Iβve finished the books and listened to all the audiobooks so Iβm ready for something new. Amazon keeps recommending the Bernicia Chronicles but Iβve been reading for about an hour and it just doesnβt seem as good quality as The Last Kingdom.
Does it get better? Am I being too harsh?
What should I read next?
"KingΒ OswiuΒ ofΒ BerniciaΒ seeks Irish support against the forces of Penda. While inΒ IrelandΒ he has a liaison withΒ FΓn, the granddaughter of KingΒ ColmΓ‘n RΓmid UΓ NΓ©illΒ (approximate date)."
- Wikipedia, 650 calendar year, Events: Britain
I simply don't have the time to do this anymore, and I feel that I'm definitely claim squatting at the moment in a piece of prime real estate, as it were.
Perhaps if this area is still available in the summer when all my stresses are over and my work-load is reduced, I will love to reclaim, here and continue the story of these plucky Saxons.
Thanks to /u/tion3023 and /u/bloodofpheonix for making the British Isles home, and I hope to return someday and continue the narrative.
Until then, see ya!
New clan with 20+ members looking to expand. Largely based in Scotland/North England however all are welcome. Constant Clan Wars.
##General
- Seaxes
- Stave Churches
- Longboats
- Cartography
- Knarr
##Cultural
- Monument Stones
- Minstrel's Galleries
- Claim type: Sedentary
For generations the Saxon people have been under the thumb of foreign rulers, with our puppet leaders subordinate to our neighbours, the Suebi. But the freedom of our people must be upheld. So, a fleet of fifty ships filled to bursting with Saxon fugitives fleeing the oppression of the Suebi sets sail to the hope of a new land to settle, away from hardships and war, towards an island that we Saxons call Breten. The leader of this rag-tag fleet; a warrior called Ida the Glorious, who did not want to bend the knee to some foreign ruler, and pledged his life to this cause.
The group set out, leaving their homes behind, as well as enough food to last the journey and tools to use on the new shore. The voyage across the NorΓ°sΗ£ was deadly, but Ida had expected nothing less, but RΓ‘n, the cunning goddess of the sea, looked favourable upon our ships, and they reached Breten only losing a handful of ships. They had no idea where on the island they were, or what kind of resistance they would face, but Ida could not wait to start his new life, and so a base camp was founded on the sandy shore, Idasted. The terrain around Idasted was hilly and wild, but the Saxons were used to such weather in their homeland, and there was plenty of game and berries in the vast forests that blanketed the land.
The encountered no resistance from the natives, until the fifth day, when scouts reported that there was a small Celtic settlement perched on a rocky outcrop on the coast to the north of Idasted. From the moment Ida set eyes on the meagre fortress, he wanted it as his capital, a beacon of Saxon that would spread his influence all over Britain. The next weeks were spent preparing the assault on the settlement and soon Ida was marching to the seaside fortress with a troop of 100 men armed with iron swords and simple leather armour, but he was not worried, for he had trust in the fighting ability of his hardened Saxons.
The arrival of an army of foreigners was a complete surprise to the Celts of the castle, who were quickly overrun by Saxons pouring over their meagre wooden walls with ladders, and soon the fortress belonged to Ida. He named the settlement, Bebbanburg, after his wife, Bebba, and proclaimed the Kingdom of Bernicia with him, Ida the Glorious, as its first king. As the strength of Bebbanburg expanded, so did the influence of Bernicia, and soon the kingdom controlled large swathes of the North of England, reaching far past the river Tinan (
... keep reading on reddit β‘##General
- Knarr
- Karvi longships
- Skeid longships
- Arrowslits
- Watermills
##Cultural
- Prophesising
- Bone carving
##General
- Mortar-bound Walls
- Bronze torcs
- Mail Armour
- Silver-gilt
- Decorative Skull Helmets
##Cultural
- Sheepskin parchment
- Runic alphabet
##General
- Parapets
- Burial Mounds/Crypts
- Two field crop rotation
- Iron-bossed Shields
- Single Eye shadowing helmet techniques (similar to on the Sutton Hoo Helmet)
##Cultural
- Sagas
- Skalds
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies π
When Eoferwic was in rebellion most if not all Danes were killed, Uthred was widely known for his leadership at the battle of Ethandum, Ethandum led to the rebellion in Eoferwic. To the Northumbrians Eoferwic was the biggest price In the country, the capital city, Uthred only had to climb those steps of the hall and he would've been accepted as the Lord if not King, he could've easily assembled an army of Dane and Saxon and take both bebbanburg and dunholm, so why didn't he? It only makes sense IMO.
It really does, I swear!
Theyβre on standbi
I read all of the Saxon chronicles and couldnβt get enough so started looking for more. I stumbled across the Bernicia chronicles and read all of them. Now Iβm looking for my next adventure. Anyone have any suggestions?
Pilot on me!!
Nothing, he was gladiator.
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
When I got home, they were still there.
