Viking Expansion - A Song of Ice and Greenland - Part 5 - Extra History

📜 Viking Expansion: A Song of Ice and Greenland - The Scandinavians stumbled on Iceland, at first on accident--then, gradually exploring it--and finally intentionally migrating there because despite the clash of glaciers and volcanoes, Iceland was full of uninhabited empty land--perfect for settlers and saga-writers.
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[@theresahall8206]

Your history is so good! I can't wait to see what you come up with next.

[@jakoblove3532]

Im from Iceland or Ísland and love your channel and am learning about how Iceland was found

[@yeurielmartinez6037]

Uh I think there's a artistic mistake at 1:43?

[@gumunduringigumundsson9344]

Mikið rosalega er þetta vel gert hjá ykkur, ha! Til hamingju, og takk fyrir okkur! ===== direct A lot awesome is this well done with you, ha! To happyness, and thanks for us! ===== correct-ish Very awesome and well done you guys, ha! Congratulations, and thanks for us!

[@gustaw8113]

Could the next video be about Vinland and Leif Eriksson?

[@Googledeservestodie]

"It's free real estate"

[@GustafMedF]

@Rafael Lopez european history in a nutshell.

[@theletterh8176]

@Rafael Lopez world history in a nutshell

[@Zerobasssoul]

"Its free real estate" The history

[@mokentroll1013]

Columbus be like "It's free real estate when he "discovered" the americas

[@SomeFreakingCactus]

Erik, come get your damn land!

[@DragoniteSpam]

A while ago someone told me Greenland got its name because the Icelandic people wanted to be left alone and wanted to divert everyone else to someplace else. This story is actually funnier.

[@KristoferOlafsson]

DragoniteSpam there are many stories that are told. I think I’ve told a few different stories. Lol

[@DemitriVladMaximov]

It is likely also true with the run on the limited land in more temperate areas.

[@jonarnar1383]

Very true

[@JasonDoe1000]

Another one I heard is that they called it Greenland for propaganda reasons to actually get people to settle there, because otherwise nobody would come there

[@MCL003]

I heard it was a Viking kin in Iceland that got booted out and he found Greenland and called it that to trick people into coming over there

[@shadiafifi54]

Tale of Eric the Red: Father gets exiled to Iceland for killing a neighbor in an argument. Eric gets exiled from Iceland for killing a neighbor in an argument. Goes to an English isle, ends up killing neighbors in an argument. Finds a place with no neighbors to bug him. Said territory is an icy wilderness which needs a lot of people to tame and develop - i.e. more neighbors. Eric: FML.

[@alucard347]

Yep!

[@sweynskarilsen9105]

🤣

[@marloyorkrodriguez9975]

If you thought this has a happy ending Erik you clearly are not paying attention - his wife

[@mikitz]

'No matter where I live, all my neighbors are assholes' rewrites as ' I'm an asshole' in most cases.

[@mikkitoro8933]

And his son Leifur Eiríksson/Leifur heppni(Leif Erikson) is exiled from Greenland for killing his neighbor and discovers Canada. Like he said, killing goes in his family.

[@eruyommo]

Erik the Red: Busy discoverer, neighbor-hater, inventor of the real state industry and of publicity scams.

[@moobles2998]

as stated in the video: he didn't discover shit. Erik the Red: Father of all shady real-estate business, spinner of tales and Neighbor-murderer (3x)

[@jlvfr]

Viking version of Trump...

[@haberak3310]

my kind of guy

[@eposttilthomas]

Damn, the jojo reference.

[@dwightschrute1914]

KONO DIO DA!!!

[@TheOtherNeutrino]

3:20 for those that aren’t in the know

[@musicmadness301916]

I can't believe I would live to see a goddamn jojo reference in this channel..

[@opgengar-985]

You thought this was Extra History. But it was me, Dio!

[@Marko_184]

@@musicmadness301916 everything is a jojo reference 🙆🏻‍♂️

[@TheEvilSketch]

It's not often that I laugh out loud when watching Extra History.. But that flower punching Erik in the face got to me XD

[@chrisforsyth8323]

I loved the jumping black eye, as well...

