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[Gotdamnmiracle]

I say we give it a day, get some rest, head out tomorrow night. Bring more archers, if we have any. More men in general. We know our goal, this time.

+1

We already retreated, I meant go back later with a raiding force.  Not right now.

+1

This. Work on a plan while we are getting mended and resting up. Also send out a recon force by land just as soon as we get back. Nothing huge. Let them know that the enemy will be somewhat alerted. We will catch up with them and attack at first dawn the following day. Also, if we can send part of our force by see, just enough to gain the enemies attention. We can have them focusing on the ship skirting just out of arrow shot right as we assault. Let's do this right, we are a master warrior and fairly intelligent. We should be a decent tactician and nordic tribes were famous for ambush.

Also, let everyone know, if anyone thinks we are a coward they can happily join us in the front of the assault.

[Taricus]

Yeah, I can support bringing in more men for a raid. Less loot per person but we can ensure that it's more likely to succeed, and everyone getting a thrall or two should really help the economy.

Though I'd suggest we prepare for a dusk attack. We catch them when we're fully rested and they're tired, it's going to be that much easier for us.

[Gotdamnmiracle]

Yeah, I can support bringing in more men for a raid. Less loot per person but we can ensure that it's more likely to succeed, and everyone getting a thrall or two should really help the economy.

Though I'd suggest we prepare for a dusk attack. We catch them when we're fully rested and they're tired, it's going to be that much easier for us.

Fair.

[Ghazkull]

1001 AD - Rumor Mill

Iceland

With the establishment of a settlement in Vinland and the recent conversion of Iceland to Christianity many people prepare to emigrate to this new land.

Lawspeaker Thorgeir who had converted to Christianity himself last year decided against retirement and instead helps people unhappy with the conversion to emigrate.


England

At the Battles of Pinhoe and Alton the English Armies under Aethelred the Unready are defeated by the Danish, who plunder and burn as they go

Norway

Olaf Trygvasson made a short reapparance this year when he gathered a host of loyal christians to retake his throne. At the Battle of Geiranger the pious king was once more defeated by the Jarls of Lade, who took him into custody and sold him off as a eunuch slave to the Byzantine Court.

This further reinforce the rulership of the Lade Jarls.

Continental Europe

Reconquest of Bulgarian Provinces for the Byzantine Empire continues...

[Ghazkull]

Year 2 -Results: 1001 AD

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

The Skraeling Problem - Raid 'em Well you know now that these lands are inhabited and that they apparently don't like you. Perfect! You could always use some more goods and thralls.
Cost: Nothing, 1 Year Reward: Event Restriction: Cannot be used with "Exterminate 'em" or "Talk to 'em" Options

The Skraeling Problem - Exterminate 'em Bah of course Corv wants to raid them. The Old Varangians is burning for a fight. Well you are not a man for half-hearted solutions, you want them all dead. Women, children and men. Leave none alive and leave nothing behind.
Cost: Nothing, 1 Year Reward: Event Restriction: cannot be used with the other Skraeling Options

Raiding in Europe The Danes are having the time of their life extorting Danegeld from the English Lords...maybe you ought to join them? a bit at least...
Cost: Nothing, 1 Year Reward: Event

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):

The Skraeling Problem - Diplomatic Solution Something about this ambush strikes you wrong...were you truly the target? Why did they attack you? maybe they thought you were someone else?
Cost: Nothing, 1 Year Reward: Event, Information

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

Establish Contact: Norway Norway is relatively far away, however now with the Jarls of Lade in charge there might be reasonable trade to be had, you could also inform people about your new settlement and encourage immigration
Cost: Nothing, Duration: 2 Years Reward: New Options, Information, Relations with Norway Change

Leif Eriksson, Trader, Explorer, Philanthrope, Viking Leif Eriksson is famous, he discovered Vinland in the first place. He is also a well known trader and he has professed interest in establishing a permanent trading post in your town
Cost: Nothing, Duration: 1 Year Reward: New Options, +100 Trade Income from Iceland, Better Relations with the Erikssons

