Ragnar listened to the man, and he couldn't help but feel this man's presence and charisma. Ragnar understood what he was saying and it got him interested and almost happy to fight for him, but Ragnar was also suspicious. Ragnar rarely felt this way and when something changed with Ragnar he noticed and paid attention to it, but this was natural for most people, the charisma making him want to do stuff, but Ragnar wasn't normal.
Once the man was done speaking, Ragnar put his armored hand against his head, his pointer against where his temple would be, his thumb against the bottom of his jaw bone close to the front of his throat, and his middle finger over where his mouth would be in the helmet as he thought about what the man had said his eyes down at the ground. How honest was he going to be with this man? If he was going to join this man, he wasn't stupid enough for Ragnar's secrets and plans to last long. This man might not care about his goals or anything else thing but he needed or wanted Ragnar for this. Maybe there was something there for him, some place he could fit in once again.
Ragnar's eyes in his helmet turned to look back at the man before saying factually You do not want warriors like me, they would be hard to control, a bunch of rabid dogs that at best you could point at a target and let off the leash. You will need men that can follow orders and listen to them, warriors like me will not do that. If you are serious about this then I have something I will tell you, something that I am sure is already in the rumors but hasn't been confirmed.
Ragnar would wait a moment, letting the man give him a signal that he was ready to hear it but if what he heard, he might not be ready for it and he might try something stupid and if he does.... Ragnar would have to put in him the ground. I am a follower of Zalambur, I am attempting to bring back the Church of Zalambur into the world. The issue with most followers of Zalambur is that they simply slaughter and kill without alot of thoughts or long term strategy of gathering as many sacrifices as possible. The man that I murdered as a 'champion', well as much of a champion as there is now a days, of Shedayya. I need to gain his favor before I can bring about the church to it's full glory again and killing the rivals champions is a great way to do that.
Because of my current goals, joining with your merry band, at this point looking like a Guild isn't something I will agree too instantly. I will have to look around and see what other offers there are for my services, but that doesn't mean I can't help complete your goals as required.
Ragnar stood up from his stump, raising back to his full height before walking directly up to Khalfani. Ragnar's hand was on his hammer at this point, as he knew that if this didn't go well, this man might try to stop him, and he wasn't about to have anyone stop him on his goals. " If this is acceptable to you, then we can have a more serious talk here or elsewhere, about what you specifically need from me and how to best complete your goals. Agreed? Ragnar held out his left hand at this moment towards the man, offering him a sign of agreement and understanding, something Ragnar rarely gave out but maybe the two years of isolation has made him soft or maybe it made him more able to see a good chance as it happens.
(Got rid of the italics because it made it hard for me to read, so I imagine it was heard for your to read)