I'm in dire need of a roleplay that will take place in the Viking Age of the Early Middle Ages!
I'm looking for something loosely and/or heavily based on the History Channel tv series
Vikings.
In particular, I'm looking to play an Original Character (OC) - see the details below.
Vikings Male Characters:
(Canon characters that I'd be interested in)
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King Ragnar Lothbrok
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Rollo Lothbrok
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Athelstan
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Bjorn Lothbrok
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Kalf (with short or long hair)
(Also interested in)
- Original Characters (OCs)
I have a personal reserve of different Viking Age based pictures
(mostly of Viking Men). Feel free to look through it and use one
of the photographs for the portrayal of your character.
Here is the album:
http://s175.photobucket.com/user/SunkenSoul/Viking%20Age/story
FEMALE CHARACTER #1:
The Ghost Runner
Name: Fara (born Ingrid)
Origin: Scandinavia
Race: Half Norse, Half Undetermined
Age: 23
Status: No Status
Languages: Old Franconian, Old Norse, Some Hebrew
Religion: Mixed Beliefs
Plot:
A group of Norsemen (Vikings) lead by King Ragnar Lothbrok, travel to Paris (West Franks) to raid new lands. The city of Paris, being ruled by King Charles the Bald, is a city surrounded by big walls and towers that separate it from the water (water surrounds the city). The Vikings, on the shores of Paris across the river, build fort and organize their army to invade Paris. Several days after their arrival, they rage war and hell on the city of Paris, and are unsuccessful in their attempt to overthrow the Frankish army.
After retreating, Lagertha leads a night-time surprise attack on Paris. Before she sets out on the Vikings second attempt to conquer, she is visited by a mysterious veiled woman in knight armor. The woman refers to herself as the 'Ghost Runner', and tells Lagertha of her plan to join them in their nightly raid against Paris with her militia known as the “Ghosts”. She tells Lagertha that the Ghosts will appear in the Vikings time of need to help them overthrow the Franks. Before Lagertha could refuse or argue, the veiled woman disappears into the darkness of the night, leaving Lagertha a pendant necklace. Lagertha wears the pendant around her neck, and never speaks a word to any of the other Vikings.
Plans to penetrate the city go sour when Count Odo and his men launch a massive spike wheel down the corridor where the Vikings are fighting. The wheel nearly ends their nightly conquest, until Rollo crawls over the device and uses big iron arrows to block the wheel.
Meanwhile, a group of men in knightly armor come pouring into the corridor behind the Vikings. Lagertha orders her raiders to cease any attack on the knights. Kalf and Loki, despite their confusion, abide by Lagertha, alongside the rest of the Vikings, who all move aside to allow the masked knights to approach the wheel. The veiled female knight leading them, The Ghost Runner, charges towards the spike wheel mounted on a black armored stallion. With a burning arrow at hand, the Ghost Runner tightly jumps over the spike wheel, and lands several feet before Rollo. Without hesitation, the mystery knight pulls back the bow and fires the ablaze arrow.
Count Odo, thinking the arrows is headed for Gisla, pulls the Princess away from the target. The arrow strikes the
Oriflamme (the sacred flag of Sainte Denis, supposedly bathed in his blood after his death) – the arrows true target. The flag rises to flames within seconds, leaving Princess Gisla's knees to buckle in devastation.
As Princess Gisla begins to wail in anger, The Ghost Runner removes her hood and cloak, to reveal her beautiful blue-eyes and long, copper red hair. Despite the Princesses cries and shouts of religious curses towards the knight, Count Odo, wide-eyed and baffled, retreats with the Princess. Lagertha, in awe of the identity of the Ghost Runner, stands stunned. To compensate for Lagertha's silence, Kalf orders the Viking warriors to attack onward. The Ghosts militia continue to climb over the spike wheel, alongside the Vikings, to battle and overthrow the Frankish army.
