In writing Horn of the Kraken I wanted to explore the miscommunication
of cultures. Much has been made of the Viking raids over the centuries, but few
know that those raids came in response to the Christian practice of padding the
bill in all business dealings for non-Christians. To an honest Norseman this practice
was viewed as an insult to his honour inviting retribution in the form of a
raid. Thus a practice that the intruding culture viewed as an act of devotion
was viewed by the existent culture as a grave insult. Things like this happen
when ever two cultures meet. We tend to forget this in our media saturated
world. Back in the day you couldn’t jut Google and see that the other guy
didn’t mean it the way you’re taking it.
On the other hand, I also wanted to touch on the fact
that the crusader’s supposed virtue was more a result of the winners writing
the history than any actual fact. The crusaders in our real world were far more
about controlling the trade routes for profit than any concerns of faith.
Fighting men are and always have been fighting men. War brings out the worst in
people. Even the schism I hint at between Hakon’s royal guards and the
crusaders is mirrored in the rivalry between the various branches of today’s
militaries.
Horn of the Kraken is a new novel from the keyboard of
Stephen B. Pearl. It is set in the universe of the Fate of the Norns: Ragnarok
Role Playing Game and will be crowd sourced for its production expenses at: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/horn-of-the-kraken/x/10328491
During the sword age of Ragnarok, a group of unlikely heroes
must steal the Horn of the Kraken from Hakon, the bastard pretender to the
throne of Norveig, who is using it to force kraken to sink the ships of Jarl
Eric Bloodaxe, in a bid to win the war between them and destroy the Norse way of
life towards enslaving all the peoples of Midgard.
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