Sven Eriksen and the Golden Temple of the Norns - part 2 (of 2)

Sven Eriksen's viking warriors after clearing the village encountered more resistance from the temple warriors blocking their way on a rocky outcrop .... (see previous post)

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 Sven draws up his men facing the rocky outcrop and sends some men to see if they can get through the woods to the left

The vikings have found their way through the wood and the temple warriors seeing themselves outflanked start to fall back; the vikings who got through the wood head for the Golden Temple.

 The temple warriors fall back to a rocky hilltop to make a stand there as the vikings continue their deliberate advance....

 The vikings move across the causeway to the temple, when the others confront the temple warriors ...

 The defenders of  the temple island get ready for the fight .....

 The defenders hold the far causeway but the vikings have broken through on the right....

 The defenders are hard pressed on the other two causeways, now being attacked in the rear as well ..

 The defenders go down fighting, the vikings mop up ....

 The temple warriors are surrounded on the rocky hilltop,  the vikings keep them penned in ....

 Sven Eriksen reaches the island, his men are trying to locate all the treasure and are threatening the temple priest...

 They have the temple treasure chest, Sven orders one of his men to use his axe and knock off the head of the gryphon statue - Sven reaches inside and pulls out a scroll - this is the second of the clues to the location of the 'Whorled Cup' .....

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Sven and his men leave the temple and withdraw back to their ships picking up some more booty from the village on the way (the temple warriors let them pass - they have no stomach for any more fighting)...

Where will Sven and his men have to go to find the next clue to the location of the 'Whorled Cup' ?

Sven Eriksen and the Golden Temple of the Norns - part 1

Sven Eriksen moves towards Golden Temple of the Norns, continuing his quest for the clues to the location of the 'Whorled Cup'....

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The lookout on the rocky outcrop spots the vikings approaching  the village ...

 The vikings work their way slowly down the hill, seemingly in no hurry ....

 The lookout continues to sound the alarm, men are roused from the great hall and are coming outside ...

 All is quiet at the Golden Temple of the Norns...

 The vikings near the outskirts of the village

 meanwhile warriors assemble outside of the great hall..

 the vikings move slowly into the village and encounter resistance

 the warriors move forwards to take position on the rocky outcrop ....

 fighting continues in the village....

 the villagers appear to be doing well ...

 but not for long, they are outnumbered and outflanked and start to fall back to the rocky outcrop to join the warriors from the great hall....

 A viking beserker rushes the rocks, he is cut down by a mighty axe blow .....

Sven Eriksen pauses his men and sizes up the situation ....

to be continued .....

Sven Eriksen on the move again ......

The warlord Sven Eriksen and his men are moving in land from their ships, they are heading towards the Golden Temple of Norns - to locate the second clue to the location  of the treasure of the 'Whorled Cup'.....

Noggin characters - WIP

I've been fiddling with a few figures for a while to model as close as I can the main characters from Noggin the Nog. Some shots below of the figures so far with green stuff additions.

Firstly Nooka, Noggin the Nog and a rather oversize Graculus (must have been eating a lot of birdseed !)

 Two palace guards with Thor Nogson in the centre

 Finally Nogbad the Bad

Some tidying up to do and then add horns to the helmets of a couple of figures. Then they can be painted.

The orginal inspiration below from left to right: Thor Nogson, Graculus, Nogbad the Bad, Prince Knut, Noggin the Nog and Nooka.

The Mages meet .....

Nerienda (known by most as Old Crone), Hunwald (Black Staff), Halldor (White Beard)  and Oswyn (Grey Coat) have gathered for a meeting at the rocky outcrop known as the Odin Stones. [they have met before see here]

Halldor: All is going well, the viking Erikson has the first clue to the location of the Whorled Cup.
Nerienda: Good, things are working well - he still has 6 more clues to find and then the final journey to retrieve the cup.
Hunwald: He has many leagues to travel. We must wait and be patient.
Oswyn: We have still not decided what action to take over the viking Angstromsen's taking of the Orb Stone of Isencak  and it's keeper (not to mention the slaughter of the Orb Maiden warriors)
Hunwald: It may be possible to direct Beornwulf the Bold and the last remaining Orb Maiden to retrieve the Orb Stone of Isencak and return it to its rightful resting place - I will do what I can .......

Quest for the Whorled Cup: Finding Loki's Skettle ...

Sven Eriksen and his vikings have landed somewhere on the coast of africa; they must go in land to get Loki's Skettle which contains the first part of the map to the Whorled Cup. The skettle is held in awe by the local Wangiri tribe.

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Sven and his men haved landed and moved inland, they have been watched secretly by native scouts..

The native Wangiri tribe assemble in the nearby village, ready to go out and repel the intruders...

The vikings moving forward catch sight of the natives ....

The vikings charge forward and after a brief encounter in which they find the natives tough fighters, they fall back ..

The first group of natives fade back into the jungle but another larger group appear ....

A crocodile hoping for a quick snack finds that the vikings are not an easy meal; Hafnar fells it with a well aimed sword blow; angered by this attack he goes off on a personal quest to find and kill any other weird animals in a nearby thicket .... Hafnar is not seen again ...

The natives fall back to their village as the vikings surge forward ...

battle is joined as the vikings and natives fight in the village .....

The vikings cut down the natives and prepare to move on, but a large beast passing by halts their progress

After the grey beast has gone they move on, passing between the rocks they enter the ruined temple precinct

More of the Wangiri tribe appear out of the jungle to defend the temple ....

In charge the vikings keen to get to grips with the opposition ...

The natives are beaten and the survivors run off into the jungle, the vikings secure the temple ...

Sven and Elfric look at their prize - Loki's Skettle ...

The Quest for the Whorled Cup begins ....

Sven Erikson, has resumed his search for the Whorled Cup , they are looking for the first part of the map.

They have voyaged far to the south, and are nearing their goal.  Their journey has taken them a couple of months. The climate is hot and the coastline they examine for a landing place looks unfamiliar with strange vegetation. When they landed for water a couple of days ago, they found the lush forest was full of strange creatures and eerie sounds. Now Sven and Elfric consult the book of Tanwold - to check for the landing place - a headland described in the book is seen in the distance - on they go, soon they will be ashore.