Biography:
Fara was born originally with the name Ingrid, to a Norse mother and an unknown/ undetermined father. Her mother was born in a family of farmers, and was raped as a young teen during a town pillage. The group of attackers raided swiftly, taking women at will and leaving the village in ruins. To this day, little is known about the pillagers. After this horrific event, Ingrid's mother became pregnant with her rapist's child. She gave birth to a beautiful baby girl – unique for her fire-red hair and crystal blue eyes. She named her Ingrid, meaning god's beauty. Her mother loved, cared for, and raised Ingrid until she was 4 years old. On Ingrid's 4th birthday, the mystery pillagers returned to the village to finish business. They slaughtered all the children in the small town, ensuring any children born of their blood would surely be terminated. The event became known to the Norse as the “Infant Massacre”.
During this massacre, the mother attempted to save Ingrid's life by fleeing from the village. The flee was unsuccessful, as the raiders over powered her. She told her daughter run and to not stop. Ingrid, only a toddler, did as she was told. As her mother was slammed to the ground, Ingrid ran. But she couldn't run fast enough. A pillager on horse-back chased her down, and with the whip of a sword – slashed the back of Ingrid's small and frail body. The baby fell limp onto the ground. Presumable dead, Ingrid's child body was taken by the two-time attackers, stuffed in a bag, and dumped several kilometers from the village. Her mother never found her body – Ingrid was never seen again.
Ingrid's mother, along with the most of the village, were crippled in devastation. She vowed to never be overpowered again, and to protect people like farmers from further attacks. Moving locations, she put her past behind her. She became a skilled shieldmaiden, and a couple years later, married a farmer from a different town – Ragnar Lothbrok. Together, the two had 3 children and rose the ranks of the Norse world. After losing two children (Gyda and a unborn child - miscarriage), Lagertha and Ragnar parted ways. Ragnar became King, and Lagertha took the title of Earl Ingstad. She never spoke a word about Ingrid to anyone.
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The details a blur, Ingrid survived the slash to the back. After being dumped, Ingrid was picked up by Radhanites. Radhanites were Jewish merchants and slave dealers that traveled the world, doing trade and exchanges with people of all kinds in their travels. Ingrid was saved and nursed back to health. She traveled with the Radhanites before becoming old enough to be sold as a slave/ child worker. As the Radhanites traveled from Scandinavia to overseas, they landed in Frankish territory, where Ingrid was purchased by Count Odo.
Roleplay Ideas:
1) Rollo x Fara (Ingrid)
I had originally designed this character for Rollo/ with his character in mind as a pairing. Rollo is generally attracted to strong women, and seeing as Fara is a leader of a militia, AND is evidently stunning, would make him automatically attracted to her. She is young, beautiful, and witty, and ultimately - she is Lagertha's daughter - so she would be blatantly similar to her both in looks and demeanor (let's not forget, there was a time Rollo considered himself in love with Lagertha). As well as this, Fara is not Ragnar's kin, therefore she is also shares no blood relation with Rollo.
Technical details aside, there are a number of ways Rollo and Fara would initially bond. A) Rollo, along with everyone else, would soon/ quickly find out that Fara is Lagertha's long lost daughter, Ingrid. And that in fact, Legertha's name of Earl Ingstad was secretly dedicated to her lost daughter, Ingrid. B) Rollo and Fara are both side-by-side in the corridor, battling the same war against the Franks. There are several ways their first interaction could pan out:
Idea 1a) Fara, seconds after firing the arrow and setting ablaze the Oriflamme, is struck by an arrow herself (fired by a Frankish soldier). She is struck off of her horse, where perhaps Rollo would feel the urge to guard/ protect/ help her (also, I'd imagine that as soon as she was struck, Lagertha would be rushing to her side - even potentially yelling out her birth name - Ingrid). In the fall off her horse, Fara's cloak is completely torn off, revealing a scar on her back and neck - which protruded from her armor/ outfit. The scar, to Lagertha, would be the final confirmation that Fara was indeed Ingrid. For sake of drama, we may possible add that Lagertha mutters out "she's my daughter"! We can take it from there.
