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Under Ekethorp The Corn King and Queen appear to Wistan in a dream.  It seems that there is strife amongst the leadership in Ekethorp in the wake of the Queen’s death.  One Coven member, Mira, with whom Wistan negotiated at Forchafn, is still in favour of paying a Geatgeld to persuade them from Eowland.  The […]

The Eowan Host Comes Not long after the the battle at Ottenby word comes from Cuthraed Wulfinga that an Eowan host  of perhaps 1000 warriors is marching south-east from Morbylange towards Ekethorpe and Ossby.  That night all four Wulfinga Night-Wolves go forth  glean what they can of the approach of the enemy Here.  They return […]

The day begins with a Witangemot, where the notables of this newly forged Geatish Here come together to share news and decide a course of action. The Geats of the Fleet are more angered and aroused by news of the death of Wiglaf than cowed.  All agree that the time is come for vengeance against […]

Two days are spent at Sicvarp while men recuperate from wounds and more of the Freed regain their Brew-addled wits.  During this time Linda Wulfinga, Wistan’s cousin, ranges around the island seeking tidings. She returns with the news that from beseiging Borgholm, Wiglaf is now in turn besieged there himself by an army of up […]

Miska returns from a night-time scouting trip to Sicvarp with the news that it is abandoned by the Eowan. The Corn King and Queen agree with Wistan that they will help the Geats in the hope that there will be less bloodshed.  They free their bodyguards from ensorcelment.  They awake and remember nothing from the […]

The Next Day The next day passed in relative calm. There was much discussion about next steps but the general consensus was that yesterday had been their best shot and the only viable course of action was to make themselves as safe as possible in Forchafn, await events and the return of the Blue Fish. […]

Forchafn The day dawns with the raucous cawing of a bright-eyed raven sitting upon the roof of the hall in Forchafn where most have snatched a precious few hours rest. Some guess it to be the fetch of Saeric Raven’s Cloak, the Woden Priest from the Osprey. Their suspicions are confirmed when it takes flight […]

Looking around, the exhausted Geats can see five abandoned Eowan ships. There is the debris of a sixth, smashed by the Black Pig, floating around them. Two more Eowan ships are adrift near where the Spearhafoc was taken – both empty and damaged. Of Eowan oar-slaves there are three dozen or so, slumped upon their […]

Some New Faces When he sees the largesse expended upon the Black Pig by Thegn Osgar-Lytelman, Eorl Sighere gifts him the ship outright. Thus Sighere enhances his reputation as a good and generous Eorl, while putting Lytelman publicly in his debt; while Osgar enhances his status as an independent Thegn who has not only arrived […]