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Welcome to For the King, to Valhalla! The purpose of this RP project is to serve as a place for me to post stories from the Prydanian Civil War, which ran from 2002-2017.
I had contemplated a thread dedicated to the War, but the fact remains that fifteen years is a hell of a long time. There's so much I want to talk about, but a lot that's simply minutia.
Then Sil Dorsett's wonderful Silean Short Stories thread inspired me. I don't need to RP fifteen years! I can just write stories that took place during the War as I'm inspired to write them.
I love collaboration, but this will mainly be a one-man job. I'll be writing stories as I think of them that take place during the War. Chronology will not be a concern. That said? If you have an idea? Run it by me. I can't promise you I'll go for it, but you won't know if you don't ask.
Anyway, this thread will serve as a means for people to read up on the main characters and their general roles in the narrative.
The Characters
William Aubyn
William Aubyn's rise began in 1985, becoming the new, young leader of the Conservative-Agrarian Alliance. He posed the first challenge to Stephen Toft's Social Commonwealth government, and quickly gained a reputation as a man who could walk the line between opposing the government and remaining loyal to the King that supported said government.
Anders III, however, became increasingly supportive of Toft's Social Commonwealth policies as the 1990s marched on. Aubyn reached out to Free Democrat politicians, building a network of anti-Social Commonwealth forces that aimed to topple their government and restore Parliamentary democracy to Prydania.
Anders III and Stephen Toft had provoked the Syndicalists to action, however, forcing Aubyn to shift his alliance to one resisting the totalitarian socialism that now gripped the nation. The survival and rescue of Prince Tobias allowed the Front of National Unity to claim a degree of legitimacy and Aubyn became the de facto leader of anti-Syndicalist resistance.
He would also become the man who raised the young Prince.
Axle Skov
Axle Skov doesn't exist...officially He was an officer in the Royal Marines before being recruited into the Öryggi og Sérstakur Upplýsingaöflun (Security and Special Intelligence) and made a government agent. Skov, as an ÖSU agent, became an unperson. He participated in a number of assignments in Craviter and Iteria, killing for his government during the 1980s.
He retired in the mid 1990s, but fell in league with William Aubyn's movement to resist the increasingly fascist reign of Anders III. The Syndicalist coup forced his hand, and he staged a daring rescue of a seven year old Prince Tobias from Absalon's Palace.
Tobias Scylfing Loðbrók
Tobias is the son of Prince Robert Loðbrók and Princess Hanna Loðbrók. His father Robert the younger brother of King Anders III.
Tobias' world was turned upside down in August of 2002 when the Syndicalist Party under Thomas Nielsen staged its coup and seized power. Most of the Royal family was executed. The seven year old Tobias would have been done away with too if not saved by Axle Skov and delivered to the anti-Syndicalist Front of National Unity under the care of William Aubyn. Aubyn raised the Prince as best he could, while also overseeing an anti-Syndicalist resistance movement that aimed to see Prydania's monarchy- and parliamentary democracy- restored.
Thomas Nielsen
Thomas Nielsen was born and raised in the small town of Rakjandi. Formally an agricultural town, it had become a coal town following the industrial revolution. Nielsen worked around or in the mines for most of his life, and took a keen interest in Union activities, becoming the Miner's Union's local chapter organizer. He was convinced to run for Rakjandi's seat in the Alþingi (Parliament) on the Syndicalist ticket, leaving the pits behind for the national capital. The wealth of Býkonsviði did little to temper Nielsen's passion, however, and he remained committed to the local concerns of his constituents.
Nielsen became a leading voice in the "Radical" wing of the Syndicalist Party, arguing for a more overly revolutionary platform. He was one of the "Forty-Five of Seventy-Six," one of forty-five Syndicalist Alþingi members who called for the abolition of the monarchy and nationalization of all major utilities in 1976. Nielsen's stock in the Syndicalist Party rose when the Crisis of '82 polarized the Prydanian electorate, allowing the Radicals to seize control of the Party. The Syndicalists, under the leadership of Nielsen, became the second largest party in the Alþingi, becoming the Official Opposition to the government formed by Stephen Toft's Social Commonwealth Party.
Nielsen garnered a reputation as being a man of the people, and a champion against tyranny as he led his party against the increasingly dictatorial Social Commonwealth government. He often sparred with the National Union Conservative-Agrarian/Free Democrat coalition led by William Aubyn.
Nielsen's strength, however, lay in a willingness to abolish the system while Aubyn wished to reform it. His Syndicalists seized control of Prydania in the summer of 2002. The entire Social Commonwealth government was executed, along with King Anders III and most of the Royal family, after formal hearings his provisional government held. Anders III's death allowed Nielsen to proclaim the Syndicalist Republic of Prydania, with himself as Chairman of the Syndicalist Presidium.
Nielsen also signed the death warrant for Prince Tobias Scylfing Loðbrók, believing that even a seven year old heir to the Loðbrók crown undermined Syndicalist authority and legitimacy.
Jannik Leiftur
Jannik Leiftur was, in many ways, Thomas Nielsen's hatchet man. He did what had to be done to unify a fractured Syndicalist Party behind its new revolutionary leader. Nielsen's firebrand speeches made him something of a folk hero, but it was Leiftur who did the dirty work necessary to establish a Syndicalist network throughout the country to resist the Social Commonwealth government of the 1980s and 1990s and eventually lead a coup in 2002.
