When you've imprisoned someone, you can execute them, and if you're a cannibal, you can both execute and eat them.Īs Zak put it: 'Pope was back on the menu, boys. With Bjorn now a cannibal, and after defending against another Crusade, the Norsemen sacked Rome and acquired a very special prisoner with a very large hat. 'So through the power of many, many mental breakdowns and eating because I’m sad, I was given the option to request… 'special' food.' The Pope calls for a Crusade to protect the Christians in the Holy Land even as he refuses. 'I had heard that stress can cause people to do… strange things,' he said. Bjorn then began conquering holy sites to reform the Norse faith and develop a particular appetite. Taking over as Ragnarr's son, Bjorn, Zak decided to burn those Catholics, which generated 'hundreds and hundreds' of piety points, thanks to the Human Sacrifice tenet. The Pope, uneaten at that point, launched a Crusade for England, but due to some strategic alliances-'Marrying every single female in my family to random Pagan leaders,' as Zak put it-Ragnarr managed to hold back the Crusade while stocking his dungeon with Catholic prisoners. Halfdan died, but Zak took over playing as his son, Ragnarr, who finished unifying the British Isles.

Playing as Halfdan, Zak told me, he conquered Mercia and Wessex, followed by parts of Ireland and all of Scotland.

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