Erik the Red, Murderer, Outlaw, Chieftain Erik the Red has been banished from Iceland for several cases of manslaughter and as stated in the sagas "some killings". All in all a nice fellow he has founded the prosperous Eastern Settlement in Greenland a few years back. In any case you could set up some diplomatic channels with him...what exactly your dealing with him might entail is up to you though
Cost: Nothing, Duration: 1 Year Reward: Event

Come on, Come all! While Immigration is already well underway you could make further attempts to entice people to come to Vinland.
Cost: Nothing, Duration 1 Year Reward: Exploration of Options for Immigration

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):

Expand the Farmland Thorfinn thinks that yet more land could be cleared for farming
Cost: 500 Hacksilver Duration: 1 Year Reward: Farming Income, More Options

Start up Apiculture Some talks with Odd, Thorfinn and some of the farmers have made clear that you could set up artificial bee-hives to effectively harvest the honey
Cost: 200 100 Hacksilver  Duration: 1 Year Reward: Beehives, More Options

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

Some Piers right now your ships are dragged to land and unloaded. Thats all nice and good but the natural places are getting crowded. You might want to build some piers to allow ships to dock properly and make unloading and loading of ships easier.
Cost: 500 hacksilver, 1 Year Reward: Small Piers, More Trade Income

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)

Met, Met, Met! Blessed by the Aesir, the Drink of the Gods, the very essence of the Bards...on and on does Corv go about mead it apears. Well time you give him what he wants and figure out how to turn honey into that very important drink.
Cost: Nothing, Duration: 1 Year Reward: 50% Chance of Success, More Options (the low chance of success is to make GOOD mead, not just any mead)

Maize an odd plant, it seems to require a lot of nutrients but its fruits taste quite good.
Cost: Nothing, Duration: 1 Year Reward: 60% Chance of Success, More Options

Potatoes another strange plant, it tastes quite good boiled.
Cost: Nothing, Duration: 1 Year Reward: 75% Chance of Success, More Options

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

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)

Convert to Christianity You know that entire White Christ business doesn't seem to bad...maybe you should convert
Cost: Relationships with everyone and especially your weif and Thorleif Duration: 1 Year, Rewards:

Build a "chapel apparently a temple for christians, build one for Horek
Cost: 150 Hacksilver, Duration: 1 Year Rewards: Lowered Pagan Relationship, Increased Christian Conversion, Encouraging Christian Immigration

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

Spoiler:  Intrigue (now with options!) (click to show/hide)

With marrying Odd, she comes to you with all these new ideas of how to strengthen your control over the settlement, about scouts and exploring and a myriad of other things. Maybe you should listen to her more closely. (choose 1)



Odd Ideas Odd has some ideas in regards to the general situation in the settlement. In Regards to laws, traditions, feasts, crime and punishment and so on and so forth. You don't care much but maybe its worth listening to her.
Cost: Nothing, Duration: 1 Year Reward: OPTIONS

Spoiler: Personal (click to show/hide)

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

A matter of Honor People are suspecting you a coward. You can't have that. not as leader of this village. You could go and start a fight with someone. Or you could do something daring to show them otherwise.
Cost: 1 Year Reward: Event

Spend time with your wife
Cost: Nothing Duration: 1 Year Reward: better spousal relationship

Build a proper forge - requres a longhouse


Trust the Runes, their ours to use Let Odd cast the runes for you.
Cost: Nothing, Duration: 1 Year Reward:

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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)

Ships
3 Skeids (large warships who can carry 70 to 80 men)
5 Snekkjas (smaller warships who can carry 40 men)
2 Knarrs (merchant ships who can carry up to 24 tons of cargo)

Spoiler:  Treasury (click to show/hide)

Treasury: 190 Silver
Income from Jomarsteds Taxes: 450 Silver
Income from Jomarsteds Farms: 100 Silver
Income from Jomarsteds Thralls: 50 Silver
Income from Iceland Trade: 200 Silver

Upkeep for the Professionals: -220 Silver
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Treasury: 770 Silver

Spoiler:  Jomarsted (click to show/hide)

A Village with a hundred and fifty 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.
Fields of Wheat,Rye,Onions and beets surround it.

