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<blockquote data-quote="Sepulchrave II" data-source="post: 3391356" data-attributes="member: 4303"><p>I'm going to try to keep this ongoing with each update. Probably a tad optimistic.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>GLOSSARY</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Aki of Dorestad:</strong> Frisian mercenary of Varangian descent. In the personal warband of Ivar the Boneless; later settled near Lincoln.</p><p><strong>Alfred:</strong> (849-899) "The Great." King of Wessex from 871-899. Responsible for consolidating English power, as well as innovations in education, maritime defense and urban planning.</p><p><strong>Arden:</strong> The great forest of the English Midlands.</p><p><strong>Arnve:</strong> Sinir's first wife and mother of Lek. Arnve was skilled in <em>seithr</em>, which she learned from the skald Varr.</p><p><strong>Asgrim:</strong> An influential freeholder of the upper Dean. Loyal to Ornolf.</p><p><strong>Ashdown, Battle of:</strong> A major clash between the forces of Prince (later King) Alfred and the Danes, which took place in January 871. Alfred triumphed nominally, but the battle was inconclusive and destabilizing.</p><p><strong>Athelhelm:</strong> (860-897) Atheling. Brother of Ethelwald. Ealdorman of Wiltshire.</p><p><strong><em>Atheling:</em></strong> A prince of royal blood; a possible pretender to the throne.</p><p><strong>Athelnoth:</strong> Chief retainer and sometime lover of Luta. From Athelney in Wessex.</p><p><strong>Badothin:</strong> A mercenary from Kent in Luta's retinue.</p><p><strong>Beorhtric:</strong> A freeholder in the western Peaks, who hosted Lek, Luta and Oter.</p><p><strong>Black Mountain:</strong> A hill on the Welsh border.</p><p><strong>Braith:</strong> A Welsh witch, and mother of Oter. Blinded and exiled by Sinir for treachery.</p><p><strong>Bravellir:</strong> A semi-mythical battle in Sweden which occurred c. 770. In its wake, Sigurd Ring became king of Sweden and Denmark.</p><p><strong>Bredon Hill:</strong> A lone hill near Evesham, and a site of ancient power. Luta experienced a vision there.</p><p><strong>Brittany:</strong> Celtic Kingdom in northwest France, subject to many viking raids.</p><p><strong>Brochwel:</strong> King of Gwent, a Welsh kingdom.</p><p><strong>Burhed:</strong> One of Beorhtric's sons. </p><p><strong>Churnet:</strong> A stream which marks the eastern border of Lek's holdings at Harhall.</p><p><strong>Dean:</strong> A stream flowing West from the Peaks; its valley is the site of Ornolf's estates.</p><p><strong>Dove(brook):</strong> A fast stream which flows east from the Peaks, close to Harhall.</p><p><strong>Dunn:</strong> Thane of Bretforton, husband of Luta.</p><p><strong>Ealdred:</strong> (d. 790) Last king of the Hwicce. Twelfth in the list of Luta's forebears.</p><p><strong>Eanberht:</strong> (d. c. 760) Hwiccan king. Tenth in the list of Luta's forebears.</p><p><strong>Eanfrith:</strong> (d. 674) Hwiccan king. The first of twelve cited as one of Luta's forebears.</p><p><strong>Eanhere:</strong> (d. 675) Hwiccan king. Second in the list of Luta's forebears.</p><p><strong>Ecgfrith:</strong> A scout from Evesham in Luta's retinue.</p><p><strong>Edward:</strong> (c.875-) Atheling. King of Wessex from 900 onwards. Son of Alfred.</p><p><strong>Eric:</strong> (king 890-) King of East Anglia, son of Guthrum.</p><p><strong>Ethandun, Battle of:</strong> The decisive victory of King Alfred over the Danes under Guthrum in May 878. Many Vikings were baptized in its wake.</p><p><strong>Ethelfled:</strong> (c. 872-) The Lady of Mercia, wife of Ethelred and daughter of King Alfred.