Ember Raider

The myth

The Old Norse word víkingr meant someone who went on an expedition by sea. From the late eighth century, Scandinavian bands attacked monasteries and coastal towns; the raid on Lindisfarne in England in 793 is the traditional marker for the start of the Viking Age. Yet the same peoples were also traders, settlers, navigators and poets, reaching from Greenland to Baghdad. The Ember Raider is not a mythological figure: it is a MYTHENOR creation portraying that warrior of the sea who arrived with the tide.

Why it has this power

A level 3 Common with ATK 1150 and DEF 800: quick to strike and weak to hold, like a surprise raid. Fire element, under Sun and Hammer. It is a material for the Rite of Muspell's Flames, alongside the Ember Wyrm and the Living Bellows, to call Surtr.

Did you know

Vikings reached North America around the year 1000, as the ruins at L'Anse aux Meadows in Canada show.

Connections

• In Björn Greenshield's deck
• In Freydís, Warden of Yggdrasil's deck

Where to get it

• Campaign drop: Björn Greenshield (Yggdrasil Fjord) — grade D: 13%
• Daily Offering: 0% per pack (Common 64% per card)
• Welcome Pack: 0.97% per pack (Common 70% per card)
• Traveler's Pack: 0.88% per pack · 5.2% in the themed pack (Common 64% per card)
• Bronze Reliquary: 0.86% per pack · 5.1% in the themed pack (Common 62% per card)
• Silver Reliquary: 0.67% per pack · 4% in the themed pack (Common 49% per card)
• Golden Reliquary: 0.46% per pack · 2.7% in the themed pack (Common 33% per card)
• Daily Showcase: Shows up on about 0.69% of days · 150 gold
• Craft with card dust: 40 dust
• Crossing of Myths: Can be offered as a reward during a crossing (the card stays in the crossing deck).

Sources

1. Viking — Encyclopaedia Britannica