Idea 1b) After firing the arrow, a full-fledged outbreak of war begins between the Frank soldiers and the Vikings. Fara, alongside Rollo, would help the Vikings fight the Franks with her militia of knights. They too battle, and the Vikings breach the city of Paris. Whether they end up retreating, or completely take-over Paris, can be discussed in the details. But essentially Rollo and Fara would battle togehter and make a "good team" so to speak.
Idea 1c) Anything you have in mind!
2) Athelstan x Fara (Ingrid)
In this plot, Athelstan would be alive, not murdered/dead. He would be fighting alongside the Vikings in their raids against Paris. There's not really a specific idea here, for Athelstan. It would be more of a fascination on Athelstan's part. I'd imagine he would want to know all the details and adventures of her life. He'd also hold a great curiosity to her political drive with her militia and knights.
2) OC x Fara (Ingrid)
This would have to be an OC Viking. We could even replace Rollo (the "Bear" who stops the spike wheel) with an OC picture and character.
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FEMALE CHARACTER #2:
Princess Gisela of Paris (West Franks)
Name: Gisela
Origin: West Franks (Early France)
Race: Half Frankish (Old Franconian) and Half Norse (Old Norse)
Age: 18-21
Status: Princess of Paris
Languages: Old Franconian and Old Norse
Religion: Christian and Pagan (both)
Plot:
A group of Norsemen (Vikings) lead by King Ragnar Lothbrok, travel to Paris (West Franks) to raid new lands. The city of Paris, being ruled by King Charles the Bald, is a city surrounded by tall walls and towers that separate it from the water (water surrounds the city). The Vikings, on the shores of Paris across the river, build fort and organize their army to invade Paris. Several days after their arrival, they rage war and hell on the city of Paris, and successfully overthrow the little/small army Paris has gathered to fight the Pagans. The Franks lose the battle.
Additional note:
Forgive me if this idea does not coincide with recent events / characters on the show Vikings - I wrote the plot for this story before the show introduced the characters from Paris, especially Princess Gisla (Princess of Paris / The Kingdom of West Franks).
This plot line will be including the raid to Paris but DISCLUDING the Vikings character of Princess Gisla, only to replace her with my own version of the Princess of Paris. I originally gave my character the title of Princess Gisela (I know, it's strikingly similar - it's the real name historically of the Princess of France) but for the sake of the most recent Vikings episode, I can also rename her to Princess Gisla, if wanted, though I will be changing her appearance (changing the actress from the show to my own model).
Biography:
The Princess of Paris, Princess Gisela, is actually half Norse, and half Frankish. Her mother was a Viking, who fell adrift on a raft after a battle near the region. She was found unconscious and barely alive by Frankish soldiers and the Prince of the time, who spared her life and nursed her back to health (unfamiliar of who she was or where she came from). Despite the two of them speaking separate languages, they fell in love, and the Prince married her to the throne. Over the years she learned some of the Frankish language (Old Franconian), but mainly stayed majorly fluent in Old Norse. They bore a child; a daughter (later turned Princess) named Gisela. She became fluent in both languages, as her mother taught and spoke to her in Old Norse, while her father spoke to her in Old Franconian. Unfortunately Gisela's mother died, alongside with Gisela's brother, during childbirth when Gisela was still young. The child son, Gisela's brother, shortly died thereafter.
To honour her mother's memory, Gisela made efforts to stay fluent in Old Norse on her own, as well as trained to be a good fighter (or what her mother called a "shield maiden"). Gisela would possess mostly Frankish education, though would have also been taught the ways and beliefs of the Vikings.
Additionally, this is a portrait (painting) of her mother that hangs in the castle:
Queen Portrait.
For this roleplay, I'm thinking she would have grown up in the castle with her father and his new wife (he would have remarried fairly quickly) and late half-siblings. She would very much be royalty, though many West Franks could consider her "impure" for her Old Norse ancestry. Despite this, she would remain an active politician by her fathers side as she grew into adulthood.
