Revan 86 Presents:
Being the Saga of the heroes of the Bútnari line, the descendants of Geirr hinn Blezaði
Who landed as one of Hvítserkr’s great host on the English shore
And whose fate was marked by the Weavers of Urðr...
Being the Saga of the heroes of the Bútnari line, the descendants of Geirr hinn Blezaði
Who landed as one of Hvítserkr’s great host on the English shore
And whose fate was marked by the Weavers of Urðr...
Hail traveller, and welcome to Bloodsnake and Battlewolf, a Crusader Kings AAR using v. 1.103 with the Old Gods DLC. As usual, all comments here are welcome. Please be forewarned that this AAR may involve some racy and violent content, ‘cause we are dealing with freaking Vikings here - still, I’m going to try and keep it PG-13 or so. I am starting off here in the Christian year 871, holding only the Chiefdom of Jórvík (County of York) as vassal to the Petty King of Jórvík, Halfdan Hvítserkr. I’ve got a weakness for the north of England, having family roots in Yorkshire myself, having grown up on All Creatures Great and Small, being an avowed fan of the older elements of Britain's (pre-Blair) Labour Party and having written a Durham AAR as my first foray into CK fanfiction - guess I just can’t keep away!
My character (as his stats would seem to indicate) is not a custom creation, but rather the result of an event I got when playing as Hvítserkr. I decided it would be more fun, instead of playing as a well-known historical king, to play instead a hapless Viking kid with a silver tongue but not much else to recommend him. So I gave him a fief and restarted as him.
My goals in this game are fairly modest:
- Continue the Botner dynasty, naturally
- Hang onto the old ways as long as possible without reforming - though conversion is kind of inevitable in the long run, and the Danes were notably pragmatic about their religious preferences
- Likewise, retain Norse culture in the Botner dynasty and spread Norse cultural characteristics in England
- Unite the North of England, whether under my own rule or under Hvítserkr’s
Rules are pretty basic - no cheats, no save-scumming. So far I’ve reloaded the game only once, and I think that for a fairly understandable reason: a freak accidental game-ending death some seventy years on, when the Botner line had bottlenecked dangerously. That’s my Mulligan, though. From now on, no reloads. I’ll try to be consistent in my updates here, but be forewarned that they might be a bit sporadic to start as I’m still finishing up my Bavarian AAR, Day of the Doves.
I have been reading the Hávamál and the Prose Edda, as well as brushing up on my Beowulf, so my narrative style here might be a bit more... stylised and kenning-laden than it normally is. I readily and happily admit Lord Durham’s AAR The Sons of Ragnar Lodbrok as another significant stylistic influence on my writing here.
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