Tusk seems indeed to be a Viking. His tattoos have writings that, after a basic research can lead us to the viking alphabet/runes.
It’s not fully readable but it says:
“In strenght there is …”
Probably the full sentence will reveal something important about him.
Maybe he was just following the #notamummy and #notabroccoli jokes from past releases. I wouldn’t read much into it.
The funny thing is…wouldn’t it be ironical if Tusk was just a mashup of Norse cultures and stereotypes after discarding the original Thunder’s designs for being too controversial?
Utilizing themes and aesthetics as opposed to the characters being literally "X"person/thing allows for more narrative flexibility and keeps the lore from getting to Cray cray.
Also, IMO he is totally a modern guy, not frozen viking or anything like that.
Yes, the tatoo has viking runes, but they are used to make raw english. If he is from another time, the runes whould form words in another lenguage.
I can type “δαιβω ις κooλ”, but thats not greek, its english using the greek alphabet.
Tough modern guy that for some reason got to a hard to survive boreal landscape and found an old viking ship. Gonna bet he is proud of his ancestors lineage and was searching them, taking the sword as heritage
Hey @rukizzel, do you think we are getting a better shot on that tattoo once Tusk’s trailer is out? I’d really love to know what it says. Are we in the right direction? lol
Tusk is clearly Scandinavian, I wouldnt technically call him a full fledged Viking, but perhaps hes descended from ancient vikings and the warriors of old, and uses survival techniques the Vikings used to survive in the wild, so hes LIKE a viking, just not a REAL viking…but if he gets a skin where his hair is black and has a classic horned viking helmet accessory, then its confirmed, Tusk is Olaf >.>