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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. The Earldom of Vinland in the New World is home to many Norwegians and Icelanders, but more arrive every year from Norway itself.
+Primary Language: Norse.  Secondary Language: English.
-Add +2 to your CON attribute. Roll on the background event table below for an additional special feature.
+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.|Proficiency to Perception, History, and Investigation skills to learn about traps and undead|
-|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.|Proficiency with water vehicles|
-|3|Endured slavery after Berserkers killed your family in a raid. You worked your way to freedom and fled for the new world.|+2 permanent hit points|
-|4|Member of a happy and prosperous family. Wealth only sustained by constant scheming and politicking.|Persuasion Proficiency|
-|5|Born in the shadow of Zaran’s Tower, your family served the mysterious Sorcerer of the Tower.|Arcana Proficiency|
-|6|Your family fled violence in their clan’s lands and settled in the Mountains as ‘Wolfers’.|Animal Handling Proficiency|
-|7|Enjoyed the freedom of the city's Council of Peers growing up.|History Proficiency|
-|8|Lived in a remote fishing village, where strange things regularly visited from the depths of the sea.|Survival Proficiency|
+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.