Roleplay Ideas:
1) Rollo/ Athelstan/ Viking OC x Gisela:
Like in the show, the Vikings would invade Paris (The Kingdom of West Franks) in the event known as the "Sack" or "Siege of Paris". Following the Vikings attacks, my character would attempt to flee the castle with her family (King and Queen included) when they are attacked by Norse raiders. Gisela would fight to defend her family (to aid their escape) through skilled combat. Here is where she would come to face your character, a Viking.
This character can be an OC, though I had originally envisioned the role of Rollo or Athelstan to be my character's opposing pairing.
Your character (Rollo, Athelstan or an OC) would be smitten by Gisela's fighting technique (she's wickedly talented with a weapon), as well as swept by her beauty and bravery. We can also add in that she speaks to him in Norse tongue. I'm thinking in the event of battle, she momentarily escapes your character, only to walk the streets and be injured by a flying arrow (ironically, it could be an arrow misfired by the Franks). She is struck to the ground where she hits her head, and is left distraught (vulnerable to defeat) with a concussion. My character would then be at the mercy of your character who, for whatever reason, decides to spare her life and save her. One of the things she could say to him in Norse would be "please spare the children" - in which she would be referring to her younger half-siblings.
2) OC/ Other x Gisela:
Open to other ideas!
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FEMALE CHARACTER #3:
Slave of the Kingdom of Kent
Name: Daralis
Origin: Kingdom of Kent (under Mercian rule)
Race: Anglo-Saxon (Old English)
Age: 16-18
Status: Slave to the royals of Kent (Cuthred family)
Languages: Old English
Religion: Christianity
Plot:
A group of Norsemen (Vikings) lead by King Ragnar Lothbrok, travel west of Scandinavia to raid new lands. They pull up to the Anglo-Saxon shores of the Kingdom of Kent where they encounter the client King of Kent, Culfred (brother of King Coenwulf of Mercia). The Kingdom of Kent, in relation to the Vikings TV chronology, was the Kingdom in which Ecbert's father ruled as King Ealhmund of Kent, until his defeat. Upon Ealhmund's death, Ecbert was exiled from Kent by Offa of Mercia (new ruler of Kent) and Beorhtric of Wessex. Upon Beorhtric's death, Ecbert returned to Wessex and took the throne.
In this plot, Mercia would be newly ruled by Coenwulf, who took throne several months after King Ecgfrith. Ecgfrith was the son of Offa of Mercia, the greatest King of Mercia and his wife Cynethryth (who is actually Princess Kwenthwrith who plays the Queen of Merica in the show). Once Coenwulf took over (only 5 months after Offa's death), he appointed the Kingdom of Kent – a client state of Mercia – to his brother, Cuthred.
During the Viking raids, the Kingdom of Kent was not so much an independent Kingdom as it was a Kingdom that was constantly being fought over by Mercia and Wessex. During the first Viking raid of Kent, the Kingdom was current client state of Mercia (economically, politically, or militarily subordinate to another more powerful state – ie. Mercia).
Because I'm mainly following the true history of these three Kingdoms in this plot, I will be ignoring the Vikings show adaptation of the Queen of Mercia and not using her role nor rule of Mercia in this roleplay. For an image of the more accurate hierarchy (and the hierarchy I will be using in this roleplay) – refer
here.
To continue, the plot will center around Ragnar's return to the Anglo-Saxon territory. The Vikings (Ragnar and his men) would raid the Kingdom of Kent for the first time (for whatever reason).
Biography:
Daralis is an Anglo-Saxon slave. She grew up her whole life in the Kingdom of Kent castle, under the Cuthred family. Being a slave, she has little freedom. Though, because she is a slave of a royal family, she has higher value and a better, more nourished life than that of a poor slave (in Anglo-Saxon history, there was a hierarchy of slaves based off of their owner's wealth). Unlike most slaves, Daralis was not purchased; she was born into the house. Her mother, a noble slave for the Coenwulf family, became pregnant after an affair with King Coenwulf; making Daralis an illegitimate child of the King of Mercia. Rather than throwing his mistress slave and child Daralis on the streets, Coenwulf, a devout Christian, decided to keep her services of slavery in the family. Unable to bear the responsibility of having an illegitimate daughter being raised in his own home, King Coenwulf of Mercia shipped the slave mother and her infant daughter, Daralis, to the Kingdom of Kent to serve for his brother, client King Cuthred.
