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A Summary of the events in Scandinavia from the last turn

Wolves at the Gates and Serpents in the Court

With the plague ravaging Europe, and a catch of bad luck, the Nordicite royal family dies of the awful disease, leaving the kingdom without a ruler. The only survivor of the royal family is one of the children of the old king’s sister, Einar, an eight year old boy. The two noble families of Kjellberg and Lykken, both having roles in the king’s court and being trusted by the old rulers begin plotting to place one of the members of their own house on the throne. Lage, the patriarch of the Kjellbergs begins telling that the Lykken are plotting to kill him.

Halfdanr predicts Lage would try to influence the young king, and tells Einar that the Kjellbergs are plotting his downfall. Einar becomes paranoid, and spends more and more time alone. When the reagent, Arnar is assassinated when he is 15. Einar, who had become a formidable and frightening figure, ordered a series of executions, killing everyone thought to have been a part of the assassination. A few weeks later Lage Kjellberg is also assassinated and a blood feud between the two Nordicite noble families begins. While the two families plot against each other Einar is driven mad by the collapse of his kingdom and death amongst his people. He orders more executions as his paranoia grows, fearing that there are spies within his court. Many call Einar by the nickname Einar the Deranged as he reached the age of 19

Meanwhile the nobles plot in Bergen, the Gothic leaders of the Athalarica, Fritigerning and Norrmarkung tribes gather for a meeting in a forest near the Tinnsjå lake. The Athalarica want to form a massive unified tribe of 40 000 people. The tribes don’t come to a conclusion, but Flemmingr the leader of the Athalarica, and Gunnvör, the leader of the Norrmarkung meet secretly in the cover of night, and plot to kill the Fritigerning tribe, who has caused both of them trouble in the past. At evening Flemmingr and his men ambush Agmundr, the Fritigerning chief and his envoy. Flemmingr and Gunnvör make an agreement. The Athalarica will go south, and try to claim Stavanger, while the Norrmarkung march towards Bergen. After each of them have succeeded, they shall decide upon the fate of their lands by a duel.

The Noble house of Adolar, in Vesnia lead a coup, killing the Nordicite officials or exiling them. They become independent and begin a war with Danska. With the Goths coming wave by wave to their shores, and Nordicium on the brink of collapse, Hreidunn of the house of Hoyer declares himself king of Danska. He begins drafting most of all able-bodied men and women for war against Vesnia and the Sydmarkung Goths.

The house of Lykken amasses a small army within Bergen and with the cover of the night, they sneak to the houses of the Kjellberg. Halfdanr leads the assault himself and barges into the house of Ketill, the new patriarch of the Kjellbergs and slaughters him in his bed unarmed and rapes his wife, then kills her. The calm night is filled with screams of agony and pleads of mercy. Magni, and his wife Runa flee to the harbour with a handful of money and servants, and set sail to the Faroes. Arrows pour down on their ship as they flee, but none fly true and they’re able to flee into the dark roaring sea.

Fires rage in the night as the two mighty families clash, but when dawn came, there were none of the house of Kjellberg still breathing in Bergen. The day after in the king’s court Halfdanr gloated to Einar, that he’d defeated those that were planning to kill the king. Einar was pleased for a flight of a moment, but then grabbed Halfdanr by his neck and threw the middle-aged man to the middle of the great hall. He took his shortsword and pierced Halfdanr’s shoulder, pinning him to the floor. He screamed in pain and confusion. Einar spoke with rage, “You dare rise an army without me knowing of it, you are the threat to my crown, and I sentence you to death, traitor!” He then beats Halfdanr to death by his bare hands, hammering his head into the floor. Vikke, the son of Halfdanr draws his axe and attacks Einar, but he grabs his axe and splits his skull with it. Sigfrodr throws a spear through Einar side, killing the mad king.

Yngvarr, the second son of Halfdanr becomes the king of Nordicium. He tries to form a new line of defense by drafting able-bodied warriors, but the drafting pool has become rather empty with the decades of war. The Athalarica begin a siege of Stavanger in 538. Yngvarr decides to use those with the plague as weapons and throw them over the falls to their camps and using soldiers with plague on the frontline. This backfires, as the Athalarica begin to throw their own members with the plague into the city and send boats with plague ridden soldiers into the city. The city falls to the plague and fire of the Athalarican invasion. The Norrmarkung are closing in on Bergen. The wolves are howling at the gates.