Styrbjorn's ascension saw his clan grow in power and influence, his daring leadership and peerless battle skill bringing victory on countless raids staged against the traditional foes of the tribe -- the other Norse warrior-clans, the brutal Kurgan horse-tribes, the Hung nomads, and the 'civilized' realms of the far south. Clad in his blackened Chaos Armour, festooned with spikes and symbols of Khorne, and holding aloft the mighty flaming axes of the Skaelings, he was an unstoppable force on the battlefield. His lifespan had been greatly increased far beyond the constraints of mortality by the blessings of the gods, and thus had he ruled and waged war in the North for centuries.