Leiftur was made the Secretary of the Interior under the new Syndicalist regime. The position offered him a wide purview, allowing him to continue in the role that he had served up until then; as the man who did what Nielsen needed to have done behind the scenes. He oversaw the collectivization of agriculture, the re-distribution of land, and the suppression of organized religion. Leiftur proved to be effective at these tasks, being a highly ideological man who placed the ends above the means at almost every turn.
Kaleb Stahl
Kaleb Stahl is not an ideological man. He is, however, a moral one. And the Syndicalist seizure of power in the summer of 2002 seemed to be morally justified as the Social Commonwealth government of Stephen Toft showed no willingness to reform. Stahl, then a Lieutenant in the Royal Prydanian Army, played a leading role one of the many Soldiers' Committees. These committees sided with the Syndicalists, effectively crippling the Army's ability to crush the coup.
This loyalty earned Stahl recognition from from the higher-ups in the new Syndicalist government. Stahl would have been content to continue on as a career officer, but Jannik Leiftur had other plans. Stahl's seeming loyalty was something that could be harnessed, and Leiftur knew exactly what it needed to be used for; the assassination of Prince Tobias Loðbrók, by whatever means necessary.
Track Listing
1- For the King, to Valhalla, Zombie by Bad Wolves, 4:05
2- William Aubyn, We Ride Together by Turisas, 6:03
3- Axle Skov, You Know My Name by Chris Cornell, 3:20
4- Tobias Loðbrók, The Flame of Youth by Dragonforce, 6:09
5- Thomas Nielsen, Curse My Name by Blind Guardian, 5:49
6- Jannik Leiftur, Hang 'em High by Dropkick Murphys, 3:58
7- Kaleb Stahl, Kryptonite by 3 Doors Down, 3:53
8- Syndicalism Rising, Radioactive by Imagine Dragons, 3:07
9- Everyone, Slow Marching Band by Jethro Tull, 3:42
10- Darkness Must Come before the Dawn, Fear Not This Night by Asja Kadric, 5:01
11- Jægerblað is Revealed, Élan by Nightwish, 4:52
12- Jægerblað Remembers, Cruel Angel's Thesis by AmaLee, 4:16
13- Whose King Will You Be?, The Sound of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel, 3:05
14- Fall Memories, Wake Me Up When September Ends by Green Day, 4:47
15- No Third Chances, Chop Suey! by System of a Down, 3:26
16- Stolen Futures, I See Fire by Ed Sheeran, 4:54
17- Et Tu, Thomas?, You're Gonna Go Far, Kid by The Offspring, 2:57
18- A Picturesque War Zone, Extraordinary Girl by Green Day, 3: 35
19- Take it for Yourself, Hurt by Nine Inch Nails, 5:00
20- Jægerblað is Found, In the End by Jung Youth and Fleurie, 3:54
21- Evil Must be Opposed, Day of Fate, Spirit vs Spirit by Paolo Cuevas & Ani Djirdjirian, 4:27
22- What is it to Remember?, Ashira by Zevi Kaufman, 5:00
23- The Hunt Still Guides Us, If I Had a Heart by Fever Ray, 4:06
24- Foreign Excursions*, Shoot to Thrill by AC/DC, 5:14
25- Working Against the Future, Carry On My Wayward Son by Kansas, 5:23
26- The Harrying of Hadden, Boadicea by Enya, 3:26
27- "Collateral" Damage*, Hearshot Kid Disaster by Coheed and Cambria, 5:40
28- The Battle of Hadden, The Battle of Evermore by Led Zeppelin, 5:51
29- The Aftermath of Hadden, Cry Thunder by Dragonforce, 5:14
30- The Battle of Býkonsviði, Carolus Rex by Sabaton, 4:58
31- #TeamToby, All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix, 4:01
32- Spring Twilight, Brave Shine by AmaLee, 4:07
33- Ronnie the Royalist Raider, The Autumn Wind by Steve Sabol and John Facenda, 2: 38
34- Faith in a Future King, There's a Hero in You by Lauren Strahm, Tommee Profitt, and Fleurie, 3:16
35- First Impressions, Andrew's Song by End of Silence, 3:48
36- Don't be a Backslider, Everybody Knows by Sigrid, 4:26
37- Last True Son of Heorot, Humanity by Thomas Bergersen & Audrey Callahan, 10:48
38- A New Future, Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin, 8:02
39- Enjoy Infamy, Sacred Worlds by Blind Guardian, 9:19
40- Jägdar Whispers, Adagio for Tron by Daft Punk, 4:11
41- Old Ólafur, Burn the Witch by Radiohead, 3:40
42- Ashes to Ashes, I Walk the Line by Halsey, 2:43
43- Dirt and Dust, In the Arms of an Angel by Sarah McLachlan, 4:30
44- Slip Through Your Fingers, Fighting Gold by Jonathon Young, 4:14
45- Third of His Name, Where Evil Grows by The Poppy Family, 2:51
46- The Interregnum Cycle, Back to the Earth by Two Steps from Hell, 4:24
47- Happy Birthday and Many Happy What-Ifs, Komm Süsser Tod by Arianne Cleopatra Schreiber, 7:42
48- Good Friday Part I*, Endless War by Within Temptation, 4:09
49- Good Friday Part II, You Can't Always Get What You Want by the Rolling Stones, 7:28
50- People Power, What I've Done by Linkin Park, 3:25
