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[VoidSlayer]

Well, we know how we're going to woo Odd: Absolutely bluntly and upfront about it.

+1 the only way to go.

I mean, we have okay stewardship and learning, and are a smith.  Maybe invite her over for a private dinner so we can talk about her runes?  Bluntly of course.

[somemildmanneredidiot]

Well, we know how we're going to woo Odd: Absolutely bluntly and upfront about it.

+1 the only way to go.

I mean, we have okay stewardship and learning, and are a smith.  Maybe invite her over for a private dinner so we can talk about her runes?  Bluntly of course.

+1 to finding mutual Learning things to converse about.

[NRDL]

Well, we know how we're going to woo Odd: Absolutely bluntly and upfront about it.

+1 the only way to go.

I mean, we have okay stewardship and learning, and are a smith.  Maybe invite her over for a private dinner so we can talk about her runes?  Bluntly of course.

+1 to finding mutual Learning things to converse about.

+1 to direct wooing.

[somemildmanneredidiot]

Hypothesis: Rune magic is a subtle magic. It can help guide and make efforts more likely to succeed or fail, but it is most effective when done subtly. This helps contribute to the doubt of whether or not it actually works as well as helping make sure that idiot foreigners ignore it so that Seidr users have just that bit more of an edge while keeping it a more tightly held secret. Google seems to support that perspective as well as provide information that men practicing it was something of a social taboo.

[Aseaheru]

PTWA(e)C

[TealNinja]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

PTW

I'm seeing three priorities at the moment, listed in priority as food, defense, and trade.

Food: We've used up our year of food so we're going to have to keep pursuing food each year with several actions until we have a stable incoming supply of it as well as a solid stockpile. We've made solid progress clearing the fields so we'll be able to use this turn to push forward farming, but we'll need to do a fair amount of hunting until the farms are set up such that they can provide enough to last through lean times. We'll probably want to scout out that old village and see if there are any resources that we can scavenge from it.

Defense: Speaking of, while the village is a nice temptation, we'll probably want to settle into this coastal area so that we can better secure our ships. Once things are further up and running we could secure the village and see about expanding from there. The fences are a nice start, but with all these trees we should be able to set up some solid walls once our logging industry gets set up. I'd like to improve our military but we're going to need mire funds before we get into that.

Trade: For trading with Iceland, lumber is going to be our primary export, probably followed by honey/mead. We have 210 Hacksilver, plus whatever we get from tax income, which will hopefully be enough to get Logging started up if our other priorities don't require an amount of funds to ensure our survival. While we're setting that up, we can also do some research on bees. Once we have some solid income incoming, we'll be able to get some miners over here and begin our way into iron.

Marriage: So while we may pursue someone, it will probably take some time for any courtship to be successful, especially considering our crap diplomacy. For Odd, we have about two things in common, that being Learning and Stewardship. It might take some time to woo her is all I'm saying.

For food, we're fishermen by culture and trade.  The main reason I had supported researching Plants for the first round was that they would serve potentially 3 things: A new food resource (berries, vegetables, roots, etc.), medicinal herbs, or craftable materials.  Finding the amount of Iron that we did is fantastic, but is not immediately useful.  Hopefully, the beasts that we found can be trained to help defend the town, and we can safely leave the encampment to do other things.

For trade, the logging industry should have been prioritized from the start.  We're Icelanders, hardy folk, we would have managed through a winter without proper housing for all (at least, as long as we had a Longhouse).  Now that we have the opportunity for pelts and furs, that should be our biggest export; even if we can't sell to our distant cousins at home, we can sell to the Anglos, Irish and Welsh, maybe even the Latin nations.

I think another priority, one that's probably extremely important, is becoming the de facto leader of all of Vinland.  Right now, we're the leader because we were appointed leader, but our people are very independent.  We need to impress upon our Diplomat and Steward the importance of having a good figurehead, and we're terrible at public speaking.  We need a major meeting hall built quickly, and have communal meals eaten every evening to anyone who wishes to come, so that we can also address any issues people have quickly.  If people come to rely on us willingly, then consolidating our power and becoming more than just a colony/expedition is much more reasonable.

[Ghazkull]

Year 2: 1001 AD

What a beautiful new year! You have fallen in love and the settlement is coming along nicely. Although there are some issues which need to be taken care of rather urgently. Most importantly food.