[@derekscanlan4641]

yeah, the animations in this one are particularly good

[@AngelDame17]

And that's How Greenland and Iceland got their confusing names. One because of Unusually harsh Winters, the other Because that one Jerk couldn't live there all by himself no matter how hard he tried XD

[@ThisisBarris]

When I visited Iceland, I was awed by its beauty. It's truly like no other places in this world. These sort of videos make me wonder if these explorers felt the same. I like to think they did.

[@haberak3310]

They probably did but much more extreme since no one really had seen it hefore so no pictures or stories or anything

[@Luredreier]

Well, things have changed quite a bit there since back then. First of all, you know those purple flowers everywhere on Iceland these days? Those are a invasive species that arrived just a few years ago and has been spreading like wildfire. Oh, and you know all those dry areas with sand? Back in the days those where forests. Not big oak trees or anything of that sort of course. Small hardy trees like you'll find in Northern Norway today barely taller then a man when shielded from the wind, and in less sheltered areas the trees are even smaller.

[@drax5872]

@HolyMolyOllyPolly True, if we don't punish you, the Huldufólk will. They own the lava fields, not us Icelanders.

[@abcdef27669]

“In the name of Odin’s might, Eric, stop killing the neighborhood! Why you looking me that way?”

[@tonesofbones2498]

3:19 A surprise, to be sure, but a welcomed one...

[@TheOtherNeutrino]

You thought it was a Sith Lord but it was me, Dio!

[@xaviormckinney5300]

DIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@lightning_mccreamme7785]

This must be the work of an enemy Stand!

[@kirosnight7777]

You thought it was a random settler, Kono Dio Da!

[@deathdoor]

3:20 it's him, Dio!

[@Artur_M.]

Between this, Operation Odysseus (a collaboration of a bunch of channels about naval history) and both World War Two and TimeGhost uploading I'm overwhelmed by awesome historical content today.

[@thetrident2232]

I wish to put another like right now

[@mattabesta]

This video is pretty badly researched and presented. I like a lot of their other stuff but as a person who knows quite a bit of the source material these guys are butchering it or just didn't read it at all.

[@alaskaoalaska]

"content"

[@natkatmac]

I just finished up Operation Odesseus today! Led me to a couple channels I wasn't aware of and liked.

[@marcusalm7350]

So Greenland is named after a marketing scam? Hang on while I tell this to every Dane I know! //Swede

[@Sgrunterundt]

We already know

[@Plankensen]

yeah but you're Swedish, and no-one cares what Svenskefaen thinks, now buy more oil! -A Norwegian

[@AurelioSon]

@@Plankensen Can't you guys unite again as brothers as the Kalmar Union and share your precious oil?

[@Plankensen]

@@AurelioSon no. Because fuck the union. The only way i'd like to see the north united would be as a constitutional republic, akin to the US with local laws plus a federal government, otherwise cultural differences would probably tear it apart too fast.

[@bufu254]

We know that already

[@Cheshire1501]

"Let's just ask for directions" "good idea my dear, I'm going to let these ravens lose and they will tell us the way"

[@thatonecrytian8997]

3:20 “You thought it was just a random viking, but it was me, DIO!”

[@itarry4]

Iceland is still going through its literary explosion. They have the most authors per head of any country in the world I believe. 1 in every 10 Icelanders has had a book published and they have the biggest number of books per person as well.

[@gabrielaagusts9854]

Being icelandic I am very happy that you made this

[@DHTheAlaskan]

Your homeland is beautiful. I just hope one day to visit it.

[@agent-a7818]

Kannski Ekki That’s the most icelandic thing to say on the internet

[@Noouuuuu]

Being Faroese, I'm excited that he mentioned us.

[@lentoturmahub8214]

Kannski Ekki I am sure you and the 5 other Icelanders are happy :)

[@MrBigCookieCrumble]

Being swedish i have no time for either of you western islanders, since the only islands im interested in are Åland and Gotland.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

*Greenland* -- Cold and very snowy *Iceland* -- Full of green grasses Me: WAT DA FU--

[@shockedgame5558]

me to I told that to my teacher once and they told me they don't know either why

[@bofinn7613]

Iceland is hardly full of green grasses but it was still more green than Greenland. Also Iceland has glaciers and snow that justifies the name

[@SergioKoolhaas]

Scandinavians: You just got pranked, bro!

[@DonovanVA]

@@SergioKoolhaas that actually was the reason why it was named that. They wanted to trick people.

