The Viking Age
793–1066
The Viking Age (793–1066). You start as Freeman warrior and could rise all the way to Jarl, if you survive. This era covers 22 historical battles.
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- Freeman warrior
- Seasoned warrior
- Steersman
- Ship captain
- Housecarl
- Hersir
- Jarl
Historical battles
| Year | Battle | Est. casualties |
|---|---|---|
| 793 | Raid on LindisfarneNorthmen sacked the monastery on England's Holy Island. The Viking Age had begun. | ≈1% |
| 799 | Raids on AquitaineLongships appeared off the Frankish coast. | ≈3% |
| 810 | Raid on FrisiaKing Godfred of Denmark's fleet plundered Frisia. | ≈2% |
| 834 | Raids on DorestadThe greatest trading port on the North Sea was burned again and again. | ≈2% |
| 841 | The Dublin winter campA winter camp went up at an Irish river mouth. It would become Dublin. | ≈3% |
| 845 | Siege of ParisRagnar's fleet sailed up the Seine. The Frankish king paid seven thousand pounds of silver for peace. | ≈4% |
| 851 | Battle of AcleaThe King of Wessex defeated a great Danish host. | ≈12% |
| 867 | Battle of YorkThe Great Army took York. Both kings of Northumbria were killed. | ≈4% |
| 871 | Battle of AshdownAlfred and his brother defeated the Great Army. | ≈10% |
| 872 | Battle of HafrsfjordHarald Fairhair united Norway. Chieftains who wouldn't bend the knee left for Iceland. | ≈15% |
| 878 | Battle of EdingtonAlfred the Great defeated Guthrum, and the Great Army's leader was baptized. | ≈15% |
| 885 | Siege of ParisSeven hundred ships besieged the city for a year, then took payment and left. | ≈6% |
| 911 | Rollo's grantThe Frankish king granted Normandy to the Viking chief Rollo. | ≈1% |
| 937 | Battle of BrunanburhKing Athelstan of England crushed an alliance of Northmen and Scots. | ≈15% |
| 954 | Battle of StainmoreErik Bloodaxe was killed, and the Viking kingdom of York came to an end. | ≈5% |
| 991 | Battle of MaldonThe English lost and began paying the Danegeld. | ≈6% |
| 1000 | Battle of SvolderOlaf Tryggvason leapt into the sea and never came up. | ≈15% |
| 1013 | Conquest of EnglandSweyn Forkbeard became King of England. | ≈3% |
| 1016 | Battle of AssandunCnut the Great won England. | ≈5% |
| 1030 | Battle of StiklestadKing Olaf fell fighting a peasant army and was later venerated as a saint. | ≈15% |
| 1062 | Battle of NisaHarald Hardrada won a great victory over the Danish fleet. | ≈12% |
| 1066 | Battle of Stamford BridgeHarald Hardrada invaded England and died with an arrow in his throat. Three hundred ships came; twenty-four went home. | ≈30% |
Casualty rates are the game's estimates from historical sources, used to work out the chance of dying. Treat them as approximate.
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