51- An Immensely Humbling Experience, Watching Evil Empires Fall Apart by Electric Six, 3:58
52- Good Friday Part III†, Had Enough by Breaking Benjamin, 3:48
53- Thank You, I Hate It, Animal I Have Become by Three Days Grace, 3:51
54- Follow in Grandfather's Footsteps, Numb by Linkin Park, 3:05
55- Now pour him some ale!, Don't Threaten Me With a Good Time by Panic! At The Disco, 3:34
56- The Prince and the Miner, Judas by Fozzy, 4:08
57- Long Live the King, CRIMIN4L by Thomas Bergersen, 2:06
58- Salvation, not Vengence, You are Light by Thomas Bergersen & Felicia Farerre, 5:16
59- The Defiant Contrition of Thomas Nielsen, The Humbling River by Puscifer, 5:04
60- The Summer Solstice, Harleys & Indians (Riders in the Sky) by Roxette, 3:49
61- We'll March on to Spite the Skies, Believer by Imagine Dragons, 3:24
62- The People and Syndicates of Prydania, The Land of Broken Dreams by Jonathan Young and Caleb Hyles, 3:33
63- My Brother's Keeper, The Red Capes Are Coming by Hans Zimmer & Junkie XL, 3:32
64- Rally Around the Flag, Nothing Else Matters by Metallica, 6:28
65- That Familiar Smell, Star Sky by Two Steps from Hell, 5:29
66- Home(s), Somewhere I Belong by Linkin Park, 3:33
67- A Hyena in Stag's Clothing, Wonderwall by Oasis, 4:19
68- God's Goodness, Toby by Madame Macabre, 3:27
69- Santonian Blues†, My Tomorrow by Dead by April, 4:02
70- The Death of the Winter King, Blue Monday by New Order, 7:26
71- Liberation, While My Guitar Gently Weeps by Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood, Dhani Harrison, and Prince, 6:15
72- Hockey, Politics, and Beer, Knights of Cydonia by Muse, 6:06
73- One More Body, Castle of Glass by Linkin Park, 3:25
74- Anger is Nothing Without Compasion, St. Anger by Metallica, 7:28
75- I'm a Five Star Intelligence Operative!, The Living Daylights by a-ha, 4:11
76- Happy Mádag, MAYDAY by coldrain and Rio, 3:47
77- Side of the Elephant or the Mouse*, Fallen on Hard Times by Jethro Tull, 3:13
78- The Winter Offensive, The Reckoning by Within Temptation, 4:20
79- Stormclouds, Bardock Falls by Norihito Sumitomo, 4:49
80- Family, Faster by Within Temptation, 4:23
81- Fleeing, You Are My Sunshine by Jasmine Thompson, 2:49
82- Sea of Tears Part I*, Our Worlds Collide by Dead by April, 4:00
83- Sea of Tears Part II*, Second Chance by Shinedown, 3:43
84- Sea of Tears Part III, Paint It, Black by the Rolling Stones, 3:46
85- Sea of Tears Part IV*, World on Fire by Daughtry, 3:39
86- Sea of Tears Part V*, How to Save a Life by The Fray, 4:26
87- Sea of Tears Part VI*, End of Time by Lacuna Coil, 3:52
88- Sea of Tears Part VII*, Hymn for the Missing by Red, 5:37
89- Sea of Tears Epilogue Part I-Justice, God's Gonna Cut You Down by Kevin Lovatt, 2:37
90- Sea of Tears Epilogue Part II- To the Stars*, Somewhere Out There by Our Lady Peace, 4:12
91- My Home, I Vow To Thee My Country by Johan Söderqvist and Patrik Andrén, 3:54
92- Good Earth, Can't Help Falling in Love by brooke and Tommee Profitt, 3:03
93- Everyone is Safe and Sound, Dansaðu Vindur by Eivør, 3:03
94- I Failed All of You, Do You Realize? by Ursine Vulpine, 3:12
95- Clemency and Confidence Part I, For the Heart I Once Had by Nightwish, 4:02
96- Clemency and Confidence Part II†, Dream On by Aerosmith, 4:34
97- Clemency and Confidence Part III, Bittersweet Symphony by the Verve, 5:57
98- Rex Rebelli Resurget, Stand Up and Fight by Turisas, 5:27
99- The King Comes from the East, Rebellion in Dreamland by Gamma Ray, 8:46
100- Goodbye, My Immortal by Evanescence, 4:22
101- The Red House Part I*, The Day the World Went Away by Nine Inch Nails, 4:33
102- The Red House Part II*, Fix You by Coldplay, 4:53
103- The Red House Part III*, And Further On by Jethro Tull, 4:21
104- The Red House Part IV*, Furious Angels by Rob Dougan, 5:56
105- The Red House Part V†, For Whom the Bell Tolls by Metallica, 5:09
106- The Red House Part VI*, My Heart is Broken by Evanescence, 3:48
107- Dancing After Hadden†, Farewell Apollo by Bear McCreary, 3:00
108- The Northern Lights, Again by AmaLee, 4:48
109- Advent of the End Prologue, War Pigs by Black Sabbath, 7:54
110- Advent of the End Part I*, Ashes of Eden by Breaking Benjamin, 4:53
111- Advent of the End Part II*, Gethsemane by Nightwish, 5:22
112- Advent of the End Part III*, One Cold Day by Lacuna Coil, 6:09
113- Advent of the End Epilogue†, Better Days by the Goo Goo Dolls, 3:30
114- Advent Reunions, Behind Blue Eyes by Limp Bizkit, 4:30
115- Endirinn, Victory Celebration by Matt Beane, 2:30
116- Fin*, Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowie, 4:08
117- Unlikely Friends†, Not Gonna Die by Skillet, 4:44
118- Christmas Lights*, Christmas Lights by Coldplay, 4:30
119- That Night Thirty-Eight Years Ago, Memories by Within Temptation, 3:51
