History Webcomic / VapnthjofrSaga

* SeldomSeenSpecies: Shirin is a pine marten, and the weapon thief is not only a Jotun but an aurochs, the very rarely seen ancestor of domestic cattle (extinct since 1627).
** Among the minor/background characters, we see wolverines,capercallies, ospreys, lammergaiers, watershrews, mergansers, siberian jays, merlins, etc.
** A bonus comic featured some seldom-seen marine species like thick-billed murre, oarfish, ratfish, hatchet fish and lumpfish.

* FurryReminder: Ailu the snowy owl eats a flatbread burrito by swallowing it whole in the same manner that an owl would swallow a lemming or a mouse. An adder mentions shedding skins, the pine martens live in a treehouse and the animals run on all fours sometimes.

* OhMyGods: Used sometimes. The characters sometimes alsp use norse mythology-fied expressions, such as "Freyr's tusks" "Thor's name" etc.

* SeldomSeenSpecies: Water shrews, lammergeiers, mergansers, and capercaillies have shown up. One main character is a pine marten. And the weapon thief is not only a Jotun but an aurochs, the very rarely seen ancestor of domestic cattle (extinct since 1627).
** A bonus comic featured some seldom-seen marine species like thick-billed murre, oarfish, ratfish, hatchet fish, etc.

* BigOlEyebrows: Unni the arctic fox. Brows as thick as the eyes!

* CurbStompBattle: The weapon thief seemingly [[spoiler:curb-stomped an entire fortress off-screen.]]

* DrowningMySorrows: Unni talks with a drunk monk at an inn, whos' drinking ale and complaining about his predicament of being forced into monastery life and later forced to go up north to try and convert vikings with an annoying partner.

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The four leads: Hillevi is Phlegmatic, Unni is Sanguine, Herja is Choleric and Shirin is Melancholic.

* WouldHitAGirl: The roe deer chieftain Leif. In his drunken, enraged state, he hits both Ailu & Shirin (The former a child, the latter a woman, and both species significantly smaller than him) and he also smacks Unni around until finally [[spoiler: Threatening to kill her.]]

Vápnthjófr saga is a HistoricalFantasy comic set in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals, that started in january 2020.

* AllCrimesAreEqual: To some of the nobility, insults are treated as a crime as serious as manslaughter. In viking society, this would've been the case in real life, as the viking society was very honour-based and insulting someone was therefore a serious offense.

* AllThereInTheManual: The author's notes gives a lot of additional historical facts.

* AnimalFacialHair: A subtle example- Some male characters has shaggier, longer fur on their jaws and chins, to suggest beards.
* AnimalsNotToScale: Very much averted. All the funny animals have sizes roughly corresponding to their real life differences. For instance Unni (arctic fox) and Shirin (pine marten) are roughly the size of Hillevi's (bear) cubs. The weapon thief is an exception, for [[OurGiantsAreBigger obvious reasons]].

* CatsAreMagic: Freya, the goddess of magic, fertility and death, is an european lynx.

* ForgottenFriendNewFoe: Herja and [[spoiler:the weapon thief were apperantly friends in the past, abut various dark events in their pasts drove them apart and now Herja is out for the weapon thief's blood.]]

* HistoricalFantasy: The webcomic takes place in the Viking age, and has themes of Norse myths.
* IHaveAFamily: Hillevi tries to argue this when she's [[spoiler:about to be forceably drafted. The soldier doesn't care.]]

* LowFantasy: Apart from the funny animals, there's not much supernatural of magical events happening.

* NoCartoonFish: Averted by some official artwork, depicting the underwater societies of the comic's universe. Fish are stated to be just as sapient as terrestrial animals, they just go unclothed sincem fabric would just weigh them down in the water.

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: A retired warrior blacksmith, a traveling musician, a booksmart runecarver and a scarred ex-prisoner on a vengeance quest.

** Hillevi sees the whole war between Aesir and Vanir worshipers as a ridiculous CycleOfRevenge that needs to stop, and gets in trouble for refusing to participate.

* SceneryPorn: The comic frequently indulges in splash panels of Jämtland's scenery, with mountains, rivers, lakes and forests.

* SeldomSeenSpecies: Water shrews, lammergeiers, mergansers and capercallies has shown up. One main character is a pine marten. And the weapon thief is not only a Jotun but an aurochs, the very rarely seen ancestor of domestic cattle (extinct since 1627).
* SilentSceneryPanel: Used often, to show off places such as fortresses, islands, docks, towns etc. and the characters homes.

* VegetarianCarnivore: Several main characters are carnivores, but all we see them eat is vegetables, bread and mushrooms.

* WhamShot: Noteble examples are[[spoiler: the weapon thief breaking through the walls of the prison fortress]] and [[spoiler: Hillevi killing the chieftain who just pulled a knife on Unni,]] both illustrated with full-page splash panels. There's also the splash panel where [[spoiler: Herja charges at Hillevi, Unni & Shirin after they followed a blood trail leading them to her.]]

* ItsPersonal: Herja doesn't just go after the weapon thief to settle a war or to save her own life- She has a personal beef with her. See VengeanceDenied.

* AllCrimesAreEqual / DeliberateValuesDissonance: To some of the nobility, insults are treated as a crime as serious as manslaughter. In viking society, this would've been the case in real life, as the viking society was very honour-based and insulting someone was therefore a serious offense.

* WouldHitAGirl / WouldHurtAChild: The roe deer chieftain Leif. In his drunken, enraged state, he hits both Ailu & Shirin (The former a child, the latter a woman, and both species significantly smaller than him) and he also smacks Unni around until finally [[spoiler: Threatening to kill her.]]

* SceneryPorn: The comic frequently indulges in splash panels of Jämtland\'s scenery, with mountains, rivers, lakes and forests.

* FourTempramentEnsemble: The four leads: Hillevi is Phlegmatic, Unni is Sanguine, Herja is Choleric and Shirin is Melancholic.

* SceneryPorn: The comic frequently indulges in splash panels of Jämtland\'s scenery, with mountains, rivers, lakes and forests.