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.

Noggin mad ...

I always enjoyed the Noggin the Nog stories when I was a child, and still have a fondness for the characters and stories - set in the (viking) Northlands; I have the 12 book set, covering 12 of Noggin's adventures, plus the Sagas of Noggin the Nog (the first 4 stroies from the 12 book set but illustrated in colour) and Nogmania - nice little book on Noggin, his country men and life in the Northlands.

For more on Noggin the Nog and his adventures  see http://www.nogginthenog.co.uk and http://www.smallfilms.co.uk/noggin/.

My aim is to model each of the main Noggin the Nog characters - some interesting modelling to do...

Drabant Saxons finished ...

I've been slowly working on the packs of Drabant saxons I bougtht a while back; they are super figs and I really enjoyed painting them. Here they are command, thegns and archers:

 

 

 

 

Isle of Loost: Beornwulf the Bold's story

Beornwulf the Bold and a group of saxon warriors were journeying home from the continent where they had been on campaign supporting Beornwulf''s cousin. On the voyage home they had been blown south in a storm. Knowing of the position of the isle of Loost they had landed there to gather food and water.

 

Beornwulf and his party march slowly in-land ...

They come across a hermit and get directions to the hamlet of Sodham ...

Entering Sodham Beornwulf enquires about food and water; after a long discussion they agree to trade some hand axes and their remaining coin for food...

While they prepare the food for the saxons the villagers tell them of the visit of some vikings a couple of days before....

Beornwulf and his men leave Sodham with supplies and a villager to guide them to the fountain of Isencak to obtain water before they return to their ship ...

The villager leads them along the high ground avoiding the swamp in the valley

As they reach a gap in the vegetation, they see some vikings down by the fountain ...

The sound of fighting is heard, they can see the vikings under attack; the guide tells them it is the orb maiden warriors (protectors of the Orb Stone of Isencak);  Beornwulf forms up the fittest men....

The saxons charge into the fray...

a long and bloody fight ensues ...

The saxons are victorious, but a few vikings get away with the stone of Isencak....

Beornwulf and his men exhausted after the fight are unable to pursue, they rest for a while. After getting  some water they return to their ship, along with the last of the orb maiden warriors. Some rest in the tents with others on guard - the rest watch as the food is prepared ......

there is much feasting, drinking and telling of tales round the camp fire. The next day the saxons set sail for home...

Isle of Loost: Angstrom Angstromsen's quest for the Orb Stone of Isencak

Angstrom Angstromsen and his band of viking warriors move in land....

A squabble breaks out over some trivial jibe, by the time Angstrom has got his men under control, one of their party is dead

After getting directions from a mad old hermit they move down the hill towards the swamp in the valley ...

The party enters the swamp....

Angstrom finds out while the hermit cackled with laughter as he told them of the way through the swamp....

A crocodile jumps up out of the swamp, the men try to fend it off...

Angstrom deals with the last crocodile...

After a hard fight the crocodiles are dealt with and the vikings move out of the swamp as quickly as they can

a little while later the find themselves at a fountain in a clearing; by the fountain is the keeper of the orb stone. Give me the Orb of Isencak, demands Angstrom ....

the orb maiden warriors, protectors of the stone, appear ....

the vikings fight the orb warriors...

seemingly beset on all sides the vikings make a run for a it, only to find that there are only a few of them left..

 still they have the Orb of Isencak and it's rather pretty keeper ....