120- Liberated Holidays Part I, Carol of the Bells by the New York Philharmonic, 2:38
121- Liberated Holidays Part II†, Wintersong by Marcus Warner, 3:19
122- Tjörvi in Markarfljot, Always and Never by Coheed and Cambria, 2:24
123- Burnt to Ash, Gaeta's Lament by Bear McCreary and Alessandro Juliani, 4:51
124- Recovered, Abyss of the Void by Gamma Ray, 6:01
125- Uncle Andy†, My Way by Limp Bizkit, 4:40
126- Spilvelland†, Cha-La Head Cha-La by AmaLee, 1:49
127- Remembering the Advent, Brightest Star by Prophet, 3:46
128- Freezing Time, The Dawn Will Come by Rachel Hardy, 3:05
129- If I Should Live Or If I Should Die, Here I Am by Tommee Profitt, Brooke DeLeary, and Riley Friesen, 3:18
130- Hockey Practice†, Complicated by Avril Lavigne, 4:07
131- All the Stars are Gleaming for You, Catch Me by Thomas Bergersen and Sonna, 7:24
132- A Knight Complex, Burn by Three Days Grace, 4:28
133- It Was Jannik All Along, Jumpin' Jack Flash by The Rolling Stones, 3:38
134- Same Blood, Same Weakness, Everytime We Touch by Jonothan Young and SixteenInMono, 3:31
135- I Hope Pabbi Was Nice to You, Meadows of Heaven by Nightwish, 7:10
136- You Never Got to See the World, Pearl of the Stars by Coheed and Cambria, 5:05
137- Believe in You, Heavy is the Crown by Daughtry, 3:55
138- I'm Still Here, Fanfares and Flowers by Mikolai Stroinski, 3:11
139- Our King, Battle Hym of the Republic by Mark Morgan and Mary Ramos, 4:03
140- Bottom of the Sea, The Black Rainbow by Coheed and Cambria, 7:33
141- Kaleb's Choice, With You Til the End by Tommy Profitt and Sam Tinnesz, 3:15
142- Small Victories, Varúð by Sigur Rós, 6:37
143- Crying Under the Moons, Carry on Wayward Son by Neoni, 2:59
144- Home, A Hero Comes Home by Idina Menzel, 4:19
145- It's Been Twelve Years Plus Eternity, Weight of the World by Citizen Soldier, 3:55
146- Thomas Nielsen's Final Memorial, Smells Like Teen Spirit by Malia J, 4:01
147- What Must be Done, I Found a Reason by Cat Power, 2:02
148- Sir William, May it Be by Enya, 3:34
149- The Price's Son and the Miner's Legacy, Judas (Orchestral Version) by J.D. Spears, 4:46
150- Forty-Five Seconds, King by The Amazing Devil, 4:40
151- Your Brother's in Heaven, Fight Like You're Going to Valhalla, Tomorrow We Fight by Tommee Profitt and Svrcina, 3:19
152- He's Tomorrow, Surrender by k.d. lang, 4:00
153- Never Let Them See You Bleed, Why Do We Fall? by Hans Zimmer, 2:08
155- The Fatal Sounds of Broken Dreams, A View to a Kill by Duran Duran, 3:35
156- My Family, Country, and People, The Born King by Daniel Pemberton, 2:31
157- Re-Dragon, Monster by Imagine Dragons, 4:11
158- The World Cup, We Are One by 12 Stones, 3:27
159- Cages and Swords, Kashmir by Led Zeppelin, 8:38
160- Turnaround Point Part I*, Saviour of Nothing by Disturbed, 4:12
161- Turnaround Point Part II*, This is War by Thirty Seconds to Mars, 5:29
162- Turnaround Point Part III*, Mad World by Within Temptation, 3:25
163- Turnaround Point Part IV*, How About You by Stained, 3:57
164- Turnaround Point Part V*, Pan by Nightwish, 5:18
165- Turnaround Point Part VI*, Dare You to Move by Switchfoot, 4:06
166- I Am a Freedom Fighter, It’s On Again by Alicia Keys with Kendrick Lamar, 3:51
167- I've Already Killed Today, Gangsta’s Paradise by 2WEI, 2:47
168- As I Rise, You Fall, What Could Have Been by Johnathan Young, 3:38
169- Peace Through Strength, Welcome Home by Coheed and Cambria, 6:17
170- Freedom, Now, Shadow of the Day by Linkin Park, 4:50
171- A Choice, Between Heaven and Hell by Rob Saffi, 1:59
172- Horizon Legacy I, Zero by Keiki Kobayashi, 5:09
173- Missing, Krwlng by Linkin Park, 5:41
174- Horizon Legacy II, Ghost River by Nightwish, 5:25
175- Thirty-eight Years and I Don't Know, Let You Down by Three Day's Grace, 3:46
176- Wait 'til Next Year, Too Old to Rock 'n Roll Too Young to Die by Jethro Tull, 5:39
177- Lethvika, Pray by the Amazing Devil, 5:17
178- All of This Has Happened Before, All of This Will Happen Again, All Along the Watchtower by Bear McCreary, 5:44
179- If I Die Today, Roll Tide by Hans Zimmer, 7:34
180- If You Choose to Accept, Paint it Black by Valerie Broussard, 3:05
181- The Tallest Mountains Aren't Climbed in a Year, This is Me Trying by Taylor Swift, 3:15
182- In the Hart of Býkonsviði, Warriors by Imagine Dragons, 2:50
183- Clemency and Confidence Part IV, Rescued by the Foo Fighters, 4:19
184- Enter the Lightbringer, Don't Fear the Reeper by Tom Rhodes, 4:07
185- Get Well Soon, My Boy, I am Already Enough by Fearless Soul and Rachel Schroeder, 4:10
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Thanks to @Goyanes for the mixtape artwork
Another thanks to @Former English Colony for her priceless insight into a number of posts!