[@anthonmller944]

try and look at pictures of greenland its pretty green yo!

[@kimeonyoung914]

Close! 'Circumvent' would mean that he avoided the island, which you could kind of say he had, but I think the oft overlooked 'circumnavigate' takes the verbal cake here, friends! Sorry, I couldn't help myself...

[@zhaohuideng8836]

3:20 JOJO reference KONO DIO DA！

[@shockedgame5558]

mudamudamudamudamudamudamudamuda

[@chopbird]

@@shockedgame5558 oraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraora

[@shockedgame5558]

Zhaohui Deng Nani Bakada Co dO diO

[@researchinbreeder]

*WWRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYY*

[@shockedgame5558]

researchinbreeder dio (Jotoro)

[@MagicMaster667]

Vikings named the green island *Iceland* and the icy one *Greenland.* *_>GENIUS._*

[@MrBigCookieCrumble]

wich is pretty weird considering we tend to name everything as literal as possible. A farm owned by a guy named Sven? Sven's Farm. A kingdom inhabited by franks? Frankrealm. A smokey bay? Smokebay. A country covered by ice? Greenland!.. wait WHAT

[@def3ndr887]

1 trillion IQ

[@Thedrek]

In all fairness, a thousand years ago Greenland was more green. You could grow barley and wheat there. Just recently it has become hot enough to grow potatoes there.

[@mitsvanmitsvanio6106]

Well we named the most dangerous ocean Pacific, the most dangerous cape Good Hope.

[@johnnybadboy3475]

Vikings: Accidental Discoverers

[@aisaacnordrac3089]

JohnnyDaPrankstaGangsta hey, as long as it works

[@callan6499]

Next time on the History Channel: Were vikings really Aliens?

[@insaincaldo]

Woops I've ended up somewhere.

[@johnnybadboy3475]

Chicken Kentucky I like how the history channel used to be high-quality shows and documentaries. Now it’s just: “Was Jesus an alien?” and a bald man saying “I work here with my son, Hoss.”

[@paulohenriqueferreiradealm1893]

You could make a series about the two emperors of Brazil, Pedro I and Pedro II

[@romankazinets1759]

Brazil had Emporers? Color me intrigued.

[@thoughtfulinsanity3050]

Pedro, Pedro 2 Electric Boogaloo.

[@FOLIPE]

I don't think that be that interesting. The most exciting time in our history is probably the colonial era.

[@paulohenriqueferreiradealm1893]

@@FOLIPE Let me disagree. There a lot of important and decisive moments in the brazilian history that defined what we are today, some of then arent even studied in school for the reason that, well, there are simply much to be seen. A period so long like the Empire is in nothing less important and exciting than the others, but has one difference among the times that came before: temporal proximity. The Empire is one of the first times when we can see with more clarity where all the the decisons, events, and changes that came before and during this period are leading in contemporary Brazil. Its the time of the ascencion of São Paulo as the economic heart of the country, of the great decadence of Brazilian Northeast (of which it havent totaly recoverd even to this days), the unwritten rules of brazilian politcs, the paper that we would take in South America diplomacy, all of which and much more happened or was solidified in the lifespan of the Empire. So no, friend. As a brazilian I cant stand give little credit to any moment of our history, and the Empire is for sure one of the most decisive of it in a national scale. It has much to be seen and studied and, as any other moment, has a great value to define what we are today.

[@macanaeh]

History of Brazil? No kiddo, we are Euro-centric here, or at least northern hemisphere-centric You fokking upside-downers, why haven't you fell off in the open space yet? Jk, jk

[@duchessnoor]

So that’s why Greenland has a bunch of reviews from angry settlers saying they were scammed…

[@alexandersturnn4530]

Sounds like something Walpole would pull off, honestly. I wonder if him and Erik were Partners?

[@johnblunt5243]

@@alexandersturnn4530 but, I'm the one that did all the economic shinanigines not Walpole.

[@alexandersturnn4530]

@@johnblunt5243 This is getting out of hand. Now this guy is here too!

[@christianbustnes698]

8:02 that dam funny smile I love it

[@gaellemat]

3:19 Is that DIO?

