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Rules
Nope
We don't have any, we're not going to tell you how to RP. It helps if you're nice to people out of character, but that's up to you!
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Useful reading
You don't have to read any of this shit if you don't want to, this is just if you want to investigate the subject more. We're not going to care either way. We have a shitload of historical inaccuracies! And considering this is a game with dragons and fairies and animals that walk upright, it doesn't really matter.
Generally, "viking" is not a race, title, or career. "vikingr" is, although we use both because obviously this is fictionalized history. But an even better term would be "Danes" or "a Dane" when referring to a relation of the Ulfrikssons. They are Danish, and when not actually raiding, that is what they're usually called. Women wouldn't be called vikingr, obviously, or men who only farmed. They would be called the same, Danes.
They're pagans, they're not all blonde and tall and steroid users, they bathe and clean themselves regularly. The Ulfrikssons in particular were more fishermen when not at war than farmers, but did both, though the land didn't support the latter very well. They perform yearly sacrifices and enjoy plundering a monastery.
If you would like more information on the clothes they wore, their religion, holidays, and more, see below.
www.vikinganswerlady.com/
It's a bit generic, but this has some useful information, at least to give you a feel of it.
http://powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/teachers/dsykes/viking_names.htm
If you need help searching for a name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_rituals
On religion and rituals.
http://www.youswear.com/index.asp?language=Danish
http://housebarra.com/EP/ep04/12norsecurse.html
Dick anchovies.
Books:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Saxon_Stories
An interesting take on Danish vikings from the perspective of a Saxon growing up with them. Fiction.