I had contemplated a thread dedicated to the War, but the fact remains that fifteen years is a hell of a long time. There's so much I want to talk about, but a lot that's simply minutia.
Then Sil Dorsett's wonderful Silean Short Stories thread inspired me. I don't need to RP fifteen years! I can just write stories that took place during the War as I'm inspired to write them.
I love collaboration, but this will mainly be a one-man job. I'll be writing stories as I think of them that take place during the War. Chronology will not be a concern. That said? If you have an idea? Run it by me. I can't promise you I'll go for it, but you won't know if you don't ask.
Anyway, this thread will serve as a means for people to read up on the main characters and their general roles in the narrative.
The Characters
William Aubyn
William Aubyn's rise began in 1985, becoming the new, young leader of the Conservative-Agrarian Alliance. He posed the first challenge to Stephen Toft's Social Commonwealth government, and quickly gained a reputation as a man who could walk the line between opposing the government and remaining loyal to the King that supported said government.
Anders III, however, became increasingly supportive of Toft's Social Commonwealth policies as the 1990s marched on. Aubyn reached out to Free Democrat politicians, building a network of anti-Social Commonwealth forces that aimed to topple their government and restore Parliamentary democracy to Prydania.
Anders III and Stephen Toft had provoked the Syndicalists to action, however, forcing Aubyn to shift his alliance to one resisting the totalitarian socialism that now gripped the nation. The survival and rescue of Prince Tobias allowed the Front of National Unity to claim a degree of legitimacy and Aubyn became the de facto leader of anti-Syndicalist resistance.
He would also become the man who raised the young Prince.
Axle Skov
Axle Skov doesn't exist...officially He was an officer in the Royal Marines before being recruited into the Öryggi og Sérstakur Upplýsingaöflun (Security and Special Intelligence) and made a government agent. Skov, as an ÖSU agent, became an unperson. He participated in a number of assignments in Craviter and Iteria, killing for his government during the 1980s.
He retired in the mid 1990s, but fell in league with William Aubyn's movement to resist the increasingly fascist reign of Anders III. The Syndicalist coup forced his hand, and he staged a daring rescue of a seven year old Prince Tobias from Absalon's Palace.
Tobias Scylfing Loðbrók
Tobias is the son of Prince Robert Loðbrók and Princess Hanna Loðbrók. His father Robert the younger brother of King Anders III.
Tobias' world was turned upside down in August of 2002 when the Syndicalist Party under Thomas Nielsen staged its coup and seized power. Most of the Royal family was executed. The seven year old Tobias would have been done away with too if not saved by Axle Skov and delivered to the anti-Syndicalist Front of National Unity under the care of William Aubyn. Aubyn raised the Prince as best he could, while also overseeing an anti-Syndicalist resistance movement that aimed to see Prydania's monarchy- and parliamentary democracy- restored.
Thomas Nielsen
Thomas Nielsen was born and raised in the small town of Rakjandi. Formally an agricultural town, it had become a coal town following the industrial revolution. Nielsen worked around or in the mines for most of his life, and took a keen interest in Union activities, becoming the Miner's Union's local chapter organizer. He was convinced to run for Rakjandi's seat in the Alþingi (Parliament) on the Syndicalist ticket, leaving the pits behind for the national capital. The wealth of Býkonsviði did little to temper Nielsen's passion, however, and he remained committed to the local concerns of his constituents.
Nielsen became a leading voice in the "Radical" wing of the Syndicalist Party, arguing for a more overly revolutionary platform. He was one of the "Forty-Five of Seventy-Six," one of forty-five Syndicalist Alþingi members who called for the abolition of the monarchy and nationalization of all major utilities in 1976. Nielsen's stock in the Syndicalist Party rose when the Crisis of '82 polarized the Prydanian electorate, allowing the Radicals to seize control of the Party. The Syndicalists, under the leadership of Nielsen, became the second largest party in the Alþingi, becoming the Official Opposition to the government formed by Stephen Toft's Social Commonwealth Party.
Nielsen garnered a reputation as being a man of the people, and a champion against tyranny as he led his party against the increasingly dictatorial Social Commonwealth government. He often sparred with the National Union Conservative-Agrarian/Free Democrat coalition led by William Aubyn.
Nielsen's strength, however, lay in a willingness to abolish the system while Aubyn wished to reform it. His Syndicalists seized control of Prydania in the summer of 2002. The entire Social Commonwealth government was executed, along with King Anders III and most of the Royal family, after formal hearings his provisional government held. Anders III's death allowed Nielsen to proclaim the Syndicalist Republic of Prydania, with himself as Chairman of the Syndicalist Presidium.
Nielsen also signed the death warrant for Prince Tobias Scylfing Loðbrók, believing that even a seven year old heir to the Loðbrók crown undermined Syndicalist authority and legitimacy.
Jannik Leiftur
Jannik Leiftur was, in many ways, Thomas Nielsen's hatchet man. He did what had to be done to unify a fractured Syndicalist Party behind its new revolutionary leader. Nielsen's firebrand speeches made him something of a folk hero, but it was Leiftur who did the dirty work necessary to establish a Syndicalist network throughout the country to resist the Social Commonwealth government of the 1980s and 1990s and eventually lead a coup in 2002.