According to Daralis' mother, King Coenwulf and Daralis' slave mother were in love. Despite their feelings, Coenwulf could not wed her to the throne because of her poor slave status. Until her mother's death when Daralis was only 7 years old (due to illness); her mother worshiped the King of Mercia, and believed that King Coenwulf was unable to bear the thought of them being sold to another owner (who potentially could be worse, poorer, and abusive), and feared she would fall into the hands of the wrong people. For that reason, to avoid that heartbreaking outcome, he sent his lover slave and his illegitimate daughter to live and serve his trusted brother, Cuthred. The illegitimate child (my character) is also said to have been named by Coenwulf – who named her Daralis, meaning “beloved”.
Through orders directly from King Coenwulf, Daralis was to be nearly treated as a noble. Although she served as a slave and had maid duties, she was to be embellished in nice noblewoman clothing, to have an elaborate bedroom, and to be served good food. Despite these commands from the King of Mercia himself (her father), Daralis was not treated nearly as well. King Cuthred, disgusted by her very existence as half slave - half royal, slaved the poor girl half to death with chores and hard labor (think of a historical version of Cinderella). Although Daralis was meant to dine with the Cuthred family, instead, she was made to serve them [food] – and was often not given anything to eat (in which she would have to steal food). The times she looked the best and the healthiest were during visits from Coenwulf, who expected such an appearance (essentially, they treated her poorly behind closed doors, but would make it appear like she was practically royalty when Coenwulf would visit).
Despite hating her life in the Cuthred family, she did not runaway, in respect to her mother (who loved Coenwulf). Instead, Daralis resorted to dreaming of setting off to new worlds, a new life, and a new adventure. Little did she know, that new world, life and adventure, was going to come to her.
Roleplay Ideas:
1) General Idea:
King Ecbert of Wessex struggles to battle Mercia, in high hopes of regaining the Kingdom of Kent, which his father previously ruled (I'm thinking Ecbert would have an irrational obsession with regaining Kent in honor of his deceased father).
Ragnar and his men raid the Kingdom of Kent in order to piss off King Ecbert after finding out that their settlement farmlands and their farmers had been massacred. I'm thinking this raid would be a ruse/ploy in order to rage war against Ecbert. Thus, Ragnar raids Kent (which is property of Mercia) in order to attempt to force Mercia to join forces with him in his battle against Ecbert.
For this idea, I'm thinking King Cuthred sees the Northmen invade his shores, and rather than fight to the death for his territory, he makes a last ditch effort to flee Kent and return to the Kingdom of Mercia. Despite the escape, Cuthred gathers a Kentish army to fight the Norse off. Unfortunately, the Kingdom's smaller status, resources, and bodies limit the army's capability and Kent loses the battle against the Vikings.
Though, when Ragnar and his men head to raid the castle, they find all the doors/exits have been barricaded from the outside (to keep people/Vikings out). With only a small army of men guarding the doors, the Vikings bust through the barracades only to find the entire castle
empty. The castle was nothing but some trivial pieces of furniture, with the exception of a single woman, left locked inside the deserted castle alone. This woman is Daralis.
I'm thinking she would have been essentially abandoned by the Cuthred family and locked in (to die) when they fled the Kingdom. They would have fled a couple days prior, with intention of pretending that Daralis was killed by Vikings/ expecting her also to be killing by Vikings. Though, rather than killing her, the Vikings decide to use her as leverage against Mercia and Ecbert, after she tells them she is the daughter of the King of Mercia.
Optional - we can also add in that perhaps Daralis is a phenomenal singer. I'm thinking that when they break into the Kent castle, they find her by following her voice. Upon marching into the room, they find her staring out the window overlooking the city, and singing
Ave Maria. Her voice, calmness and fearless blasé demeanor could infatuate and intrigue a fellow Viking.
