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+====== Norwegian or Icelander======
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+The frozen north is the home of great sailors and iron men. The Earldom of Vinland in the New World is home to many Norwegians and Icelanders, but more arrive every year from Norway itself. Being of hardy stock, the Norwegians start with +2 CON.
-The frozen north is the home of great sailors and iron men.
+Primary Language: Norse.  Secondary Language: English.
-Roll an extra die for your CON attribute, and drop the lowest ones until you only have three. Roll on the event table below for a second alternate die for your attribute roll.
+There is a degree of hostility between Norwegians and the Scots and Irish due to several centuries of violence, but there are also times when these groups have made alliances against the English or Danes.
-^Roll ^Event^ Attribute^
-|1|Member of a grave robber family who raided the outskirts of the Sunless City, avoiding traps and running away from undead monstrosities.|DEX|
-|2|Press ganged into the Ice Ships and spent early years raiding the cities and towns of the coast. You became strong from the dangerous and hard life at sea.|STR|
-|3|Endured slavery in Blood Stead. Berserkers killed your family in a raid.|CON|
-|4|Member of a happy and prosperous family. Wealth only sustained by constant scheming and politicking.|CHA|
-|5|Born in the shadow of Zaran’s Tower, your family served the mysterious Sorcerer of the Tower.|INT|
-|6|Your family fled violence in their clan’s lands and settled in the Mountains as ‘Wolfers’.|CON|
-|7|Enjoyed the freedom of the city's Council of Peers growing up.|WIS|
-|8|Lived in a remote fishing village, where strange things regularly visited from the depths of the sea.|WIS|
+The Norwegians and Icelanders show the greatest respect for the memory of Leif Erikson, who established the Vinland settlement and St. Olaf (King Olaf II of Norway) whose sainthood a century ago hastened the adoption of Christianity in Norway.