Leiftur was made the Secretary of the Interior under the new Syndicalist regime. The position offered him a wide purview, allowing him to continue in the role that he had served up until then; as the man who did what Nielsen needed to have done behind the scenes. He oversaw the collectivization of agriculture, the re-distribution of land, and the suppression of organized religion. Leiftur proved to be effective at these tasks, being a highly ideological man who placed the ends above the means at almost every turn.
Kaleb Stahl
Kaleb Stahl is not an ideological man. He is, however, a moral one. And the Syndicalist seizure of power in the summer of 2002 seemed to be morally justified as the Social Commonwealth government of Stephen Toft showed no willingness to reform. Stahl, then a Lieutenant in the Royal Prydanian Army, played a leading role one of the many Soldiers' Committees. These committees sided with the Syndicalists, effectively crippling the Army's ability to crush the coup.
This loyalty earned Stahl recognition from from the higher-ups in the new Syndicalist government. Stahl would have been content to continue on as a career officer, but Jannik Leiftur had other plans. Stahl's seeming loyalty was something that could be harnessed, and Leiftur knew exactly what it needed to be used for; the assassination of Prince Tobias Loðbrók, by whatever means necessary.
Track Listing
1- For the King, to Valhalla, Zombie by Bad Wolves, 4:05
2- William Aubyn, We Ride Together by Turisas, 6:03
3- Axle Skov, You Know My Name by Chris Cornell, 3:20
4- Tobias Loðbrók, The Flame of Youth by Dragonforce, 6:09
5- Thomas Nielsen, Curse My Name by Blind Guardian, 5:49
6- Jannik Leiftur, Hang 'em High by Dropkick Murphys, 3:58
7- Kaleb Stahl, Kryptonite by 3 Doors Down, 3:53
8- Syndicalism Rising, Radioactive by Imagine Dragons, 3:07
9- Everyone, Slow Marching Band by Jethro Tull, 3:42
10- Darkness Must Come before the Dawn, Fear Not This Night by Asja Kadric, 5:01
11- Jægerblað is Revealed, Élan by Nightwish, 4:52
12- Jægerblað Remembers, Cruel Angel's Thesis by AmaLee, 4:16
13- Whose King Will You Be?, The Sound of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel, 3:05
14- Fall Memories, Wake Me Up When September Ends by Green Day, 4:47
15- No Third Chances, Chop Suey! by System of a Down, 3:26
16- Stolen Futures, I See Fire by Ed Sheeran, 4:54
17- Et Tu, Thomas?, You're Gonna Go Far, Kid by The Offspring, 2:57
18- A Picturesque War Zone, Extraordinary Girl by Green Day, 3: 35
19- Take it for Yourself, Hurt by Nine Inch Nails, 5:00
20- Jægerblað is Found, In the End by Jung Youth and Fleurie, 3:54
21- Evil Must be Opposed, Day of Fate, Spirit vs Spirit by Paolo Cuevas & Ani Djirdjirian, 4:27
22- What is it to Remember?, Ashira by Zevi Kaufman, 5:00
23- The Hunt Still Guides Us, If I Had a Heart by Fever Ray, 4:06
24- Foreign Excursions*, Shoot to Thrill by AC/DC, 5:14
25- Working Against the Future, Carry On My Wayward Son by Kansas, 5:23
26- The Harrying of Hadden, Boadicea by Enya, 3:26
27- "Collateral" Damage*, Hearshot Kid Disaster by Coheed and Cambria, 5:40
28- The Battle of Hadden, The Battle of Evermore by Led Zeppelin, 5:51
29- The Aftermath of Hadden, Cry Thunder by Dragonforce, 5:14
30- The Battle of Býkonsviði, Carolus Rex by Sabaton, 4:58
31- #TeamToby, All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix, 4:01
32- Spring Twilight, Brave Shine by AmaLee, 4:07
33- Ronnie the Royalist Raider, The Autumn Wind by Steve Sabol and John Facenda, 2: 38
34- Faith in a Future King, There's a Hero in You by Lauren Strahm, Tommee Profitt, and Fleurie, 3:16
35- First Impressions, Andrew's Song by End of Silence, 3:48
36- Don't be a Backslider, Everybody Knows by Sigrid, 4:26
37- Last True Son of Heorot, Humanity by Thomas Bergersen & Audrey Callahan, 10:48
38- A New Future, Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin, 8:02
39- Enjoy Infamy, Sacred Worlds by Blind Guardian, 9:19
40- Jägdar Whispers, Adagio for Tron by Daft Punk, 4:11
41- Old Ólafur, Burn the Witch by Radiohead, 3:40
42- Ashes to Ashes, I Walk the Line by Halsey, 2:43
43- Dirt and Dust, In the Arms of an Angel by Sarah McLachlan, 4:30
44- Slip Through Your Fingers, Fighting Gold by Jonathon Young, 4:14
45- Third of His Name, Where Evil Grows by The Poppy Family, 2:51
46- The Interregnum Cycle, Back to the Earth by Two Steps from Hell, 4:24
47- Happy Birthday and Many Happy What-Ifs, Komm Süsser Tod by Arianne Cleopatra Schreiber, 7:42
48- Good Friday Part I*, Endless War by Within Temptation, 4:09
49- Good Friday Part II, You Can't Always Get What You Want by the Rolling Stones, 7:28