</p><p><strong>Ethelheard:</strong> (fl. 700) Hwiccan king. Sixth in the list of Luta's forebears.</p><p><strong>Ethelred (1):</strong> (c. 860-) Ealdorman of (English) Mercia and Luta's liege. Husband of Ethelfled.</p><p><strong>Ethelred (2):</strong> (d. 883) Luta's maternal uncle. The last Earl of the Hwicce.</p><p><strong>Ethelred (3):</strong> (837-871) King of Wessex. The elder brother of Alfred, and father of Ethelwald.</p><p><strong>Ethelric:</strong> (fl. 720) Hwiccan king. Eighth in the list of Luta's forebears.</p><p><strong>Ethelwald:</strong> (c. 855-) Atheling, and pretender to the throne of Wessex. Cousin of Edward.</p><p><strong>Ethelward:</strong> (fl. 710) Hwiccan king. Seventh in the list of Luta's forebears.</p><p><strong>Evesham:</strong> A large village north of Luta's estates at Honeybourne. The site of an influential abbey.</p><p><strong>Five Burghs:</strong> Name given to the powerful semi-independent towns of the Danelaw: Derby, Lincoln, Stamford, Nottingham and Leicester.</p><p><strong>Garulf:</strong> A brigand sworn to Lek's service; previously a priest.</p><p><strong>Great Heathen Army:</strong> The horde of Vikings who descended upon England in 865, led by Ivar the Boneless and his brothers.</p><p><strong>Guthrum:</strong> (d. 890) Danish king of East Anglia. One of the leaders of the Great Heathen Army.</p><p><strong>Gwent:</strong> Welsh kingdom, west of Mercia.</p><p><strong>Hakon:</strong> First Earl of Lade, Sinir's cousin and his overlord in Norway. </p><p><strong>Hafrsfjord:</strong> A six-mile fjord in Rogaland in Southern Norway, home to Sinir's kinsmen.</p><p><strong>Harald Fairhair:</strong> (850-) First King of Norway by conquest from 872. A great hero of the age.</p><p><strong>Harhall:</strong> Sinir's seat, northwest of Repton in Danish Mercia. Originally comprising more than a hundred hides, the estate was later split between his sons, Lek and Oter.</p><p><strong>Hereford:</strong> A town in the west of Mercia, near the Welsh border.</p><p><strong>Honeybourne:</strong> Seleth's (later Luta's) seat in the Severn valley, south of Evesham, comprising fifty hides of good land.</p><p><strong>Hwicce:</strong> An old tribal kingdom of the English, centered on Gloucester and Worcester. Absorbed by Mercia by the end of the 8th century.</p><p><strong>Ivar the Boneless:</strong> (d.872) One of the leaders of the Great Heathen Army. Conquered East Anglia, York and Dublin.</p><p><strong>Kol:</strong> A young viking warrior slain by Aki of Dorestad in a dispute over plundered church goods.</p><p><strong>Lade:</strong> A town in Trondelag in Norway, the seat of a dynasty of powerful Earls.</p><p><strong>Laski:</strong> Oter's horse, a skewbald colt.</p><p><strong>Lek:</strong> Son of Sinir and Arnve, and master of Harhall after his father's death. Lek is skilled in <em>seithr</em>.</p><p><strong>Lichfield:</strong> A large village in the English midlands, once the seat of an Archbishopric.</p><p><strong>Lincoln:</strong> Danish town in the Midlands. One of the Five Burghs.</p><p><strong>Luta:</strong> Mistress of Honeybourne. Daughter of Sinir and Sefleth, and half-sister of Oter and Lek. Renowned for her skill in battle.</p><p><strong>Man:</strong> Island and sometime kingdom in the Irish Sea. Settled by Norsemen, and ruled from Orkney.</p><p><strong>Mercia:</strong> Kingdom of the English Midlands. Its rulers had once exercised wide powers, but by the time of the campaign, Mercia is partitioned into English and Danish areas.</p><p><strong>Meurig:</strong> A Welsh mercenary retained by Oter.</p><p><strong>Orkney:</strong> Islands north of mainland Scotland, the seat of powerful Viking Earls.</p><p><strong>Ornolf:</strong> A Norseman who settled near Thelwall c. 880. The target of a blood-feud with Lek.