Spoiler:  Martial (click to show/hide)

Corv doesn't have a family name, he apparently has no lineage of note but what you know of him is that hes an old Veteran of the Varangian Guard. He brought his nephews family with him here and is currently the leader of the Huscarls. While well in his fourties he should not be underestimated, his axe has a number of notches and looks well worn. You went on a raid with him once and can attest to his skill (Choose 3):

More Defenses A fence is all nice and good but what you need is a proper palisade.
Cost: 500 Hacksilver Duration:1 Year  Reward: A Palisade around Jomarsted

Train the Leidangr The Leidangr is the volunteer army which consists of the entirety of the male and parts of the female population. Training them and outfitting them properly might be of interest to ensure a safe settlement.
Cost: 500 Hacksilver, 2 Years Reward: Leidangr upgraded from Karls to Lidsmenn

Explore the Coast We could also travel along the coast and figure out if there is something useful or interesting to be found...
Cost: Nothing, 1 Year Reward: Information and new Options

Scout for the Natives So you found an abandoned village. Maybe you should figure out where its owners have gone off to...
Cost: Nothing, 1 Year Reward: Information and new Options

Spoiler:  Diplomacy (click to show/hide)

Asa Ohnehaar (going to use the german translation since i can't do those fancy accents over the a on my keyboard) is belligerent, unfriendly and a suprisingly sensible Diplomat she seems to have learned a few things leading a household all alone (Choose 2):

Trade with Iceland You need goods, maybe its time to put those boats to use and bring some much needed silver into the settlement by trading a bit. For now there is not much worth in trade but we'll see.
Cost: Nothing Duration: 1 Year Reward: New Options, +100 Trade Income with Iceland

Come to Vinland we have Old Gods! Leif recently brough all the new rumours from Home and told you that people were force to accept The White Christ. Many are disgruntled. Maybe your traders could also tell them of the new opportunities free of religious opression in the new world.
Cost: Nothing, 1 Year Reward: New Options, influx of immigrants, Relationschange with Iceland

Trade with Dublin Dublin is another major Viking Settlement and relatively close to you. Maybe you can establish some proper trade with them
Cost: Nothing, Duration: 1 Year Reward: New Options, +100 Tade Income with Ireland

Trade with the Christians in Spain: While the Spaniards are far away they are not much further away than the Norwegians so you might as well trade with them. Cost: Nothing, Duration: 1 Year Reward: New Options, +100 Trade Income with Navarra

Trade with the Muslims in Spain: Eh, you never liked the Christians and the Muslims make far more genial hosts. Lets trade with them instead.
Cost: Nothing, Duration: 1 Year Reward: New Options, +100 Trade Income with the Caliphate of Cordoba

Spoiler: Stewardship (click to show/hide)

Thorfinn Thorson is a man covered in scars, he arrived here together with his friend, some british freedman...anyway the two know a lot about farming, you figure since the two are richer than the rest of folks here you might want to turn to them for Advice (Choose 2):

Farming Well now that the fields are cleared you can start proper farming.
Cost: 200 Hacksilver, 1 Year Reward: Farming Income

Logging Industry You are surrounded by vast forests. This is good. All that wood can be felled and later traded to Iceland at a premium. Plus you can also sell it to your own people if you further process it, saving those who do not want to cut trees themselves some time, they can invest in farming or herding.
Cost: 250 Hacksilver, 1 Year Reward: Logging Income

What dwells in yonder Woods? It takes too long for the farms to be set up, why not simply start hunting?
Cost: 250 Hacksilver, 1 Year Reward: Hunting and Pelt Income

Iron in yonder Bogs While you have no idea how mining is supposed to work, you certainly know how to get iron out of bogs. But wait there is more, you could also attempt and get peat out of there.
Cost: 500 Hacksilver, 1 Year Reward: Bog Iron and Peat

Spoiler: Research (click to show/hide)

Well for the moment you are the most learned man in the settlement...you might want to rectify that at one point (Choose 2)

Honey? HONEY! Mead is a rarity in the north, it has to be mostly imported due to the difficulty of cultivating bees. Especially on Iceland bees, honey and mead are very rare. But you are pretty sure you saw quite a lot of them around...hmm maybe you should try and figure a way to get to the honey.
Cost: 50% Chance of Success 1 Year Reward: Honey! You have Honey...

Mining Hmm, when your traders leave for europe you might want to ask them to bring back a skilled miner...or a thrall who knows how mining works.
Cost: 250 Hacksilver, 50% Chance of Success Duration: 1 Year Reward: Mining Expertise

Foreign Plants The Plants are even more important! Maybe you can find some of interest in regards to healing or to farming.
Cost: 75% chance of Success, 1 Year Reward: Information

Domesticating the Buffalo While you have a few cows, capturing and bringing in Buffalos and taming them would be very useful indeed.
40% Chance of Success, 3 Years Reward: ?

