With swords drawn and ready

the band of rogue warriors realized the Vikings had beaten them to it.

They Stood Tall As Palm Trees

"with blond hair and ruddy skin. They are tattooed from "fingernails to neck" with dark blue or dark green "tree patterns" and other "figures" and that all men are armed with an axe and a long knife."(source)

For those of us with a lingering Viking's savagery left in our refined DNA.