</p><p><strong>Oshere:</strong> (d. 704) Hwiccan king. Fourth in the list of Luta's forebears.</p><p><strong>Osred:</strong> (fl. 730s) Hwiccan king. Ninth in the list of Luta's forebears.</p><p><strong>Osric:</strong> (d. 679) Hwiccan king. Third in the list of Luta's forebears.</p><p><strong>Oswald:</strong> (d. 690) Hwiccan king. Fifth in the list of Luta's forebears.</p><p><strong>Oter:</strong> Son of Sinir and the witch Braith. Practiced with Welsh magic.</p><p><strong>Peaks, The:</strong> The Peak District of north-central England, northwest of Harhall. Characterized by rounded hills, upland moors and sharp escarpments. The Peaks are sparsely populated.</p><p><strong>Radwine:</strong> A veteran in Lek's retinue; brother of Radwulf.</p><p><strong>Radwulf:</strong> A veteran in Lek's retinue; brother of Radwine.</p><p><strong>Ragnald:</strong> A seasoned viking; Lek's chief retainer.</p><p><strong>Repton:</strong> A village in the Midlands near Harhall.</p><p><strong>Rogaland:</strong> An area of southern Norway, once a petty kingdom</p><p><strong>Sefleth:</strong> Mother of Luta. A Hwiccan noblewoman of high pedigree, married to Sinir.</p><p><strong><em>Seithr</em></strong>: Magic, sorcery.</p><p><strong>Sinir:</strong> A Norseman from Lade, who founded Harhall. Father of Lek, Oter and Luta.</p><p><strong>Stamford:</strong> Danish town in the Midlands. One of the Five Burghs.</p><p><strong>Thelwall:</strong> A Norse settlement south of the Mersey, three days northeast of Harhall.</p><p><strong>Thuringia:</strong> A southern German kingdom.</p><p><strong>Torf-Einar:</strong> (c. 850-) The powerful Earl of Orkney. Reluctant vassal of Norway.</p><p><strong>Torksey:</strong> A large Danish settlement near Lincoln.</p><p><strong>Uhtred:</strong> (d. c. 780) </p><p><strong>Varr:</strong> A skald from Halogaland who practiced <em>seithr</em>.</p><p><strong><em>Visna</em> (1):</strong> The name adopted by Luta after her vision on Bredon Hill.</p><p><strong>Visna (2):</strong> A shieldmaiden who fought at Bravellir. The banner-bearer of the Danish troops.</p><p><strong>Winchcombe:</strong> A village south of Sefleth's ancestral estates, the site of an Abbey.</p><p><strong>Wilareus:</strong> A petty bandit and robber from Thuringia, in Lek's retinue. Employed as a scout.</p><p><strong>Wirral:</strong> Peninsula in Northwest England, between the estuaries of the rivers Dee and Mersey. Heavily settled by Norsemen.</p><p><strong><em>Witan</em>:</strong> The council of elders and magnates which approves the accession of a new king.</p><p><strong>York:</strong> Powerful viking city and kingdom in the North.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sepulchrave II, post: 3391356, member: 4303"] I'm going to try to keep this ongoing with each update. Probably a tad optimistic. [B]GLOSSARY[/B] [B]Aki of Dorestad:[/B] Frisian mercenary of Varangian descent. In the personal warband of Ivar the Boneless; later settled near Lincoln. [B]Alfred:[/B] (849-899) "The Great." King of Wessex from 871-899. Responsible for consolidating English power, as well as innovations in education, maritime defense and urban planning. [B]Arden:[/B] The great forest of the English Midlands. [B]Arnve:[/B] Sinir's first wife and mother of Lek. Arnve was skilled in [I]seithr[/I], which she learned from the skald Varr. [B]Asgrim:[/B] An influential freeholder of the upper Dean. Loyal to Ornolf. [B]Ashdown, Battle of:[/B] A major clash between the forces of Prince (later King) Alfred and the Danes, which took place in January 871. Alfred triumphed nominally, but the battle was inconclusive and destabilizing. [B]Athelhelm:[/B] (860-897) Atheling. Brother of Ethelwald. Ealdorman of