Rise of the Vikings: The Great Heathen Army (865).

TyphoonNewt#4540

Rise of the Vikings: The Great Heathen Army (865) is a mod I am planning to make for the Age of Charlemagne DLC.



The following is the faction list (WIP):

Danish Faction:

The Great Heathen Army:
Ivar the Boneless
Halfdan Ragnarsson
Ubba Ragnarsson
Bjorn Ironside
Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye

The Sons of Ragnar Lothbrok and other bloodthirsty Scandinavian Jarls, these men are hungry for plunder. A horde faction just off the coast of East Anglia, with 3 decent stacks. Upon the capture of York they become the Kingdom of Jorvic. Good infantry diversity but no cavalry.







Saxon Factions:

Originally conquerors of Britain, they are now under threat from invaders themselves. Namely from Norway, Sweden and Denmark, these men are bloodthirsty and continue to worship the Old Gods of the Saxon's forefathers. Saxons have an average, all round roster with some particularly good heavy infantry.

Wessex:
Aethelred
Alfred

A kingdom in the south of England, they are rising in strength. Wessex are also able to access "Burh" Troops; an improved and standing army version of the Fyrd.

Mercia:
Bughred

A large kingdom in the centre of England, their power is waning. They must protect their borders from the encroaching Danish invaders as well as the Welsh and perhaps even Wessex!

Northumbria:
Aelle

A formerly powerful kingdom formed by the joining of Bernicia and Deira, they face the might of the Great Heathen Army, as well as Pictish and Scottish raids from the North.







Welsh Factions:

Before the Saxons invaded, these men held all of Britannia. Experts at guerilla warfare, these men can deploy anywhere on the battlefield. Light units, but many with precursor javelins. Expert archers that can do serious damage to unprepared enemies with the ability to strike from anywhere.

Gwynedd:
Rhodri Mawr

A kingdom growing in power under their king Rhodri "The Great", and having come to inherit the Kingdom of Powys, they suffer from viking raids as well as saxon excursions. They fight fiercely for their independence and excel at guerilla warfare. However they have few warriors sufficiently equipped to deal with the heavy infantry of the saxons and danes and require a wise commander to lead them to victory.

Glywysing:
Hywel ap Rhys

A small kingdom in the south of Wales, They are at the mercy of their saxon neighbours as well as their fellow welsh.







Irish Factions:

Kingdom of Ailech:
Áed Findliath mac Néill

Kingdom of Connochta:
Mugron mac Máel Cothaid

Kingdom of Meath:
Donnchad mac Aedacain

Kingdom of Ulaid:
Cathalán mac Indrechtaig

Kingdom of Munster:
Cenn Fáelad hua Mugthigirn

Scottish Factions:

Kingdom of Alt Clut:
Artgal mac Dumnagual

Kingdom of Alba:
Constantín mac Cináeda

linuslinothorax

Very cool idea. Better move over to the TotalWarCenter to reach a bigger audience.

kweiss94

Hey,

I already have a (really small and bare-bones) Vikings mod on the workshop with focus on Ragnar Lothbrok, but his sons are also in the family tree. I have to upload a new version anyway after Charlemagne, if you want we can work together. I intended to add some new features like special traits and ancillaries which wil trigger at certain timepoints and achievements.

PM me on steam if you like, steam name is Prometheus.

Cheers

TyphoonNewt#4540

added a picture for the saxon roster

TyphoonNewt#4540

Full Saxon Roster and Finals Saxon Images Uploaded

Ognyan1

Why not add the First Bulgarian Empire with 2 regions in eastern Paranoia - east of the Danube river. On the AOC map in the future.They will have similar Roster like the Avars as units and Gameplay,but with Orthodox Christianity and more melee armored heavy cav than the Avars .Bulgaria adopted Orthodox Christianity in 864ad.

Overall I wish you good luck mate.

TyphoonNewt#4540

I definitely intent to expand the mod later on, but I dont want to commit to a project I wont finish.

TyphoonNewt#4540

Danish Roster image posted. It took me a while and I've been busy with uni work, but I'm still working on the mod!

TyphoonNewt#4540

Danish unit screenshots posted

TyphoonNewt#4540

Added a full faction list

NeverBackDown#9942

Any idea on a timetable of release? Very interested!:)

TyphoonNewt#4540

Uhm... I'm not really sure atm. All the new textures for the factions are the things taking time atm. Probably by... I wanna say the end of June the first version willbe up?

TyphoonNewt#4540

This is because I have uni work to complete and that has to take priority.

TyphoonNewt#4540

However if progress becomes quicker, I may be done by april

TyphoonNewt#4540

Added some pictures for the welsh roster

GreenJKing#7377

Omg! Yes! This mod i must have!! Good luck!

TyphoonNewt#4540

Added welsh roster and a full campaign map plan.

TyphoonNewt#4540

With the release of the Age of Vikings mod, its not really worth continuing with this project as it's already been done. However I will finish the unit rosters and release them as a separate mod.

Rikashey

Viriato just made this thread known to me.

I'm really surprised at finding out that there was already a Viking Age mod in the works and now I feel bad.

It's really cool how the map and kingdoms locations are near exactly the same.

Looks like you have some really cool ideas, would you be willing to join the mod team and help us improve Age of Vikings?

Send me a PM with your Steam Name if so.