Bigger Dogs While you already have some quite nasty and big hunting and guard hounds, you could try and interbreed htem with those rather large timberwolves you've seen. That will require capturing and taming timberwolves and then breeding them with your own dogs...
30% Chance of Success, 5 Years Reward: ?

Spoiler: Piety (click to show/hide)

 Thorleif has been pestering you all year with new ideas for this new colony... (Choose 1)

A Shrine to Thor Obviously Thorleif was advocating that one. The God of Thunder and War is also commonly prayed to by farmers. People often "sacrifice" their children to the gods by giving them the name of the god added to their own...just like Thorleif.
Cost: 200 Hacksilver Duration: 1 Year   Reward: Shrine to Thor, More Conversion to Paganism (Cult of Thor), Information about Thor

A Shrine to Odin The Allfather is a fickle god, nonetheless, the God of War, Sorcery, Knowledge and Wanderers (and to some degree fate) should also be worshipped.
Cost: 200 hacksilver Duration: 1 Year Reward: Shrine to Odin, More Conversion to Paganism (Cult of Odin), Information about Odin

A Shrine to Tyr Tyr is the God of War and Justice. A God of Oaths and Law. Quite often people take oaths and sign contracts at his shrine or invoke him in such circumstances.
Cost: 200 Hacksilver Duration: 1 Year Reward: Shrine to Odin, More Conversion to Paganism (Cult of Tyr), Information about Tyr

A Shrine to the Twin Gods Freya is the Goddes of Love and Fertility as is her Brother Frey. Out of all the fallen warriors sent to Asaheim, half go to Freya for some unknown purpose.
Cost: 200 Hacksilver Duration: 1 Year Reward: Shrine to Freya, More Conversion to Paganism (Cult of the Twins), Information about Freyr and Freya

A Shrine to Njord Njord is the God of the Sea. To him (and/or Odin) people pray when they go a sailing.
Cost: 200 Hacksilver Duration: 1 Year Reward: Shrine to Njord, More Conversion to Paganism (Cult of Njord), Information about Njord

Build a Proper Temple for all the Gods Five Shrines? And then another one for the Minor Gods? and then a place to properly sacrifice and hold thing in? Fuck this, you have neither the time nor inclination nor money for this, one temple for all the Gods. Period.
Cpst: 1.500 Hacksilver Duration: 1 Year Reward: Norse Temple, Large Conversion Boost to Paganism, Information about Norse Faith and the Gods

Talk to Horek the White Horek is the odd one here, he worships the White Christ like some of the Thralls...maybe he can tell you about this Christianism everyone is so upset about...
Cost: 1 Year Reward: ?

Spoiler:  Intrigue (click to show/hide)

Huh? Intri-what? Stop making words up!

Spoiler: Personal (click to show/hide)

Being the Leader of this Expedition can't consume all of your time now can it? (Choose 2)

Woo her! Time to begin wooing Odd
Cost: 1 Year Reward: begins  Questline: "You know nothing Jomar Thoraldsson..."

A Steady Job Maybe you should invest even more time into smithing,
Cost 1 Year Reward: ?

Go Hunting While you have never been an avid Hunter, you could still get into it...
Cost: 1 Year Reward: ?

A House! You are the Leader of the Expedition you need your own House...or should it be rhater a longhouse? After all you also have to accommodate all those warriors and you need an assembly hall and you are technically also the religious leader...
Cost: 500 Hacksilver Reward: Longhouse

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Spoiler:  Military (click to show/hide)

Troop Morale: Good (75/100)
Troop Organization:

Professional Army

5 Huskarlar (Professional Veteran Warriors, chainmail, helmets, shields, axes, spears and even swords)
10 Vikingar (Professional Warriors, mixed leather and chain, helmets, shields axes and spears)
35 Lidsmenn (Semi-Professional Warriors, leather, helmets, shields and spears)
25 Rekkr (Young men, armed with shields and axes or spears as well as some light padded armor)

The Leidangr

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200 Bondi (Piss Poor Peasants, Old Men, Women and Children, armed with shields and spears)
200 Karlar (Peasants, Grown Men and Women, armed with shields, spears, bows or axes)

Spoiler:  Treasury (click to show/hide)

Treasury: 210 Silver
Income from Jomarsteds Taxes: 300 Silver
Upkeep for the Professionals: 220 Silver
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290 Silver

Spoiler:  Jomarsted (click to show/hide)

A Village with a hundred families, consisting mostly of wooden buildings.
A Military Tent Camp is on a hill at the Outskirts of it.
Jomarsted is surrounded by a wooden fence.
a clearing has been made for fields.