[NRDL]

Military: Train the Leidangr ( cost 500 ), Exterminate the Skraelings once we get em trained up.  Raiding's gonna throw diplomacy out the window anyway, talking to them's only gonna further weaken our position, if we fight, we may as well go for the jugular.  Also, sure, join in raids in Europe.  First things first, let's got more and better troops.

Diplomacy: Leif Eriksson looks like a good choice.  Come one, Come All!, let's get some more people, especially if we're declaring war on the natives.

Stewardship: Get with the logging ( cost 250 ), can't afford anything else.

Research: Potatoes, high chance of success, very nice crop to support our people.

Piety: Can't afford anything, let's not convert to Christianity

Intrigue: Listen to our wife.

Personal: Spend time with our wife, let's have little viking babies

[Taricus]

Yeah, I think we might want to talk it out with the skraelings. Ambushes aren't prepared without reason. Besides, we can always raid and exterminate them later. Sending our troops off to england while we still have potential threats here would be foolhardy however, though given the fact that we need more money...

Martial: Raiding in Europe

Diplomacy: The Skraeling Problem - Diplomatic Solution, Leif Eriksson, Trader, Explorer, Philanthrope, Viking

Stewardship: Start up Apiculture, Logging Industry Getting the money to well and truly ensure our safety is a priority. And the apiaries would be a good way of that.

Research: Met, Met, Met!, Potatoes Mead will be pretty valuable, if we can start exporting it. Potatoes too, given that no-one in europe has them.

Piety: Nothing

Intrigue: Listen to our wife

Personal: Spend time with our wife

[Rolepgeek]

I was gonna make two proposals, but then I realized that it would take two years to Train the Leidangr. So I'm less confident about miltary action involving them. However, I would also like to really kick start our industries, which spending money on training would put a damper on. And we would need training of some sort if we raid. I certainly don't want to exterminate them. As such, I'd like to say we consult with our wife in these matters, given we did ask her to help us run the place. If Ghazkull wants to actually inform us of her input, I'd be fine with that, but otherwise, I'm using it as justification for restraining our bloodlust.

So. Our position as having been wronged, and yet basically winning that ambush, despite having been struck ourselves, puts us in an excellent position to negotiate with these people. Or at least that's what Odd and Asa say. We'll take their word for it. If we can get some friends this early, they'll use us as a stick to beat their enemies with. And that's something I'm perfectly fine with, personally.

The downside, of course, is mostly in opportunity cost. Raiding them makes the most of our military actions, and probably fulfills the role of the Matter of Honor event, which I would rather avoid if possible. However. It would essentially require us to Train the Leidangr and hope we aren't raides back next year, or build a palisade, or other things I'd rather put off.

Additionally, I don't see an action limit to personal actions, though obviously we shouldn't spam it (I am curious about the Hunting action, though). We can probably Spend Time With Our Wife, Consult the Runes, and settle the Matter of Honor if we need to.

So, while I think there should be more discussion on the matter, here's what I think we should do and why (since 'raid tomorrow night' didn't happen):

Martial:
Raiding in Europe: There's nothing actually wrong with raiding, after all, and our boys need something to do. 

Diplomacy:
The Skraeling Problem - Diplomatic Solution
Trade with Dublin
Now here's the thing. I was iffy on Skraelings here until I noticed something. It doesn't just give an event. It gives information. Now I could be wrong, but to me this (plus trope conventions) tells me this won't end the same way as last time. And again, reasons given previously. We can placate Corv with MEAD, after all. As for Dublin, here's my reasoning. As much as I'd like Eriksson, we already have trade with Iceland. If we can trade with Ireland as well, that's more immigrants, no additional action cost. We need to diversify our portfolio. More markets, more people, more tariff opportunities. Or however we're making money from this. Plus we can put off a decision on which 'side' to take in Iberia.

Stewardship:
Logging Industry
Some Piers
Simple: use the wood to build the piers from which a can sell wood and take in trade and migrants. Considering our largest sources of income right now are trade and taxes...well. you can see why I might like the idea.

Research
Met Met Met!
Potatoes
Mead to let Corv know we aren't ignoring his input (and we do plan on raiding some of these people, just...once we're established, and know a bit more about the situation), and Potatoes because why not? Likely to succeed, after all.

