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Podcast: PastMaster: Reshaping History
Episode: Headbutting into the Viking Times
Description: Scandinavia, circa 850 AD. The Viking Age is at its peak, longships are terrorising the coasts of Europe, and Keon's just arrived with one goal: be worshipped as a god. His opening move? Walk up to a rival chieftain called Bjorn, shout "what are you looking at?", and headbutt him in the face. Subtle, it is not.
Styling himself as "Jarl Olaf," Keon's approach to Viking politics is pure aggression. His economic policy is communist redistribution where he keeps most of the gold. His diplomatic strategy is headbutting. His relationship with rival chieftain Bjorn is deteriorating at a...