep the boys away from other bros in order for them to engage in activities that are not children-friendly, from overly violent activities, to sex. Pups are indeed not exposed to anything sexual, not even talking, until a few days before they reach sexual maturity, and exposure to violence is completely controlled. 

Like in winter, there are men, who are not Úlfhéðnar or Berserkir (think þrælar) who perform the activities we have no interest in and which we deem to be a waste of our time. This includes cleaning, preparing food, laundry, storing and organizing equipment and gear for outings, etc…

An Úlfheðinn, especially oathed, will normally engage in sexual activity resulting in ejaculation an average of 15 times per day in the spring/summer, due to environmental conditions (think heat, especially with exercise), greatly increasing exposure to androsterone, again, consistent with the concept of Óðr.

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We usually wake up earlier than in winter, because we are too hot, and because of the daylight, even though we manage to keep our quarters very dark even when the sun is up. But they still are not as dark as in winter, with the difference being significant particularly for Blendingar as they have better nocturnal vision capabilities. 

Most of us still sleep in a big pile in the common/main room of our quarters (hall) on reindeer hides and wool blankets for padding, with some being spread over the common room, and with several Úlfhéðnar even sleeping outside. We still are naked, even more so in Summer. 

We still like the comfort of each other’s scent and physical contact, especially in Summer. But it is important to note that it is unit specific. Generally, physical contact and scent is sought within the same unit (in our case, together with unit 3), as we don’t like to mix with other units really. Add to this a few Berserkir and Væringjar, as well as a pack of pups. A few guys sleep in individual rooms and cabins.

We typically spend the next two hours having sex (one hour more than in winter), which is the preferred method to awaken and get going as we are nocturnal creatures and tend to not be overly operational in the morning, unless under threat. Wherever we are if no pups are around. If pups are around, we crawl towards our individual rooms, saunas, bathing areas, or outdoors areas, etc… to be away from the boys. Sex outdoors in Summer is very common (there is a reason the TBE/Tick Born Encephalitis vaccine in recommended here). 

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We go wash. Which may involve a sauna as well but it is not systematic. Instead, we tend to spend more time in cold water, as in rivers, nearby lakes, or even the ocean. We still only use basic soap. No deodorant. No shampoo. No lotion, except natural sunscreen we produce here before we go into the sun. We tend to focus on entire body, but with much less emphasis on pits and sometimes crotch as these are the hot spots for androsterone, and a great deal of communications, dominance, and sexual behavior is based on that hormone. We brush our teeth and tongue for about 10 minutes. Usually we have sex again.

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We go out trail running, hiking and climbing with the pups. We cover shorter areas than in Winter, and in June, we focus on identifying and recording sites for cloudberry harvest. But outside of personal on site consumption and what we need for our evening meals, we do not harvest much, which is contracted out to þrælar and some Berserkir). We take frequent breaks to cool down, especially when we come across water, and to have sex, still keeping pups away from it, by organizing watch rotations. We still allocate time to marksmanship, whether with rifles, pistols or bows. 

We usually incorporate some combat, tactical and survival training during each outing. For our benefit, but also that of the Berserkir, and particularly the pups. 

We will also harvest fish and small game for the evening meal, and for the upcoming winter. We normally don’t go into our food reserves in summer.

We also often have a short nap as well, just laying in a meadow, relaxing to the scent and sights of summer.

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The next few hours are spent alternating combat training (including tactical and range), with farm work, but also building things: Bridges, hydro power projects, storage buildings, saunas, cabins, as well as maintaining existing structures and equipment. Pups are typically involved so they can learn. We take at least a couple of breaks for sex still, in rotations so other bros can look after the pups away from the action, while their bros are fucking. We will usually take a short nap as well.

In the spring specifically, this part of the day is also allocated to breeding women for offsprings. It is not a requirement, but breeding, including some abstract quotas indirectly defined by the performance, is seen as a duty and the natural way of things. All males breed for offsprings here. 

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Feeding time remains the most socially active time of the day when it comes to talking (Hybrids indeed normally talk very little, so we don’t talk much either). It is the time in summer to tell stories, including to the pups, of their fathers, their grandfathers, their ancestors, the Sagas, our oral traditions, our legends. It is also a time of education for the pups (and often operators alike).

Food normally still consists of freshly roasted fish (cod or salmon/trout or Arctic char depending on location), and/or game (usually smaller game than in winter, and just harvested), with tons of milk, cheese, and a lot of berries, especially cloudberries in June. We also usually drink some very sweet mead, but always in moderation and never to the point of being intoxicated. Some guys have quick naps in between food intake. 

Oral sex while eating is also common for some guys (once again, separately from pups who are never exposed to anything sexual until they are sexually mature).

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The next 5 hours or so are absolutely wild. A mid-Summer festival combined with Gullsrýtingr Leikar (Gold Dagger Games) training every night. 

It is a mix of drinking (milk actually), grappling, fucking, and demonstrating physical feats in various disciplines we will compete in during the Gold Dagger games. 

Pups are fully part of it all (except the sex, obviously), but will generally fall into a coma a couple of hours into the night, as they need more sleep than adults. This is when the sexual part of the night kicks in. 

Events for the night are started with a Gunnardans (Battle Dance) by hybrids, sometimes involving also regular Úlfhéðnar. There is also a lot of howling and just going crazy. 

The “top breeders”, as is those men who impregnated the most women and fathered the most sons, are celebrated. Girls are not counted, in line with Blendingar’s spermatogenesis of 1:0 (only producing sons) being seen as the reference. “Top breeders” tend to get much more attention from Blendingar. 

Next is the daily formal grappling tournament, introduced with another Gunnardans in each category, often with prizes (some of them ridiculous, many involving something related to Blendingar at one level or another). The tournament involves Blendingar, regular Úlfhéðnar, and Berserkir. As usual, the big winner among Berserkir will spend the night with Blendingar and other unoathed Úlfhéðnar (just more of them than typically in winter), and/or will take part in ritualistic activities. 

We alternate grappling, and thus glíma, with competing in various disciplines for the upcoming Gullsrýtingr Leikar: Running, swimming, climbing, jumping, throwing, and some sort of obstacle course (varies depending on location). 

We also organize fights in formations from time to time, with the strongest males taking the position of böllr (front of a typical phalanx). Hybrids call this “LARPing” because of our use of wooden shields. 

We further track and chase þrælar as well as Berserkir, just for fun and to assert dominance and our superior athletic abilities. In some instances, it can be very involved, serving as well as SERE-type training. 

It is hours of extreme physical exertion, aggression, sweating, exceptional androsterone release, displays of dominance, and ultimate expression of Óðr involving ritualistic sex as well as controlled violence (or not so controlled when enemies are involved).

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We finish the day by washing off blood and over things, with many having sex once again back at the hall or just outside, until we fall asleep. 

We still tend to sleep a minimum of 6 hours non-stop in Summer, getting closer to 8-9 hours when factoring our many naps throughout the day. Most will still be waking up throughout the night to have more sex.