If You Lived In Viking Times.

[Pariah87]

A very interesting coincidence.

There is a comic book series known as "Northlanders" which I am very much a fan of.

My brother just bought the third installment in the series. This one full of short stories, of which the very first takes place in a town called "Lindisfarne", which is only one letter off from "Landisfarne".

Well, I thought it was interesting. It's a good series, I recommend it.

Lindisfarne is the actual place, it's possible the OP either misspelled the location or over the centuries the name changed from Landisfarne to Lindisfarne. It's in Northumberland a few miles south of the Scottish border, almost a small island on its own with a small connection the mainland. There is a castle on there now I believe.

Edit: Whilst being English now I'm pretty sure I have some Scandinavian heritage, albeit watered down with Anglo-Saxon and later Norman genes. Then again it seems I'm a true mongrel, with red hair on my mums side of the family there's some celt in me aswell.

If I lived back then I'd be the badass on Stamford Bridge who kept killing Englishmen untill one of the crafty little buggers climbed under the bridge and speared me from underneath. Whatever bloodline I followed back, if given the choice I'd be a Huscarl, even the Saxon ones were virtually as badass as vikings. Untill the Normans came over with their cavalry that is...

 

[Jonluw]

Pillage, I guess.

I would be really pissed cause my viking husband kept cheating on me with cows >>.

Also, I like to think we wouldn't roll that way.

 

[OmegaXIII]

I'd get a big axe and behead all the morons who irritate me - and noone would bat an eyelid because i was a viking

 

[Blue Musician]

Attention, today was the anniversary of one of the first ever Viking attacks on record. The attack was on Landisfarne in June 793. I would like to think it was today since 1) I couldn't find a date, and 2) I'm making this thread today...so yeah.

...If I was a Viking I would pillage everything and go on a killing spree with my battle axe. I love battle axes.

Also, if you find the correct day and year of this attack or can discredit this as the first ever attack, please post it so I can correct myself. But, still answer the question on what you would do if you lived during these times.

Well, I'm actually a Viking descendant, so I would try to go with Leif Erickson to discover America 492 years before Columbus. Or I would simply pillage a Greek temple (they did, I just cannot remember the temple or when it was done).

Or I would simply make my own dragon ships. I just love those. Or I just pillage and burn everything.

 

[WitherVoice]

Hmm. Seeing as how I am in fact Norwegian and do know a fair bit of the vikings, I'd have to say that in those ages I'd likely be a smith. The vikings had damn good smiths, and it's my kind of work.

Other than that, I might engage in a little bit of trading, using the famous viking model of business transactions. "This deal is reasonable. If you do not find it to your liking, though, I shall kill you and strike a bargain with your corpse."

 

[holographicman]

Id go out on as many murderous campaigns as possible
than get brutally killed

than go to valhalla and enjoy endless fighting, food and women for eternity.

 

[s0denone]

Honestly? If I was a viking?
I would slaughter all you other skittish fools for trying to join me on my pillaging runs. Mainly I would actually wear horned-helmets, start a trend and suddenly make a myth into truth.
Theeeen I would follow viking-code and slaughter everyone in every English monasteries that I can find. You know, the unarmed monks, as with Lindisfarne. That's also near Newcastle isn't it? I never liked Newcastle, so Newcastle would also be looted and then sacked.

In essence I would be the run-out-of-the-mill viking. They were all pretty badass, you know.

Also I'm Danish.

EDIT:
Also it's "Lindisfarne" and not "Landisfarne" :--)

 

[ACHVDragon]

I'd be a warrior, fighting in the name of Thor, only to die in battle and be sent to Valhalla. Which is an awesome place.

 

[Melias]

Probably have my things stolen and loved ones killed while i stumbled around with a barrel of mead (i'm english!)

 

[Dreey]

A map showing where the vikings went.

Spoiler

 

[CrazyMedic]

I would become a viking doctor and use my bonesaw to cut off limbs.