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Laarsgaard


Average Brony I guess, I've been writing for a long time and decided to try my hand ad fanfiction so here I am.

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Ol a viking warrior from old scandanavia is sucked into Equestria while in the midst of battle. He appears before Twilight and her friends soaked in blood and unable to understand a word of what they say, can Ol live in the peacful land of Equestria or is he too stuck in his war torn ways to live alongside the ponies?

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Comments ( 137 )

If that's a Frazetta, you get an upvote from me.

Other than that, I believe you as an author held well to the Norse way of thinking and speaking. But, this story could have been executed better. Warriors of antiquity getting teleported to Ponyville/Canterlot is nothing really new, maybe you could have had him appear somewhere else.

sorry to say this but vikings where pretty peaceful and mostly farmers or fishermen who went on raids during the late Autumn and winter period....

myself are a descent of a viking family through a bastard line of The House Of Sol sun worshipers and some of the last pagan nobles in the north...

Not the most historically accurate but Viking raids were pretty brutal so why not. Looking forward to more.

Yes!

Ner från himlen
I kampen
Hjärtan fulla av raseri
Full av åska och härlighet
Svärd i vinden
Crossing himlen
Lords of Doom
Få ett slut på deras berättelse

I do not know if the viking is historically authentic (aside from the "die in battle to go to Valhalla, otherwise you end up in Nilfheim", which definitely is authentic) but all looks plausible. That he wants to kill someone because the voice annoys him is a bit over the top, but then again he has been through a lot. As for a honorable death, there are enough species that could invade, and enough beasts that could come in from the Everfree and similar locations, so there is enough opportunity to battle.

Well, he's still human, is not finding all of these creatures instantly adorable, and still wants some major violence and an honorable death. I like it. I'll be watching this. I would recommend looking up Norse culture and whatnot if you haven't already.

Ooooo.. I like this, Like! Fave!

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My own line goes back through scottish and german lines

This is fucking BEAUTIFUL. :moustache:

2096393I'm northern Italian and Scottish. complete opposites when it comes to combat.:pinkiehappy:
completely unrelated but kinda funny.:pinkiecrazy:

I am magic? Awesome!

It's interesting to see a HiE fic without translation spells for a change, and your writing is getting better.

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That possiblity never crossed my mind, and it's kind of a cop out if you think about it, but then again, so is that growth spell. Dammit.

2142630 The growth spell actually works well in this story, it makes a good metaphor for him recovering from his emotional wounds as well (currently he is like a cornered rat, which fits to his current situation but not as a permanent state) and for his new environment growing on him. Also, imo a fighter is more badass when he has enough arms to dual wield things.

Steel is strong, but flesh... flesh is stronger. For what is a sword compared to the hand that wields it?

Comment posted by Laarsgaard deleted Feb 26th, 2013

May Bragi, patron of the scalds, partaker in the mead of poetry, and master of the art of story bless this! :scootangel:

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THAT'S MY FAVORITE SONG FROM THAT ALBUM!!!!!!!!!:yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::rainbowkiss::pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy:

2199993 Great story btw. The historical accuracy is pretty good. Nice job acknowledging the blot. I half expected a Bifröst comparison to RD's mane lol. Hail Odin brother.

Mead is made from honey, not barley.

This is awesome! Your narration is getting as smooth as the mead you describe.

I really like how you integrated Ol into the story this time. Can't wait for the reveal of Chrysalis. :pinkiehappy:

You know what there should be? A Warriors of Antiquity group. A group where you can post all your stories about ancient soldiers and warriors going the Equestrian way.

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Why does that sound like one of the best ideas ever?

2230310 it seems it is.. im no whiter but his idea is somting that needs to be put into existence rite away.:moustache:

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If you don't make it I will and if you do make it, I will join it.

2230572 Make it, I'll be your first member. I've already got a goliath group to manage.

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Well it's done there is now a warriors of antiquity group

From the FAQ page, under story submission rules.

Rewrites of an old story posted as a new story. You are free to edit your existing story, but you may not post it as a new submission.

He hoped the sun rose in the west?

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I can't believe no one has caught that yet, not even me:facehoof: thank you for pointing that out.

2235886 Sure, I actually was disappointed it wasn't caught. It was obvious but no one said anything so I started questioning if the sun rose differently in Scandinavia, until a second later when I remembered that would be ridiculous.:derpytongue2:

“This tree is wonderful and all, but how do you expect us to burn it?” Twilight smiled.


Perhaps the and could be switched for but
"The biggest challenge had been learning to speak like they did with their funny runes and I had done it, no one else I knew spoke another language."


"and I would then tell the 'first' story." 'first' should be next.

Comment posted by Simon_oSullivan deleted Mar 10th, 2013

I have noticed you put "on" instead of "one" in a bunch of places through the series.
You also put "had had" instead of one "had"; while in some places it is acceptable, many of the ones you put it, isn't.

Comment posted by Simon_oSullivan deleted at 5:48am on the 10th of March, 2013

I knew that you would do that

Dat comment deletion :rainbowkiss:

"...I always harrumphed at the idea of these two controlling the sun and the moon. The planets were pulled across the sky by chariots and chased by wolves. They only imagined they had power..."

Boy, someone is in for a surprise when he is assigned to guard the Summer Sun Celebration for the first time... :pinkiehappy:

Ummm... not to be mean or any thing but
*ahem*
Twilight lives in a tree. they are burning a tree in her house. they are burning a tree within a tree.
How is her house not on fire?:twilightsheepish:

“Danke mein freund.”

Why is the viking speaking German mommy? I don't understand :pinkiesad2:

Yeah, shouldn't the viking be speaking Swedish or Finnish or Norwegian? Unless he's really a Saxon! :pinkiegasp:

2372601 Aren't there some languages in Europe or even the world that share some words and phrases despite being different?

hello people, Vikings, like most of Germania, likely spoke old Germanicwebspace.ship.edu/cgboer/germaniclanguages.gif a language which eventually developed into the 3 varieties that developed into the modern languages

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