[NRDL]

Changed vote to Vishdafish's.

[TealNinja]

Martial
Scout for the Natives
Explore the Coast

Diplomacy
Trade with Iceland (We are still friendly with them, despite the conversion, and the trade ships can also bring more dissatisfied settlers over.)
Come to Vinland we have Old Gods!

Stewardship
Farming  (With our current funds, we can't afford to upgrade either of our Industries, but we will need to do so as soon as is feasible for us.)

Research
Honey? HONEY!  (We definitely need a stable source of alcohol, so our settlers can relax after a day of hard labour.)
Foreign Plants  (For the reasons I detailed before: potential food, medicine or crafts.)
?Brewing?  (If we can figure out the Latin way of brewing alcohol, maybe we can develop exotic drinks?)

Piety
Talk to Horek the White  (We don't want to convert to Christianity, we like our Gods more, but if any settlers come who have already converted, perhaps we can make them feel a little more comfortable?)

Personal
Woo Her!  (Highest priority, since we aren't getting any younger.)
A Steady Job  (Since we can smith, which is a rare skill, in much demand, and potentially lucrative.)

[vishdafish]

Martial
Scout for the natives. ((We can trade iron tools if friendly, take them as thralls if not.))
Explore the coast. ((Not enough cash for much else  ))

Diplomacy
Come to Vinland we have Old Gods!
Trade with Iceland

Piety
Talk to Horek. ((Better than nothing, we can understand Christian settlers as well.))

Stewardship
Farming

Research
Foreign plants ((Help with farming, we can plant native crops which might grow better.))
Domesticating the buffalo ((If we have a bad winter, we have a backup.))

Personal
Woo her!
A steady job. ((Hunting is kinda risky, seeing as we arent particularly good at it.))

[NRDL]

Martial
Scout for the natives. ((We can trade iron tools if friendly, take them as thralls if not.))
Explore the coast. ((Not enough cash for much else  ))

Diplomacy
Come to Vinland we have Old Gods!
Trade with the Muslims in Spain. ((Spanish steel is the best and Christians may be unfriendly or try to convert our crews.))

Piety
Talk to Horek. ((Better than nothing, we can understand Christian settlers as well.))

Stewardship
Farming

Research
Foreign plants
Domesticating the buffalo

Personal
Woo her!
A steady job. ((Hunting is kinda risky, seeing as we arent particularly good at it.))

Changing my vote to this +1

[somemildmanneredidiot]

Aaaaand we have no cash. Diplomacy let's hope you can help.
Martial:
Explore the Coast
Scout For Natives
Patrol the Fence

That's not an option you might say and so I say back to you, we have no money. While we haven't come into conflict quite yet, ensuring that the fence is patrolled and maintained is something of important, and something without cost.

Diplomacy:
Trade with Iceland
Come to Vinland we have Old Gods!

We need money, we are going to have resources soon to boost our trade with Iceland even more, and more people means more tax income. Once we get that set up, we can build up more trade opportunities as well.

Stewardship:
Farming
Thrall Farming

We have no money. We have no food. Throwing the thralls into farming will probably boost the rate at which it gets set up and may help it become more successful faster.

Research:
Foreign Plants
Domesticating the Buffalo
Blah blah money blah blah food opportunities, listen I just want to ride these meat tanks into battle okay?

Piety:
Learn more about the Old Gods from Thorlief

Our funds are being used to make farms and I'd rather not get too involved in the White God's matters when we're advertising that people can worship the Old Gods here.

Personal
Woo her!
Go Hunting

I doubt anyone is opposed to SoF&I references so I won't go into that. We need food.

[vishdafish]

((The only problem with trading with Iceland and inviting believers of the Old Gods at the same time is they conflict. Iceland may not be friendly with us after we steal their citizens.))

[TealNinja]

((The only problem with trading with Iceland and inviting believers of the Old Gods at the same time is they conflict. Iceland may not be friendly with us after we steal their citizens.))

(That makes this the only time we can do this.  Icelanders are very independent, it even says so in the original post.  The "king" will dislike it, but the people will respect the free decisions any settlers make.  If we wait any longer, people will either be more comfortable with Christianity, and therefore not willing to leave, or will have some people converting.)

[Ghazkull]

not exactly a problem. Many people want to go to iceland and iceland itself has a tradition of exposing children (that is throwing them out into the snow to die) to deal with surplus population growth.

With people wandering out to Vinland you would be taking in the worst troublemakers and put a valve to their overpopulation. (relative overpopulation)
Don't worry you won't get any big problems with Iceland for advertising yourself as a Refuge for Pagans.

You will however get problems with some of the more ardent christians.