Wiltshire. [B][I]Atheling:[/I][/B] A prince of royal blood; a possible pretender to the throne. [B]Athelnoth:[/B] Chief retainer and sometime lover of Luta. From Athelney in Wessex. [B]Badothin:[/B] A mercenary from Kent in Luta's retinue. [B]Beorhtric:[/B] A freeholder in the western Peaks, who hosted Lek, Luta and Oter. [B]Black Mountain:[/B] A hill on the Welsh border. [B]Braith:[/B] A Welsh witch, and mother of Oter. Blinded and exiled by Sinir for treachery. [B]Bravellir:[/B] A semi-mythical battle in Sweden which occurred c. 770. In its wake, Sigurd Ring became king of Sweden and Denmark. [B]Bredon Hill:[/B] A lone hill near Evesham, and a site of ancient power. Luta experienced a vision there. [B]Brittany:[/B] Celtic Kingdom in northwest France, subject to many viking raids. [B]Brochwel:[/B] King of Gwent, a Welsh kingdom. [B]Burhed:[/B] One of Beorhtric's sons. [B]Churnet:[/B] A stream which marks the eastern border of Lek's holdings at Harhall. [B]Dean:[/B] A stream flowing West from the Peaks; its valley is the site of Ornolf's estates. [B]Dove(brook):[/B] A fast stream which flows east from the Peaks, close to Harhall. [B]Dunn:[/B] Thane of Bretforton, husband of Luta. [B]Ealdred:[/B] (d. 790) Last king of the Hwicce. Twelfth in the list of Luta's forebears. [B]Eanberht:[/B] (d. c. 760) Hwiccan king. Tenth in the list of Luta's forebears. [B]Eanfrith:[/B] (d. 674) Hwiccan king. The first of twelve cited as one of Luta's forebears. [B]Eanhere:[/B] (d. 675) Hwiccan king. Second in the list of Luta's forebears. [B]Ecgfrith:[/B] A scout from Evesham in Luta's retinue. [B]Edward:[/B] (c.875-) Atheling. King of Wessex from 900 onwards. Son of Alfred. [B]Eric:[/B] (king 890-) King of East Anglia, son of Guthrum. [B]Ethandun, Battle of:[/B] The decisive victory of King Alfred over the Danes under Guthrum in May 878. Many Vikings were baptized in its wake. [B]Ethelfled:[/B] (c. 872-) The Lady of Mercia, wife of Ethelred and daughter of King Alfred. [B]Ethelheard:[/B] (fl. 700) Hwiccan king. Sixth in the list of Luta's forebears. [B]Ethelred (1):[/B] (c. 860-) Ealdorman of (English) Mercia and Luta's liege. Husband of Ethelfled. [B]Ethelred (2):[/B] (d. 883) Luta's maternal uncle. The last Earl of the Hwicce. [B]Ethelred (3):[/B] (837-871) King of Wessex. The elder brother of Alfred, and father of Ethelwald. [B]Ethelric:[/B] (fl. 720) Hwiccan king. Eighth in the list of Luta's forebears. [B]Ethelwald:[/B] (c. 855-) Atheling, and pretender to the throne of Wessex. Cousin of Edward. [B]Ethelward:[/B] (fl. 710) Hwiccan king. Seventh in the list of Luta's forebears. [B]Evesham:[/B] A large village north of Luta's estates at Honeybourne. The site of an influential abbey. [B]Five Burghs:[/B] Name given to the powerful semi-independent towns of the Danelaw: Derby, Lincoln, Stamford, Nottingham and Leicester. [B]Garulf:[/B] A brigand sworn to Lek's service; previously a priest. [B]Great Heathen Army:[/B] The horde of Vikings who descended upon England in 865, led by Ivar the Boneless and his brothers. [B]Guthrum:[/B] (d. 890) Danish king of East Anglia. One of the leaders of the Great Heathen Army. [B]Gwent:[/B] Welsh kingdom, west of Mercia. [B]Hakon:[/B] First Earl of Lade, Sinir's cousin and his overlord in Norway. [B]Hafrsfjord:[/B] A six-mile fjord in Rogaland in Southern Norway, home to Sinir's kinsmen. [B]Harald Fairhair:[/B] (850-) First King of Norway by conquest from 872. A great hero of the age. [B]Harhall:[/B] Sinir's seat, northwest of Repton in Danish Mercia. Originally comprising more than a hundred hides, the estate was later split between his sons, Lek and Oter. [B]Hereford:[/B] A town in the west of Mercia, near the Welsh border. [B]Honeybourne:[/B] Seleth's (later Luta's) seat in