[@The_Daily_Tomato]

Although it gives me great pleasure to hear non natives pronounce our silly names and failing in the most spectacular manner i must say well done. You had a good go at it :)

[@leotheviking9796]

Greetings from Iceland! Love your channel

[@demeterruinedmylife3199]

Erik the red, the man who performed the earliest real estate scam and was hated to the degree that people wrote a saga to inform the world what a neighbour killer and liar he is...🤦🏻‍♂️

[@zyaicob]

Reading the Sagas is so much fun. Seeing the proceedings of the Alþing is fascinating

[@DiracComb.7585]

I will never get sick of these videos. I love how you guys bring these histories to life.

[@hisholieness7037]

3:20 KONO DIO DA!!!

[@jossgoyanko7006]

"So you're telling me in order for me to get away from all my neighbors... I need to go out and recruit some people to be my neighbors..." - Erik the Red

[@ilanlm1]

I love extra-history so much, thank you for your hardwork.

[@CosmiaNebula]

Aim for the Faroe, and if you miss, you'll land among the ice.

[@joshyboy9804]

0:09 Papa was a rollin' stone! (dun-dun dun dun) Wherever he laid his hat, was his home!

[@timothymclean]

Thor: "Hey, Aegir, one of my guys asked me for some input on where he should settle. But he did that by dumping some stuff in the ocean. That's not really my area of expertise, so I wanted to ask if-" Aegir: "I'm still kinda pissed about all the stuff you broke last time I threw a party for you guys...but don't worry, I'll find some place _very_ nice to stick him. Heh..."

[@brendanrisney2449]

I love the creativity on this channel. Simple things that most wouldn't think to do, like the chest that was a book referring to cultural treasure. Just one of the many reasons I enjoy your stuff!

[@colinwoodall6150]

Damn but Scandinavians have epic titles/names. The Lawspeaker? How awesome is that!

[@Thedrek]

Harald Fairhair, son of Halfdan the Black, next king was Eric Bloodaxe, followed by Haakon the Good (his younger brother). Next was Harald Greycloak, and then a few danish kings, before we get to Olaf the Stout, better known as St. Olaf. Given the title Rex Perpetuus Norvegiae in 1169, along with a canonisation by Pope Alexander III. Then came Magnus the Good, and Harald Hardrule. Later we get Magnus Barefoot followed by Sigurd the Crusader, and Magnus the Blind. Even later we are granted with kings with names like Haakon the Crazy and Magnus Law-mender or Lawmaker.

[@shockedgame5558]

3:21 was that a jojo reference wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[@nekomasteryoutube3232]

No, it was Dio!

[@tuxedo_productions]

Erik's Marketing Technique: Greenland: It's free real estate

[@drakewolford7949]

Is ThAt A FrEaKInG JojO ReFeRENce?

[@MaJuV]

0:44 Okay, I laughed way too hard at this.

[@gumunduringigumundsson9344]

Excellent video! Honorable of you, Extra credits. Well done. One of my all time fave channels. The video game 'how to do', is just wonderful too. I learn so much from you guys. You deserve very good. Gangi ykkur sem best vinir, já og okkur öllum. Takk.

[@dimitri5345]

As a Scandinavian (Norwegian) hearing you pronounce Reykjavik made me say "At least you tried"

[@GardEngebretsen]

I don't even know what that Ingolfr was either.

[@filthygarbage]

Hei kompis

[@countjondi9672]

to be completely fair, to Icelanders, the way norwegians pronounce Icelandic places is only marginally better.

[@GardEngebretsen]

@@countjondi9672 That's because the Icelanders mispronounce them ;)

[@countjondi9672]

@@GardEngebretsen If by wrong you mean closer to the original pronounciation, you would be flat wrong, Icelandic is closer to old norse than any other living language. Besides, our pronounciations of Icelandic names are by definition correct as they are the icelandic pronounciations for those places.

[@countjondi9672]

I have not often been as proud to be Icelandic as I am right now, watching extra credits.

[@no.5304]

Greenland: *exists* Vikings: *its free real estate*

[@mikkitoro8933]

I loved this video. And as an Icelander I can confirm many of the things as in our Icelandic class we learn our history, although I did not know Eiríkur rauði(Erik the red) settled on the north west of Greenland and he named it that as a scam. I thought he landed on the south part in the summer where there would be more green and that's why he named it that(Plus to lure people in).

