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Erik Bloodaxe - Tides of change
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Join the Earls Arknel and Erlend on Orkney. It is well-placed for raiding down the western coasts as well as the southern shores.

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You sail to Orkney and set up camp. A Norse community has already been established there.

The Earls Erlend and Arnkel are obliged to accompany you on your voyages.

You also gather reinforcements from Vikings who have settled in the Western Isles.

Orkney has good access to the trading towns of Dublin and York. Your people have a well-established trading system from Europe, the Black sea and beyond. Objects are transported over thousands of miles across a great network.

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the outcome
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Evidence of Viking settlement in the Western Isles. Glass beads from a Viking grave, Ballinaby, Islay.
Evidence of a Norse community on Orkney. Shield boss, from a Viking grave, Westness, Rousay, Orkney.