50- People Power, What I've Done by Linkin Park, 3:25
51- An Immensely Humbling Experience, Watching Evil Empires Fall Apart by Electric Six, 3:58
52- Good Friday Part III†, Had Enough by Breaking Benjamin, 3:48
53- Thank You, I Hate It, Animal I Have Become by Three Days Grace, 3:51
54- Follow in Grandfather's Footsteps, Numb by Linkin Park, 3:05
55- Now pour him some ale!, Don't Threaten Me With a Good Time by Panic! At The Disco, 3:34
56- The Prince and the Miner, Judas by Fozzy, 4:08
57- Long Live the King, CRIMIN4L by Thomas Bergersen, 2:06
58- Salvation, not Vengence, You are Light by Thomas Bergersen & Felicia Farerre, 5:16
59- The Defiant Contrition of Thomas Nielsen, The Humbling River by Puscifer, 5:04
60- The Summer Solstice, Harleys & Indians (Riders in the Sky) by Roxette, 3:49
61- We'll March on to Spite the Skies, Believer by Imagine Dragons, 3:24
62- The People and Syndicates of Prydania, The Land of Broken Dreams by Jonathan Young and Caleb Hyles, 3:33
63- My Brother's Keeper, The Red Capes Are Coming by Hans Zimmer & Junkie XL, 3:32
64- Rally Around the Flag, Nothing Else Matters by Metallica, 6:28
65- That Familiar Smell, Star Sky by Two Steps from Hell, 5:29
66- Home(s), Somewhere I Belong by Linkin Park, 3:33
67- A Hyena in Stag's Clothing, Wonderwall by Oasis, 4:19
68- God's Goodness, Toby by Madame Macabre, 3:27
69- Santonian Blues†, My Tomorrow by Dead by April, 4:02
70- The Death of the Winter King, Blue Monday by New Order, 7:26
71- Liberation, While My Guitar Gently Weeps by Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood, Dhani Harrison, and Prince, 6:15
72- Hockey, Politics, and Beer, Knights of Cydonia by Muse, 6:06
73- One More Body, Castle of Glass by Linkin Park, 3:25
74- Anger is Nothing Without Compasion, St. Anger by Metallica, 7:28
75- I'm a Five Star Intelligence Operative!, The Living Daylights by a-ha, 4:11
76- Happy Mádag, MAYDAY by coldrain and Rio, 3:47
77- Side of the Elephant or the Mouse*, Fallen on Hard Times by Jethro Tull, 3:13
78- The Winter Offensive, The Reckoning by Within Temptation, 4:20
79- Stormclouds, Bardock Falls by Norihito Sumitomo, 4:49
80- Family, Faster by Within Temptation, 4:23
81- Fleeing, You Are My Sunshine by Jasmine Thompson, 2:49
82- Sea of Tears Part I*, Our Worlds Collide by Dead by April, 4:00
83- Sea of Tears Part II*, Second Chance by Shinedown, 3:43
84- Sea of Tears Part III, Paint It, Black by the Rolling Stones, 3:46
85- Sea of Tears Part IV*, World on Fire by Daughtry, 3:39
86- Sea of Tears Part V*, How to Save a Life by The Fray, 4:26
87- Sea of Tears Part VI*, End of Time by Lacuna Coil, 3:52
88- Sea of Tears Part VII*, Hymn for the Missing by Red, 5:37
89- Sea of Tears Epilogue Part I-Justice, God's Gonna Cut You Down by Kevin Lovatt, 2:37
90- Sea of Tears Epilogue Part II- To the Stars*, Somewhere Out There by Our Lady Peace, 4:12
91- My Home, I Vow To Thee My Country by Johan Söderqvist and Patrik Andrén, 3:54
92- Good Earth, Can't Help Falling in Love by brooke and Tommee Profitt, 3:03
93- Everyone is Safe and Sound, Dansaðu Vindur by Eivør, 3:03
94- I Failed All of You, Do You Realize? by Ursine Vulpine, 3:12
95- Clemency and Confidence Part I, For the Heart I Once Had by Nightwish, 4:02
96- Clemency and Confidence Part II†, Dream On by Aerosmith, 4:34
97- Clemency and Confidence Part III, Bittersweet Symphony by the Verve, 5:57
98- Rex Rebelli Resurget, Stand Up and Fight by Turisas, 5:27
99- The King Comes from the East, Rebellion in Dreamland by Gamma Ray, 8:46
100- Goodbye, My Immortal by Evanescence, 4:22
101- The Red House Part I*, The Day the World Went Away by Nine Inch Nails, 4:33
102- The Red House Part II*, Fix You by Coldplay, 4:53
103- The Red House Part III*, And Further On by Jethro Tull, 4:21
104- The Red House Part IV*, Furious Angels by Rob Dougan, 5:56
105- The Red House Part V†, For Whom the Bell Tolls by Metallica, 5:09
106- The Red House Part VI*, My Heart is Broken by Evanescence, 3:48
107- Dancing After Hadden†, Farewell Apollo by Bear McCreary, 3:00
108- The Northern Lights, Again by AmaLee, 4:48
109- Advent of the End Prologue, War Pigs by Black Sabbath, 7:54
110- Advent of the End Part I*, Ashes of Eden by Breaking Benjamin, 4:53
111- Advent of the End Part II*, Gethsemane by Nightwish, 5:22
112- Advent of the End Part III*, One Cold Day by Lacuna Coil, 6:09
113- Advent of the End Epilogue†, Better Days by the Goo Goo Dolls, 3:30
114- Advent Reunions, Behind Blue Eyes by Limp Bizkit, 4:30
115- Endirinn, Victory Celebration by Matt Beane, 2:30
