I like it! I watched Beowulf recently and I'm certainly going to try it soon! One question though, as I like to play on master how do I survive without armor, restoration or alchemy perks?

I can't say - only play on Adept myself - but my guess would be Block, and timing. 

Of course, you can wear armor that looks the part, so your armor skill will increase - and you can use potions that you find or buy...

I've played this a lot on Master, and I can testify that you can survive - perks are not everything! With a heavy armor helmet and shield + scaled everything else, you look very good and the armor is decent. Of course you won't be a tank, but with the Block perk tree filled out and constant movement during combat, it's completely viable Even quite enjoyable, since you know that if you stop for a moment, you're likely dead.

Some tactics:

Use Become Ethereal + Eternal Spirit as a spiritual blessing which allows you to meditate and regenerate health in the middle of combat. Keep every piece of regenerate health jewelry you can find/buy.

Use Ice Form to temporarily disable some foes and concentrate on others.

Unrelenting Force: shouldn't need to be explained much. For example, shout enemies down and reposition to a more difficult position and down a healing potion.

Work that shield! If you learn proper timing, you can survive with very little damage.

And then there's lycanthropy... I roleplayed it as a curse; whenever my character was overwhelmed with enemies and stressed out, he would roar fearsomely and turn into a horrible beast, slaughtering everything and remembering nothing of it afterwards. (War Cry + Beastform)

A lengthy reply but I hope this helps

Thanks, your advice was really helpful! I'll try it out now!

Man, this is a TRUE NORD!!! +1! Great job!

Personally I like 2H axes (Huscarls and all that), but this is much closer to the aesthetic of Scandinavia in Beowulf's time.

Using War Cry as a set up for transforming is so perfect that I'm shocked I've never thought of it. Even the once per day limit matches up.

For an armour match to this, I highly recommend the NorseViking Chainmail mod by Croc. It offers an excellent series of Norse/Anglo Saxon style amour in leather, steel and advanced armour, slightly stronger than the vanilla versions and they look fantastic.

If any of you haven't watched the History Channel's "Vikings," please do, as it's been a huge inspiration for me wanting to play this build! By far, this is the best portrayal of Vikings ever done on screen.

Love it! This was the very first Skyrim character I ever played, and it got me hooked! Great build, +1