Midgard

Note: this is a different reality from Engstrom
==History==
The Viking sack of Constantinople resulted in was more resources for the northern route to the New World, and Vinland was never abandoned. As with Greenland most settlement was on the coast with the Gataström (St. Lawrence River) providing a route into the interior until the Lachine Rapids (Island of Montreal)
"The area beyond to the north and west became a sparsely populated marshland, Viking woods-runners mixing with the remaining native population to form a society of "Kvikindi," half-breeds that acted as the interface between their nominal Vinlander overlords and the Indian country beyond." Fimhálsar (where Montreal exists in Homeline) was expanded by trade to where is reached 11,000 people in the last decade.
That country was rich in resources, including the traditional beaver pelts and copper. On the large island by the rapids, the same economics that developed Montreal on Homeline sparked Fimhálsar on Midgard. At first nothing more than a larger version of the other towns on the river, as western trade expanded Fimhálsar became by far the largest city in the northern interior. It cleared 11,000 people in the last decade.
With the end of the Medieval Warm Period c. 1250 plants and animals that depended on the warmer temperatures started dying off forcing the people who depended on then to migrate.
In responce, Fimhálsar replaced the wooden palisade with a stone castle and walls collectively known as Hnífholt to better secure the area.
== Sidebars ==
* The Sack of Mikligardr
* The Vinland Colony
* Iceland
* Every Man A King: Vinlander Government
* Ketsalsland (Mexico)
* Nihon
* Medicine
* Other Religions
* The Nine Worlds
* How to be Norse
* Outtimers in Midgard
* Illuminating Midgard
* Midgard’s Life of the Mind
==Variant==
*Omicron, 1970 is a possible 23 Skidoo varient
==References==
* Basic Set pg 527
* Classic: Alternate Earths 2 pg 51-68
* Infinite Crossroads 10 "Fimhálsar" (1215.3)
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