(01-20-2019, 01:32 PM)Norgarth Wrote: A Thing of Vikings
https://archiveofourown.org/works/104089...s/41178950
Chapter Trigger Warnings: Explicit Homophobia, Mention of Pederasty, Explicit Mention of Torture, Explicit Mention of Execution (burning at the stake) (Byzantines were scary)
In Rouen, Esther bat Rivkah, Rabid Dovid's eldest child, gets a surprise visit which explains the turmoil coming from the ducal keep. In Uppsala, Tuffnut visits a friend and encounters a surprise guest. In Constantinople, the passing of Empress Zoe leads to Sigurd getting all those trigger warnings in a big messy heap, followed by him getting a lead on a dragon nest in Anatolia. Out on the Great Steppes, Drago explains to the Kagan that a new way of raiding is possible. In Lixbuna, Heather speaks with Mildew's supplier. In the chief's hut on Berk, Stoick has a conversation with Magnus about chiefship and kingship. In Bun Ilidh, a fisherman named Kerr watches Jarl Mildew's departure and wishes it could be permanent. Back in Constantinople, Sigurd transacts some business and has doubts cast on his pleasures. Finally, in Rome, Alvin and Delilah have their business with Cardinalis Ugo cut short...
Corpus Historiae Berkiae, 1396 Wrote:The early Dragon Mail stations were an earnest and generally successful effort in standardization; Haddock and Ingerman explicitly acknowledged the degree to which their designs were inspired by the Imperial Roman Castrum system of standardized layouts. Having experimented with the design in the earliest mail stations in the Alban Isles and Norway, Haddock and his initial construction expedition were able to build the mainland continental stations extremely quickly, typically completing each within a matter of days. Once the physical stations were built, the local merchant partnerships would take over with maintenance, staffing, and other logistical needs.
These early stations, while they had their problems, were generally well-designed, featuring a landing platform on the roof, housing for the staff, temporary quarters for dragons and riders, resting and feeding stations for the dragons, and mail intake and output offices. Due to space requirements, they were initially built outside of the local city walls or municipal limits, but quickly accrued settlement in their immediate vicinity, as additional shops and services found the traffic going to and from the mail station to be a natural draw.
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12639117/76...Of-Vikings