Final Faction Voting Thread

**Erik Bloodaxe** · 03-06-2007, 23:12

Norway, plain and simple. Vikings kick arse!

**CaesarAugustus** · 03-07-2007, 01:04

Hmm.... looks like Norway will be the final faction.....

Is the MA team planning on releasing any factional previews after the vote is over? And if so, will they be as detailed as the one released on England?

**Malachus** · 03-07-2007, 05:00

Dag nabbit, looks like Norway is gonna win this thing hands down. I was hoping for Seville. More Muslim factions to oppose the Catholic ones seems like it would give a stronger feel to the religious war between the two faiths.

**Excel** · 03-07-2007, 17:14

i too voted for that reason but all these nubs want to play with their lol vikings.

**Mocker** · 03-09-2007, 21:33

Seems like some people are expecting a Norwegian 'viking faction' here... I don't think that will happen. Yes, they'll start with norse units available, but that's just about all there is of viking units.

**Tuuvi** · 03-10-2007, 04:56

What was Norway like in the mod's time period?

**Taedius** · 03-10-2007, 11:53

The description of Norway at the start of this thread gives you a good idea. It was a kingdom, but quite decentralized. Most people were farmers, but many also traded. Their military was based on levies; the land was divided in small regions, each responcible for equipping a ship with crew in wartime. In addition, the King had a body of professional soldiers called the Hird.

There was no feudalism. Farmers mostly owned their own land, and the 'nobility' consisted of the richest among them. Society was based around the family. A mans influence depended on the family or clan he came from, and his relation to other powerful families.

The judicial system was based on the Ting. This was simply a gatering of all 'free men', where laws were read aloud and issues of common interest was debated. Conflicts were also solved, and the lawmen would issue punishment on offenders, usually fines, but also outlawry.

Hm. Anything else?