Chapter 142: Nor The Warrior For His Glory

### Story Date

Friday, 12 August, AD 1043/6551 ε.Κ/3 Muharram 435 AH/3 Guei-Yue Huangyou Era Year 1/3 Tvímánuður ÅrO -1/3 Elul AM 4803

## Appearances

### Locations

Vedrarfjord
Berk
Almatu
Rouen
Eigg
Wellebou
London

*Duchy of Normandy*
*Duke William House Haddock*
*2,500 dragons (50 engaged in combat)*
*219 men*
*34 dragons*

*The First Battle of the Seine River was fought in August AD 1043 by the combined forces of the Hooligan Tribe of Berk and William Haddock, Duke of Normandy, against the forces of several rebel Norman barons, led by Sir Henry of Brittany, son of Regent Godefroy of Brittany, in their efforts to seat Gui de Brionne, the son of Reginald I, Count of Brionne, on the ducal throne of Normandy.*

*The battle—technically a series of holding actions along the length of the Seine River at various bridges near Rouen—was a strategic victory for the Hooligans, despite the loss of the Hooligan Marshal, Spitelout Jorgenson I, and a number of other men and dragons to the attacking Francian forces. The holding actions allowed for the strategic goal of complete evacuation of the various Jewish communities from North Francia to the Alban Isles…*

*…often referred to as the opening battle of the Norse Reformation, the battle was instrumental in a Norse cultural shift of its warrior ideal from aggressors to protectors…*

*—First Battle of the Seine River (n.d.), Wikikenna, retrieved August 22, 1871*

## Major Events

* Padraig reports to Hakon that not only are the Food and Bed Rights payments to the Christian population being overtaxed by Archbishop Octavianus, but funds are not being distributed to the various churches of Eire and Alba as they should have been.
* Hiccup and his retinue arrive back at Berk and are informed of what happened in the Kingdom of the Franks.
* On Hiccup's recommendation, Astrid is appointed as the Marshal of Berk to replace the loss of Spitelout.
* Özhan and his son Rahmi argue over Özhan's rebellion against Drago, with Rahmi wanting peace between the Pecheneg factions.
* Özhan approves Matuk's plan to dispatch volunteers to assassinate Drago in a decapitation strike.
* Astrid comes up with a plan to defeat Henry the Sinister's forces with minimal casualties to Berk and William's loyalists.
* Berk's forces begin implementing Astrid's plan, starting with getting Gobber and his smiths to create the materials they need.
* Boarguts brings Musa to Gobber as soon as they arrive and Gobber immediately puts him to work.
* Father Pierre of Wellebou sees Hiccup arrive in a chariot giving loud commands telling his people to flee and he sees it as a sign from the Christian God.
* Yishai resigns from his position as an analyst under Heather to help his fellow Jews settle in Berk's territories.
* Fishswill forces Stoick to accept his proposal of a Two-Chambered Thing.

## Characters

### Humans

* Hákon Mortensson
* Padráig mac Bran
* Fintan mac Ionatan
* Astrid Hákonsdóttir clan Haddock
* Wulfhild of Norway
* Stoick the Vast
* William of Normandy
* Fishlegs clan Ingerman
* Heather
* Magnus the Good
* Cami Berthasdóttir
* Merida Dunbroch
* Özhan
* Rahmi (first appearance)
* Matuk (first appearance)
* Valka Zephyr Hiccupsdóttir
* Asta Rhonda Hiccupsdóttir
* Rivkah bat Hadassah
* Joan of Brittany
* Spitelout Clodgallsson
* Gobber the Belch
* Murchadh mac Flannchadh
* Gabriel Hallvarsson
* Boarguts Sheepwitsson
* Musa Toledano Ibáñez (first appearance)
* Pierre of Wellebou (first appearance)
* Yishai ben Yaakov
* Fishswill clan Ingerman

### Dragons

* Toothless
* Stormfly
* Mistletoe

## Analysis

### Epigraph Tie-In

* The epigraph is a wiki article on the First Battle of the Seine River. The chapter shows the immediate aftermath of the battle.