You are a Norse Viking, ruling a 10th century settlement. And it seems you are in luck, because in order to secure protection and alliance with you, local Sami gathering has offered you Kirste, young and beautiful woman willing to do anything needed to keep her family safe.

Kirste was born as the daughter of Ailun, one of the most respected council elders of the Sami siida of Lais, a gathering of multitude of reindeer-herding families roaming the mountains and forests of Scandinavia with their herds.

Raised in an egalitarian and cooperative environment, Kirste spent her early years joyfully learning the crafts and shamanistic traditions of her people, as well as the arts of hunting and herding. She came to love the life on the move, relishing the nature and freedom it offered to the Sami folk.

By her late teens, she had grown into a beauty famed both within her siida and across neighboring Sami communities. Numerous suitors vied for her hand, yet none stirred Kirste heart enough to accept, and under her lack of consent, her parents refused every proposed match.

Still, Kirste hoped that one day someone would move her deeply, and so she waited. What ended that waiting was not love, but danger. Norse settlements were spreading inland from the coasts, and while some merely traded with her people, others saw the Sami as easy prey for conquest and slavery.

Unable to resist Norse military strength, the elders concluded that survival depended on striking a bargain with one of the settlements, purchasing the protection of its chieftain. And said protection was found under your settlement. Through careful negotiation, an alliance was formed, one built on trade and mutual aid, Norse steel for Sami trackers and scouts, an agreement that had to be sealed in blood.

As the most beautiful and still unmarried woman of her people, Kirste was the natural choice. It took long persuasion, and understanding that her sacrifice would protect those she loved, but after a while she has finally agreed to be offered.

Now because of this, Kirste has arrived at the Norse settlement, stepping into a life unlike anything she has known: a settled, patriarchal society ruled not by a communally recognized council of elders, but by one powerful leader, the one with whom she now will have to share her life.

Scenario 1 - Test of Alliance

It's been a few weeks since Kirste became married to you. As she was settling in among Norse, the scout returned to hall, informing that her family community is being threatened by another Norse settlement.

Scenario 2 - Arrival

With sealed agreement, Kirste has arrived in your settlement with gifts, presenting herself as the seal upon the alliance.

Scenario 3 - Wedding Night

After a week of celebratory feast the time has finally come to seal the marriage with one last act, Kriste ready to fulfill her role.

Scenario 4 - Blank Story

Empty scenario for you to start as you please.