KingOfNowhere
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"The King No More"
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"The King No More"
IC
PLEASE:
If you have an interest in this role play,
do not post that interest here in the OOC.
Please PM me, the Host. Thanks.
Wanted: 1 to 3 female(s) to write 3-8 characters total.
Theme: 9th century Viking invasion of England
Full list of characters: link
My characters:
- Rolf: (profile, portrait); formerly a Danish Viking King, after being betrayed by his Earls and defeated in a months long battle, he is committing himself to self-exile by taking his still-loyal subjects to the east coast of England to reclaim a settlement there that had been given to his grandfather 40 years earlier by the Wessex king of the time.
- Rolf's brother (as of yet unnamed): an ambitious Earl who had flirted with betraying Rolf but then remained true, he will go with Rolf to England where he hopes to get out of his brother's shadow by establishing his own settlement, fame, and name, possibly by marrying into English nobility or even royalty.
- An English Noble (as of yet unnamed): he secretly wishes to depose and replace the Wessex's King and might conspire with Rolf and/or his brother to reach his goal of wearing the crown.
- An English monk (as of yet unnamed): he learned the Danish language while a pilgrim wandering Western Europe before coming home to Wessex, and now as a liaison between the Wessex king and Rolf, he will begin to question his beliefs and, after meeting a shieldmaiden temptress, possibly abandon his vows to finally feel like a real, complete man.
- There will be other lesser characters, but these will be my main characters initially.
- Rolf's wife, who I think should die at some point or be kidnapped by English.
- A Viking shieldmaiden who wishes to be Rolf's lover, maybe even his wife (after his current wife's death/disappearance).
- A Viking slave also with designs on Rolf.
- A Viking slave or free woman with designs on Rolf's brother, who shares his yearning for individual greatness out from under Rolf's shadow.
- An enslaved English woman whose future can be discussed.
- The daughter or granddaughter of the King of Wessex, another King, or a powerful noble who wants to be king, who might marry Rolf or his brother, either willingly or not, to advance her father's ambitions and maybe even her own.
- A Viking shieldmaiden (or English woman, free or slave, though this would be my second preference) who becomes infatuated with the English monk and leads him away from his vows and into her bed.
- An English woman (a slave or free woman) who desires to become a shieldmaiden.
- And I am sure you can probably come up with some of your own ideas.
Plot in general
- The story is inspired by but otherwise has no other connection to the History Channel's "The Vikings", which I only recently discovered via Amazon Prime Video.
- The Viking king, Rolf, has been betrayed by his treacherous Earls and defeated in a month's long war.
- He and his surviving followers flee Southern Denmark for the Eastern shore of England, specifically the Kingdom of Wessex. 40 years earlier, Rolf's grandfather, then a Danish Earl and famed mariner, had been given land along the coast by the Wessex king. The Danes farmed the land in peace for 20 years, naming it Fredilig Gård: "Peaceful Farm".
- Rolf had been born and raised in Fredilig Gård. His grandfather had returned to Northern Denmark with wealth, power, and fame, and he would soon become king of the southern lands.
- On his 12th birthday, Rolf made his 3rd visit to his grandfather's kingdom. This time, what should have been a 4 month long visit became an 18 year long stay when the Fredilig Gård was attacked and conquered by the English under their new, Dane-hating king.
- The Danes of "Peaceful Garden" were killed during the attack, jailed and then executed, sold into slavery, or run off. Some fled to other Danish-controlled areas, most of them hidden deep inland or located along treacherous but protected shorelines of East Central Britain. Many ultimately found their way back east to Denmark, often bringing with them news of the horrors the Britain Danes were suffering.
- Now, Rolf is returning to claim what is legitimately his by birthright.
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