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Draugr Adventure Seed and Viking Weddings
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Draugr Adventure Seed and Viking Weddings

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So, today’s Adventure seed features Draugr. Lots of them. Obviously, these would fit into Norðlond, because draugr. But did you know that (at least according to the Viking Answer Lady), it was expected for the groom to retrieve an ancestral sword from a barrow. Let me quote the passage in full: Originally by Viking Answer Lady Since men did not wear…

Crafting: Hide-faced Viking Shield Experiment
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Crafting: Hide-faced Viking Shield Experiment

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Prelude   I’d been looking for a long time to find a source of very thin hide to try and face-and-back a shield. I had been told by my instructor at Asfolk Viking Martial Arts school that the evidence for a hide-faced shield was hit and miss; some were most likely raw wood, some were…

Viking Shield Upgrade Experiment
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Viking Shield Upgrade Experiment

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Bit by bit, I’ve been working out how to improve my viking shields. My poplar edged shield that I made for myself is 5.75 lbs and about 34-34.5″ in diameter, and is still holding up strong after probably a year. Even so, there are issues with it that later commissions have fixed, but not for…