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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > VEGETA > Vinland Saga, Historie, Cesare, Otoyomegatari... Foreign history manga thread
 
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Tatsujin
Apr 26, 2004

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enigma74 posted:

Regarding the recent developments with Askeladd starting in the late 30's chapters: (it's a super spoiler)

I'm beginning to see him as more of an anti-hero, who might not be the 'bad guy'. The real bad guy might just be the king of the Danes, King Sweyn. Askeladd has already said that he really hates Danes on two occasions and is actually a descendant of Artorius, some kind of Welsh hero-king.

Although, his willingness to order the mass murder of an entire village makes him a bit unappealing as a main character.

Well, since he is allegedly the descendant of King Artorious, he doesn't really like Anglo-Saxons all that much either. If you know your history, the Anglo-Saxons regained control of Danish-held areas of what is now north and east England (Danelaw) near the end of the 10th century. The Anglo-Saxons believed that the Danish settlers in the area were responsible for the resurgence of Viking raids in the kingdom, so many were killed in reprisal by them. This caused Sweyn to begin a campaign of taking over all of England and driving out the Anglo-Saxon monarch Ethelred II.

The historical accuracy is pretty interesting. To be honest, all I ever read about during this time period was the Norman conquest, and not the Danish conflicts that happened previously.

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