2) Rollo x Daralis:
Rollo has suffered enough slack in the series. It's time he finds love, and a happy ending. Now that much time has passed since Siggy's death, I'm thinking he and Daralis could be an intriguing pair. She would be craving new adventure, and he could give that to her. She is also fearless (having nothing to live for), something I'm thinking Rollo would find infatuating and attractive. He would develop a quick and serious attachment to her (in which he would make up excuses to protect her). Or something along those lines. I'm also thinking for the sake of making this roleplay easier, Rollo would be fairly fluent in Old English (he would have been taught by Athelstan along with Ragnar), since my character cannot speak Old Norse.
For this pairing, the above general idea of #1 would work.
3) Athelstan x Daralis:
Same general idea as #1. Athelstan, though, in this plot would not be in love with Judith (Aethelwulf's wife). We can either eliminate his romance with her, or belittle it as a simple affair. Athelstan, being an Anglo-Saxon himself, would be fluent in Old English, and thus would be one of the only one's capable of fully communicating with her. He would, also, as a religious being and good man with Monk values, sympathize with her slave status and her upbringing as an illegitimate child. They could perhaps bond over a split identity.
4) Bjorn x Daralis:
I like Bjorn. He's extremely compassionate, like his mother. That compassion would drive him to save and protect Daralis. Other than that, I don't have too much of an idea on this pairing.
5) Viking (OC) x Daralis:
Your own invented and original Viking!
5) Other OC x Daralis:
Send me your ideas!
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FEMALE CHARACTER #4:
Princess Delilah of Wessex
Name: Delilah
Origin: Wessex
Race: Anglo-Saxon (Old English)
Age: 21-25
Status: Dishonoured / Ex-Princess
Languages: Old English, Old Norse, a bit of Latin
Religion: Ex-Christian / Atheist (openly)
" believe in no God, only in the madness of man."
Plot:
A group of Norsemen (Vikings) lead by King Ragnar Lothbrok, travel west of Scandinavia to raid new lands. They pull up to the Anglo-Saxon shores of Wessex where they encounter the ruthless King Ecbert who will not hesitate to rage war. Although, instead of shedding blood, King Ecbert agrees to negotiate with Ragnar Lothbrok, who inquires that he does not want treasure, but fertile land. Meanwhile, back in Scandinavia - Ragnar's lands are being vengefully conquered by enemy Jarl Borg. In a panic, Ragnar retreats back to Scandinavia, leaving only a small troupe of Norsemen to maintain negotiations with King Ecbert of Wessex. Though, this retreat leads King Ecbert to betray negotiations, and attack the small group of Norsemen in order to finally rid them. The battle turns into a complete massacre of the Vikings - leaving only a handful of people who managed to escape to their boat, and leave back to Scandinavia. All but one escaped; Athelstan - an ex-monk and Anglo-Saxon who was enslaved by Ragnar (and later freed) years ago during a previous raid. Although Athelstan was freed, he was welcomed into the Viking community and integrated himself into their Pagan beliefs. Having been an ex-Christian (and now-Pagan), Athestan is considered a disgrace to Christianity, the Anglo-Saxon/Wessex community, and deemed a product of Satan. He is sentenced to crucifixion.
Biography:
Delilah grew up in the prestigious royal family of Essex, to father King Ecbert and a mother who died of the plague shortly after Delilah's 13th birthday. After her mother's passing, life in the household of only men became increasingly difficult, with both her father and brother viewing women as less than she appreciated. Shortly after turning 16, she was exiled from Wessex, after she refused to marry another king's son in order to form an alliance. The rejection of marriage lead to the other King to deem war against the Kingdom of Wessex unless the princess were to agree to marry. She refused, as the Prince she was supposed to marry was cruel, and known for his abuse (and lengthy history with many dead women). She also had a hatred for that royal family in general - they were notorious for war and she felt that alliance would only bring the Kingdom of Wessex to ruins (as Wessex would fight all of the other Kingdoms messy battles). Her father, King Ecbert, thought his daughter to be insane/mad, and in effect, locked her up in the tower. He tortured her for several months, thinking he could "beat the demon" out of her. Even going to the extent of performing an exorcism to try and get her to agree. The practices only left her scarred and ruined. Thus, the King sentenced his daughter to death - claiming to the public that she had fallen ill, and had passed away (in order to make himself look good and to try and buy time to make another alliance). Before she could be beheaded in her cell, she seduced a knight and escaped - never to be found or seen again.