the Severn valley, south of Evesham, comprising fifty hides of good land. [B]Hwicce:[/B] An old tribal kingdom of the English, centered on Gloucester and Worcester. Absorbed by Mercia by the end of the 8th century. [B]Ivar the Boneless:[/B] (d.872) One of the leaders of the Great Heathen Army. Conquered East Anglia, York and Dublin. [B]Kol:[/B] A young viking warrior slain by Aki of Dorestad in a dispute over plundered church goods. [B]Lade:[/B] A town in Trondelag in Norway, the seat of a dynasty of powerful Earls. [B]Laski:[/B] Oter's horse, a skewbald colt. [B]Lek:[/B] Son of Sinir and Arnve, and master of Harhall after his father's death. Lek is skilled in [I]seithr[/I]. [B]Lichfield:[/B] A large village in the English midlands, once the seat of an Archbishopric. [B]Lincoln:[/B] Danish town in the Midlands. One of the Five Burghs. [B]Luta:[/B] Mistress of Honeybourne. Daughter of Sinir and Sefleth, and half-sister of Oter and Lek. Renowned for her skill in battle. [B]Man:[/B] Island and sometime kingdom in the Irish Sea. Settled by Norsemen, and ruled from Orkney. [B]Mercia:[/B] Kingdom of the English Midlands. Its rulers had once exercised wide powers, but by the time of the campaign, Mercia is partitioned into English and Danish areas. [B]Meurig:[/B] A Welsh mercenary retained by Oter. [B]Orkney:[/B] Islands north of mainland Scotland, the seat of powerful Viking Earls. [B]Ornolf:[/B] A Norseman who settled near Thelwall c. 880. The target of a blood-feud with Lek. [B]Oshere:[/B] (d. 704) Hwiccan king. Fourth in the list of Luta's forebears. [B]Osred:[/B] (fl. 730s) Hwiccan king. Ninth in the list of Luta's forebears. [B]Osric:[/B] (d. 679) Hwiccan king. Third in the list of Luta's forebears. [B]Oswald:[/B] (d. 690) Hwiccan king. Fifth in the list of Luta's forebears. [B]Oter:[/B] Son of Sinir and the witch Braith. Practiced with Welsh magic. [B]Peaks, The:[/B] The Peak District of north-central England, northwest of Harhall. Characterized by rounded hills, upland moors and sharp escarpments. The Peaks are sparsely populated. [B]Radwine:[/B] A veteran in Lek's retinue; brother of Radwulf. [B]Radwulf:[/B] A veteran in Lek's retinue; brother of Radwine. [B]Ragnald:[/B] A seasoned viking; Lek's chief retainer. [B]Repton:[/B] A village in the Midlands near Harhall. [B]Rogaland:[/B] An area of southern Norway, once a petty kingdom [B]Sefleth:[/B] Mother of Luta. A Hwiccan noblewoman of high pedigree, married to Sinir. [B][I]Seithr[/I][/B]: Magic, sorcery. [B]Sinir:[/B] A Norseman from Lade, who founded Harhall. Father of Lek, Oter and Luta. [B]Stamford:[/B] Danish town in the Midlands. One of the Five Burghs. [B]Thelwall:[/B] A Norse settlement south of the Mersey, three days northeast of Harhall. [B]Thuringia:[/B] A southern German kingdom. [B]Torf-Einar:[/B] (c. 850-) The powerful Earl of Orkney. Reluctant vassal of Norway. [B]Torksey:[/B] A large Danish settlement near Lincoln. [B]Uhtred:[/B] (d. c. 780) [B]Varr:[/B] A skald from Halogaland who practiced [I]seithr[/I]. [B][I]Visna[/I] (1):[/B] The name adopted by Luta after her vision on Bredon Hill. [B]Visna (2):[/B] A shieldmaiden who fought at Bravellir. The banner-bearer of the Danish troops. [B]Winchcombe:[/B] A village south of Sefleth's ancestral estates, the site of an Abbey. [B]Wilareus:[/B] A petty bandit and robber from Thuringia, in Lek's retinue. Employed as a scout. [B]Wirral:[/B] Peninsula in Northwest England, between the estuaries of the rivers Dee and Mersey. Heavily settled by Norsemen. [B][I]Witan[/I]:[/B] The council of elders and magnates which approves the accession of a new king. [B]York:[/B] Powerful viking city and kingdom in the North. [/QUOTE]
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