[@I-OMusic]

I've been binging these videos so hard I've watched some twice. Never liked history as a kid but thanks to you guys it fascinates me

[@evershumor1302]

great job animating. Love the erik the red part. Also, love U Snorrie.

[@chrisforsyth8323]

8:32 Even the black eye goes viking...

[@landonvandop1875]

How they came up with the Althing. "this is a great idea, what do we call this THING?" "That's perfect."

[@isacwidendahl58]

yeeeeees, pls keep these viking videos coming. Its endlessly fascinating

[@MCorpReview]

Greenland is larger than Scandinavia. He really hit the jackpot.

[@creatoruser736]

Iceland was 'discovered' because someone intended to go somewhere else but ended up there by accident? Where have I heard that before?

[@geoffreyherrick9900]

CreatorUser Columbus or Cabral maybe?

[@thoughtfulinsanity3050]

And they claimed to be the first when someone was already living there

[@karlbaxter3350]

Christopher Columbus and the west indies

[@MrMarinus18]

Brazil was also discovered by the Portuguese when they wanted to go around Africa. However because of currents and winds it's easier to go through the middle of the Atlantic than to hug the coast. This was only several decades after Columbus and giving how far further south it was people thought it were 2 different places. To prevent conflict the Pope decided to put a line through the Atlantic middle of the Atlantic. That's why Brazil is Portuguese whereas all other parts of Latin America are too far west and fell in the Spanish zone.

[@l0b01]

I just love it when Viking names are still comprehensible from a modern Norwegian perspective. “Røyk” is “smoke” (pronounced only slightly differently), “vik” is still “bay”.

[@romankazinets1759]

You know, I actually love the new narrator. Hes perfect for stories like this, of adventure and bloodshed. Nobodys complaining anymore, so I think everyone agees! Still miss Dan a little though.

[@sars910]

3:08 That's not a sword *THIS IS A SWORD*

[@dellaboca9737]

8:37 literally everyone’s response to neighbors 🤣

[@omerlord0]

2:33 Harald Fairhair. Yes, *swish of hair*, really.

[@GardEngebretsen]

The myth goes that Haraldr vowed when he was a young adult to not trim his hair until he had united Norway. That's why he's called Fairhair.

[@jonarnar1383]

Love this video so much! Really shed light on our beutiful country

[@marctelfer6159]

Flóki is also the name of a single malt whiskey they started making in Iceland a few years ago. It's expensive (at least by my standards, around 10,000 Krónur if I remember right, £70 ~ 90USD), but it's nice. It's Iceland's fist and only commerically produced whiskey, so they named it after the first person to give Iceland its current name, Flóki Vilgerðarson. I quite like that little nod to history in something as simple as a name.

[@knightshade1297]

Ever heard of vinland saga ? One of the best manga ever

[@dimitri5345]

Fun fact: There actually is a manga named the Vinland sagas -don't ask where I found that out-

[@knightshade1297]

@@dimitri5345 lol

[@lancerguy3667]

getting an anime adaption next year. pretty hype.

[@ZanathKariashi]

Yeah, I'm hoping it doesn't get the Berserk 2016/2017 treatment. And that it gets enough enough episodes that they don't have to fuck anything up.

[@StormCreeper98]

Can't wait for the next episode.

[@SentryWill]

I remember this stuff from my time in Iceland. It's nice to trigger some memories.

[@SQUASHtamer]

Vikings really did a lot back there.... that echoes till now

[@Xoniksken]

"No armed opposition" drawn characters have no arms... gottem

[@ThatSlowTypingGuy]

Erik the Red: Get off my lawn Neighbour: It's an ice field! Erik the Red: It's about to be a red ice field

[@vihneirh]

Loved the Greenland flower punch

[@Imboredlol]

*Greenland* - always cold *Iceland* - cold in the winter *Finland* - *cold*

[@jokuvaan5175]

I heard there once were even forests in Iceland but they got cut down by vikings. And now they are trying to grow those forests back

[@Luredreier]

Sort of. They're using quite different species of wood because the native ones aren't commercially viable. www.skogur.is/en/forestry/forestry-in-a-treeless-land/history-of-forests-in-iceland

[@raquetdude]

When the clans used to meet their meeting place was between the two tectonic plates of Euroasia and North America. There are also some waterfalls near by. It's honestly beautiful there.