Delilah vowed to rise against him - to build an army and to take over her fathers kingdom. To do that, she ran away to far away lands, where she was taken in by the Norse people. She learned their language, their culture and their ways - and with that strength, she rose (this can be excluded, though). She returned to English territory and built a rebellion militia. Although small, her militia was powerful in their tactics - using small acts of terrorism as a weapon against her father and his army. Her masked-militia became widely known as "The Antichrists", as they used local displays of terrorism to place fear in the public, and often used sacrilegious, blasphemous, and unholy acts to deface God and Christianity as a whole. Because they littered the streets with anti-God blood-smeared messages, they were banished from Wessex, and a high-value reward was set for all of their heads. Despite efforts to stop The Antichrists, their latest attack lead the city and public to lose faith in their King, causing the beginning of a revolt.
The Antichrists are most well known for a quote made famous by their leader (quote above):
"Believe in no God, only simply in the madness of man."
These words and similar anti-religion quotes are graffiti-ed across many cities throughout Wessex. Primarily those closest to King Ecbert.
Additionally, Ecbert does not know the militia is formed and lead by his exiled daughter, Delilah.
Roleplay Ideas:
1) The Dark Knight x Delilah:
The King becomes desperate to find the leader and core of the Antichrist rebellion, and hires a gentlemen known as The Dark Knight - a Knight fallen from honor/ turned dirty for hire. But also infamously known as the best bounty hunter and/or assassin in Wessex. His true identity is not known, as he is always masked when on the job to assure his identity is protected.
2)Athelstan x Delilah:
Idea A) Delilah and The Antichrists save Athelstan from death-by-crucifixion. After he is nailed and placed on the cross, her militia ambushes the priest and group of King Ecbert's men and frees Athelstan. (This is from an older episode/season)
Idea B) Taking place in Season 3, where Athelstan is directly working with King Ecbert. Some how Athelstan would end up crossing pathes with Delilah and her militia. I feel this would be an interesting pairing, considering Athelstan relates to both Christian and Pagan religions, while Delilah would be an atheist – believing in no God(s).
3) Rollo x Delilah:
When Ragnar's last troupe return to Scandinavia, they alert him that King Ecbert has betrayed negotiations and killed their farmers. Preoccupied with the revenge against Kauf, Ragnar sends his entrusted brother, Rollo, to lead an army into battle against King Ecbert in Wessex. Upon arrival, there he would (somehow) meet Delilah and her militia, The Antichrists, in hopes that they could join forces to de-rule Ecbert.
4) Ragnar x Delilah:
When Ragnar finds out that King Ecbert has betrayed negotiations and killed his farmers, he vows vengeance and returns to Wessex to rage war. Upon arrival, there he would (somehow) meet Delilah and her militia, The Antichrists, in hopes that they could join forces to de-rule Ecbert.
5) Viking x Delilah:
Perhaps when Ragnar/Rollo/Athelstan/Other Vikings/Norsemen return to Wessex to seek vengeance on King Ecbert, they stumble upon the Antichrist's militia camp, and confuses it for a camp of King Ecbert's men. The vikings surprise ambush the camp, and succeed in massacring most of the militia. Delilah's beauty and skilled fighting technique raises the attention of the vikings leader (be it either Ragnar, Rollo, Athelstan, or an OC), who takes to fighting her himself. She loses her battle against him, though instead of killing her, Delilah reaches out to him by speaking Norse. Confused as to why an Anglo-Saxon can speak in their homeland tongue, the leader of the Vikings army, spares her life, and becomes consumed by his curiousity.
6) Ragnar/ Rollo/ Athelstan OR Other Viking (OC) x Delilah:
Open to other ideas incorporating canon Vikings characters or even a non-canon/ OC Viking character. Send me your ideas!
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