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*insert first posts here*
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Hey! Before we start, I had a couple questions I wanted to ask:

  • What language would you like us to use for naming? I noticed that Åse and Kjartan both have Danish names--would it be correct to assume that's expected?
  • What is the current status of Christianization among Åse's people? Are there many converts? Have people fought against it?
  • What should we be aiming for tonally and what are y'all comfortable with in terms of mature content?

Thanks in advance! I'm excited to begin.
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Hey! Before we start, I had a couple questions I wanted to ask:


  • What language would you like us to use for naming? I noticed that Åse and Kjartan both have Danish names--would it be correct to assume that's expected?
  • What is the current status of Christianization among Åse's people? Are there many converts? Have people fought against it?
  • What should we be aiming for tonally and what are y'all comfortable with in terms of mature content?

Thanks in advance! I'm excited to begin.


Good questions, I shall answer them as best I can.


  • Your name only need be specific to what region you're from. This particular time was a primarily Danish army with Norse allies. Keep that in mind and you'll be fine.
  • Christians among the Danish at this time were quite rare, and usually only if they served a Christian lord. Likely there wouldn't be any at this point, and certainly not among the Danish army which is in the process of trying to destroy the Church. That said, if you'd like to play a Christian, you'd have to keep in on the down-low.
  • Given the rules on RPG, I reckon fade-to-black is probably for the best for anything *too* brutal. Having said that, mans inhumanity to man is to be expected.


@saix, anything to add?

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Good questions, I shall answer them as best I can.


  • Your name only need be specific to what region you're from. This particular time was a primarily Danish army with Norse allies. Keep that in mind and you'll be fine.
  • Christians among the Danish at this time were quite rare, and usually only if they served a Christian lord. Likely there wouldn't be any at this point, and certainly not among the Danish army which is in the process of trying to destroy the Church. That said, if you'd like to play a Christian, you'd have to keep in on the down-low.
  • Given the rules on RPG, I reckon fade-to-black is probably for the best for anything *too* brutal. Having said that, mans inhumanity to man is to be expected.


@saix, anything to add?


No, I believe you have the bases covered @Pagemaster.

The mentioning of Christianity was to help provide people have an idea of the timeline we are playing in and possibly a place to start researching should they crave additional information for more accurate postings. But, I second Page’s stance on keeping it under wraps should you choose to have a character of Christian faith. Otherwise, feel free to include or exclude the existence of Christianity in your posts.
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Thanks! I appreciate the input and I’ll chew on it as I develop my character. Should we post our character sheets in the OOC before they go into the Character section?
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@Fiscbryne Yes, please.
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Checking in!

Working on a CS, should have something submitted in the next few days.
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@Pagemaster, I was curious and wanted to ask: if Kjartan isn't a Christian, why was his father named Johann? Was his father baptized or is there another reason for that?

And I'm still working on it, but with luck I should have a CS draft up within the next couple hours!
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@Fiscbryne the name is Danish in origin. Like many things, the Christians often attempted to link it to their own mythos in order to make conversion easier and more appealing.

Christmas trees are a classic example. They started as a Germanic way of worshipping the forest gods, before it being mutated to make the conversion of German pagans to Christianity easier.

My own last name, for example, the Christian naming convention is very different than the Danish origin. In one it means Clerk, the other it means Blacksmith.
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I agree that it's common for non-Christian elements to be co-opted into Christian culture, but in this case it's the other way around. Johann/Johannes/John can be very clearly traced etymologically to Latin Iōhannēs to Greek Ἰωάννης to Hebrew יוֹחָנָן, roughly meaning 'God is gracious.' The name's of Danish origin, of course, but it comes into Danish because of Christian influences and distinctly arises from Christian mythos.
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Perhaps there was a Christian in the mix somewhere. They have been fighting for quite a while by this point and raiding for longer than that. I’m not overly concerned about it.

Whoops, and edit, I realize you’re asking about the last name. Duh... I’ll likely remove that, it’s my cousins last name.
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That makes sense! Cheers.

Here's my CS draft submission:

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@Fiscbryne looks good! Having said that, the actual plan to go West has not been announced yet. If he's been mauling the idea over already, then a quick edit to reflect that. Let me know when its done and you should be good to go. Looking forward to having you on board.

@Saix anything to add?
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@Pagemaster@Fiscbryne

Not at all, I belive you hit the nail right on the head.
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Hello hello!

Character below for your consideration:



I'm open to feedback, criticisms and declarations of undying love.
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@Lord Pie You're not the best of pies so you are not worthy of my love, regardless, you'll suffice. @Pagemaster Do you have any words for the sweet morsel?
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@Lord Pie it looks awesome! Well done and welcome to the RP.
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CS updated per your request! @Pagemaster

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@Fiscbryne looks great! Feel free to move him to the CS tab.

@Lord Pie you can move your chap on over as well.

We’re aiming for an IC this weekend I believe.
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Thank you muchly.

Also depending on what you folks think and our ‘final’ character rosta looks like - I was considering a female loony Gythia priestess-y type character, but don’t know if a second character would be a bit much or how ‘populated’ you wanted the boat’s crew in terms of us players bs NPCs so thought I’d float the idea before developing it further (obviously guess we won’t be able to introduce additional charas once the journey has begun?)

Also, @Saix, what would you proclaim the best pie to be then?
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