Piety:
shrug
Sorry Thorleif, Horek. But if we're gonna build a shrine at all, let's make it a full temple. Or at least once we have money to spare.

Intrigue:
Odd Ideas
What else we gonna do?

Personal:
Spend time with your wife
Trust the Runes, their Ours to use
Using our wife's magic can't hurt out relationship, right?

[Aseaheru]

 I support Rolepgeek's plan the post, though I would rather go after more immigrants rather than working on Dublin's fair city(where the girls are so pretty). Frankly, I would also really like to get a longhouse up and running over building some piers, because, well, we are the boss. Our warriors need a good place to get drunk, we need to hide the mead somewhere so its not drank whenever, it helps out with our smithy, and we gotta put our gal up somewhere nice, right?

[vishdafish]

I was gonna make two proposals, but then I realized that it would take two years to Train the Leidangr. So I'm less confident about miltary action involving them. However, I would also like to really kick start our industries, which spending money on training would put a damper on. And we would need training of some sort if we raid. I certainly don't want to exterminate them. As such, I'd like to say we consult with our wife in these matters, given we did ask her to help us run the place. If Ghazkull wants to actually inform us of her input, I'd be fine with that, but otherwise, I'm using it as justification for restraining our bloodlust.

So. Our position as having been wronged, and yet basically winning that ambush, despite having been struck ourselves, puts us in an excellent position to negotiate with these people. Or at least that's what Odd and Asa say. We'll take their word for it. If we can get some friends this early, they'll use us as a stick to beat their enemies with. And that's something I'm perfectly fine with, personally.

The downside, of course, is mostly in opportunity cost. Raiding them makes the most of our military actions, and probably fulfills the role of the Matter of Honor event, which I would rather avoid if possible. However. It would essentially require us to Train the Leidangr and hope we aren't raides back next year, or build a palisade, or other things I'd rather put off.

Additionally, I don't see an action limit to personal actions, though obviously we shouldn't spam it (I am curious about the Hunting action, though). We can probably Spend Time With Our Wife, Consult the Runes, and settle the Matter of Honor if we need to.

So, while I think there should be more discussion on the matter, here's what I think we should do and why (since 'raid tomorrow night' didn't happen):

Martial:
Raiding in Europe: There's nothing actually wrong with raiding, after all, and our boys need something to do. 

Diplomacy:
The Skraeling Problem - Diplomatic Solution
Trade with Dublin
Now here's the thing. I was iffy on Skraelings here until I noticed something. It doesn't just give an event. It gives information. Now I could be wrong, but to me this (plus trope conventions) tells me this won't end the same way as last time. And again, reasons given previously. We can placate Corv with MEAD, after all. As for Dublin, here's my reasoning. As much as I'd like Eriksson, we already have trade with Iceland. If we can trade with Ireland as well, that's more immigrants, no additional action cost. We need to diversify our portfolio. More markets, more people, more tariff opportunities. Or however we're making money from this. Plus we can put off a decision on which 'side' to take in Iberia.

Stewardship:
Logging Industry
Some Piers
Simple: use the wood to build the piers from which a can sell wood and take in trade and migrants. Considering our largest sources of income right now are trade and taxes...well. you can see why I might like the idea.

Research
Met Met Met!
Potatoes
Mead to let Corv know we aren't ignoring his input (and we do plan on raiding some of these people, just...once we're established, and know a bit more about the situation), and Potatoes because why not? Likely to succeed, after all.

Piety:
shrug
Sorry Thorleif, Horek. But if we're gonna build a shrine at all, let's make it a full temple. Or at least once we have money to spare.

Intrigue:
Odd Ideas
What else we gonna do?

Personal:
Spend time with your wife
Trust the Runes, their Ours to use
Using our wife's magic can't hurt out relationship, right?

+1, except for trading with Dublin, I vote the Eriksson option.

[Gotdamnmiracle]

I was gonna make two proposals, but then I realized that it would take two years to Train the Leidangr. So I'm less confident about miltary action involving them. However, I would also like to really kick start our industries, which spending money on training would put a damper on. And we would need training of some sort if we raid. I certainly don't want to exterminate them. As such, I'd like to say we consult with our wife in these matters, given we did ask her to help us run the place. If Ghazkull wants to actually inform us of her input, I'd be fine with that, but otherwise, I'm using it as justification for restraining our bloodlust.