[@MrMarinus18]

0:50 Nobody was better than they were. It wasn't until the magnetic compass was perfected by the 14th century that long distance travel across the open ocean became possible.

[@ThatFanBoyGuy]

That animation for "the land was unforgiving" was awesome! :)

[@its_drez]

3:20 You thought this was an Extra History episode about Viking expansion into Iceland... *BUT IT WAS ME, DIO!*

[@kormakurrognvaldsson6698]

This is the first time ive seen this story so accurate on youtube congrats

[@falfires]

Throughout this episode's ending, one thought tumbled through my brain... "Prank'd!"

[@elizabetaatanasova2500]

Thanks dude.

[@lifescree6053]

fantastic video

[@galer71]

wait, irish monks found iceland before the vikings? is there a source for that?

[@legate6680]

Not an expert but what I understand Irish monks went there for the summer to do monk things, they wrote it down wsomewhere. Also there havebeen found remain of lodges from before 870 point at that fact.

[@inzani0]

They are mentioned in the Sagas, as "Papar"

[@Ironhold_Watch]

Always hating on the irish

[@ibbi30]

"In [the time of Harald fairhair and Ingólfur Arnarson] Iceland was covered in woodland between mountains and the shore. Then there were here Christian men, those that Norwegians call Papar, but they left this land, because they did not want to live among heathens, and the left behind irish books, bells and staffs. From that it can be understood that these were Irishmen". This writes Ari Þorgilsson in Íslendingabók in the early 12th century.

[@MrBigCookieCrumble]

@@inzani0 "Papar"? We call fathers "Pappa" in swedish, or "Pappor" for plural. Did they call them "Fathers"? Would be fitting since that's what christian priests liked to be called.

[@guntherdoesaliltrolling5757]

*Iceland exist* Vikings: Its free real estate

[@Noob-fd4ts]

You create a lot of good history videos so people can learn about history and technology -Noob

[@gerstelb]

3:24 What the sagas don’t tell you about Aud, widow of Olaf, was how much she hated rabbits, and how she eventually changed her name to Anyanka...

[@roelofsonneveld1049]

I love this, vikings are superamazing!

[@TheNetherlandDwarf]

1:00 i remember reading that in horrible histories

[@jenna2720]

The interactive fiction game, Choice of Vikings, is all about settling Iceland, its culture, religions, and politics. It's fun.

[@dankim1573]

That title though. I love it so much

[@ozpsychosis]

Your videos are great

[@narutolife100]

Can you do the history of sejong the great? He is the king who created the korean alphabet

[@hectorvega621]

Good point, they did one for Western Europe, but not around Asia. I would love to learn about it.

[@zyaicob]

What about Mashtotz? He gave the Armenians a writing system so they could be better Christians

[@davidmunoz6897]

I think he was mentioned in a episode about a general and bulky boats XD

[@BigHenFor]

Patrons of Extra Credits on Patreon can nominate subjects for Extra Credits to examine. So, join their Patreon from 1USD a month to have a chance of your desired historical figure being featured here.

[@jonathandavis2731]

Great video :)

[@tinchosabala]

Now I wanna read every Icelandic book. Harald’s hair certainly is fair.

[@Magic_Ice]

The Animation is Amazing

[@SamuelKelemenC]

1:38 Circumvented it -> Circumnavigated it

[@shawnheatherly]

The story of how Greenland got its name is too good.

[@evanpfeffer7319]

Just a side note, the Catholic church had a hand in the demise of Iceland's parliamentary system. The church tax collectors started a huge civil war to basically takeover each other's territory. Then, one faction decided successful appealed to Norway king to resolve the war in exchange for control of the island. Thus Iceland became part of the Norway

[@miqeriunofficial2946]

3:19 *"You thought it was just a regular viking, but it is I, Dio!*

[@welcher6470]

-Hey, Eric, there is no green land here! -Oh, you thought I meant it literally! No, it was more the "green is the color of hope" kind of stuff *Neighbor quarrel ensues

[@IAmTheStig32]

There once was a "hero" named Eric the Red Who stabbed all his neighbours until they were dead And the braggart did swagger and brandish his blade As he told of new land, a discovery he'd made...

[@Taalsman]

You could make individual series of Erik the Red and Harald Fairhair! Looking forward to that!