So. Our position as having been wronged, and yet basically winning that ambush, despite having been struck ourselves, puts us in an excellent position to negotiate with these people. Or at least that's what Odd and Asa say. We'll take their word for it. If we can get some friends this early, they'll use us as a stick to beat their enemies with. And that's something I'm perfectly fine with, personally.

The downside, of course, is mostly in opportunity cost. Raiding them makes the most of our military actions, and probably fulfills the role of the Matter of Honor event, which I would rather avoid if possible. However. It would essentially require us to Train the Leidangr and hope we aren't raides back next year, or build a palisade, or other things I'd rather put off.

Additionally, I don't see an action limit to personal actions, though obviously we shouldn't spam it (I am curious about the Hunting action, though). We can probably Spend Time With Our Wife, Consult the Runes, and settle the Matter of Honor if we need to.

So, while I think there should be more discussion on the matter, here's what I think we should do and why (since 'raid tomorrow night' didn't happen):

Martial:
Raiding in Europe: There's nothing actually wrong with raiding, after all, and our boys need something to do. 

Diplomacy:
The Skraeling Problem - Diplomatic Solution
Trade with Dublin
Now here's the thing. I was iffy on Skraelings here until I noticed something. It doesn't just give an event. It gives information. Now I could be wrong, but to me this (plus trope conventions) tells me this won't end the same way as last time. And again, reasons given previously. We can placate Corv with MEAD, after all. As for Dublin, here's my reasoning. As much as I'd like Eriksson, we already have trade with Iceland. If we can trade with Ireland as well, that's more immigrants, no additional action cost. We need to diversify our portfolio. More markets, more people, more tariff opportunities. Or however we're making money from this. Plus we can put off a decision on which 'side' to take in Iberia.

Stewardship:
Logging Industry
Some Piers
Simple: use the wood to build the piers from which a can sell wood and take in trade and migrants. Considering our largest sources of income right now are trade and taxes...well. you can see why I might like the idea.

Research
Met Met Met!
Potatoes
Mead to let Corv know we aren't ignoring his input (and we do plan on raiding some of these people, just...once we're established, and know a bit more about the situation), and Potatoes because why not? Likely to succeed, after all.

Piety:
shrug
Sorry Thorleif, Horek. But if we're gonna build a shrine at all, let's make it a full temple. Or at least once we have money to spare.

Intrigue:
Odd Ideas
What else we gonna do?

Personal:
Spend time with your wife
Trust the Runes, their Ours to use
Using our wife's magic can't hurt out relationship, right?

+1, except for trading with Dublin, I vote the Eriksson option.

I suppose I'm for this. Still though, diplomacy is pretty synonymous with inaction. We don't speak their language, ager all.

[Rolepgeek]

We can probably find a translator. There's been settlements sorta nearby before, and besides, we can probably establish real basic communications, get a guide, have someone live with us to learn the language the become a translator, have one of us live with them and become a translator...

[somemildmanneredidiot]

Martial:
Raid the Skaelings
Raiding In Europe

Diplomacy:
Erikson, Viking Extraordinaire
Come One, Come All

Stewardship:
Logging

Research:
Met Met Met!
Potatoes

Piety:
Nope

Intrigue:
Odd Ideas

Personal:
A House!
Spend some time with your wife

Here are my votes. Diplomacing the Skraelings is probably going to go through so I threw that in there.

Erikson means more income, Immigration means more income, nothing more than that.

Logging is going to increase our trade income with Iceland and is useful all around. I want to Apiculture, but funds.

Mu on research. Mead is good, food is good.

Piety just keeps getting the short end of the stick.

Intrigue. What is even that? Is it a vegetable?

A house is something that a child can be born in with less difficulty. Our wife is pregnant. This is rather important to do now rather than later.

[Taricus]

If we get enough money we can try building something bigger than a longhouse, just a thought.

Otherwise, Vishdafish's proposal gets my vote.

[somemildmanneredidiot]

If we get enough money we can do that anyway. Plus this way we can avoid making our life and our wife's life stressful due to losing a child.