116- Fin*, Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowie, 4:08
117- Unlikely Friends†, Not Gonna Die by Skillet, 4:44
118- Christmas Lights*, Christmas Lights by Coldplay, 4:30
119- That Night Thirty-Eight Years Ago, Memories by Within Temptation, 3:51
120- Liberated Holidays Part I, Carol of the Bells by the New York Philharmonic, 2:38
121- Liberated Holidays Part II†, Wintersong by Marcus Warner, 3:19
122- Tjörvi in Markarfljot, Always and Never by Coheed and Cambria, 2:24
123- Burnt to Ash, Gaeta's Lament by Bear McCreary and Alessandro Juliani, 4:51
124- Recovered, Abyss of the Void by Gamma Ray, 6:01
125- Uncle Andy†, My Way by Limp Bizkit, 4:40
126- Spilvelland†, Cha-La Head Cha-La by AmaLee, 1:49
127- Remembering the Advent, Brightest Star by Prophet, 3:46
128- Freezing Time, The Dawn Will Come by Rachel Hardy, 3:05
129- If I Should Live Or If I Should Die, Here I Am by Tommee Profitt, Brooke DeLeary, and Riley Friesen, 3:18
130- Hockey Practice†, Complicated by Avril Lavigne, 4:07
131- All the Stars are Gleaming for You, Catch Me by Thomas Bergersen and Sonna, 7:24
132- A Knight Complex, Burn by Three Days Grace, 4:28
133- It Was Jannik All Along, Jumpin' Jack Flash by The Rolling Stones, 3:38
134- Same Blood, Same Weakness, Everytime We Touch by Jonothan Young and SixteenInMono, 3:31
135- I Hope Pabbi Was Nice to You, Meadows of Heaven by Nightwish, 7:10
136- You Never Got to See the World, Pearl of the Stars by Coheed and Cambria, 5:05
137- Believe in You, Heavy is the Crown by Daughtry, 3:55
138- I'm Still Here, Fanfares and Flowers by Mikolai Stroinski, 3:11
139- Our King, Battle Hym of the Republic by Mark Morgan and Mary Ramos, 4:03
140- Bottom of the Sea, The Black Rainbow by Coheed and Cambria, 7:33
141- Kaleb's Choice, With You Til the End by Tommy Profitt and Sam Tinnesz, 3:15
142- Small Victories, Varúð by Sigur Rós, 6:37
143- Crying Under the Moons, Carry on Wayward Son by Neoni, 2:59
144- Home, A Hero Comes Home by Idina Menzel, 4:19
145- It's Been Twelve Years Plus Eternity, Weight of the World by Citizen Soldier, 3:55
146- Thomas Nielsen's Final Memorial, Smells Like Teen Spirit by Malia J, 4:01
147- What Must be Done, I Found a Reason by Cat Power, 2:02
148- Sir William, May it Be by Enya, 3:34
149- The Price's Son and the Miner's Legacy, Judas (Orchestral Version) by J.D. Spears, 4:46
150- Forty-Five Seconds, King by The Amazing Devil, 4:40
151- Your Brother's in Heaven, Fight Like You're Going to Valhalla, Tomorrow We Fight by Tommee Profitt and Svrcina, 3:19
152- He's Tomorrow, Surrender by k.d. lang, 4:00
153- Never Let Them See You Bleed, Why Do We Fall? by Hans Zimmer, 2:08
155- The Fatal Sounds of Broken Dreams, A View to a Kill by Duran Duran, 3:35
156- My Family, Country, and People, The Born King by Daniel Pemberton, 2:31
157- Re-Dragon, Monster by Imagine Dragons, 4:11
158- The World Cup, We Are One by 12 Stones, 3:27
159- Cages and Swords, Kashmir by Led Zeppelin, 8:38
160- Turnaround Point Part I*, Saviour of Nothing by Disturbed, 4:12
161- Turnaround Point Part II*, This is War by Thirty Seconds to Mars, 5:29
162- Turnaround Point Part III*, Mad World by Within Temptation, 3:25
163- Turnaround Point Part IV*, How About You by Stained, 3:57
164- Turnaround Point Part V*, Pan by Nightwish, 5:18
165- Turnaround Point Part VI*, Dare You to Move by Switchfoot, 4:06
166- I Am a Freedom Fighter, It’s On Again by Alicia Keys with Kendrick Lamar, 3:51
167- I've Already Killed Today, Gangsta’s Paradise by 2WEI, 2:47
168- As I Rise, You Fall, What Could Have Been by Johnathan Young, 3:38
169- Peace Through Strength, Welcome Home by Coheed and Cambria, 6:17
170- Freedom, Now, Shadow of the Day by Linkin Park, 4:50
171- A Choice, Between Heaven and Hell by Rob Saffi, 1:59
172- Horizon Legacy I, Zero by Keiki Kobayashi, 5:09
173- Missing, Krwlng by Linkin Park, 5:41
174- Horizon Legacy II, Ghost River by Nightwish, 5:25
175- Thirty-eight Years and I Don't Know, Let You Down by Three Day's Grace, 3:46
176- Wait 'til Next Year, Too Old to Rock 'n Roll Too Young to Die by Jethro Tull, 5:39
177- Lethvika, Pray by the Amazing Devil, 5:17
178- All of This Has Happened Before, All of This Will Happen Again, All Along the Watchtower by Bear McCreary, 5:44
179- If I Die Today, Roll Tide by Hans Zimmer, 7:34
180- If You Choose to Accept, Paint it Black by Valerie Broussard, 3:05
181- The Tallest Mountains Aren't Climbed in a Year, This is Me Trying by Taylor Swift, 3:15
182- In the Hart of Býkonsviði, Warriors by Imagine Dragons, 2:50
183- Clemency and Confidence Part IV, Rescued by the Foo Fighters, 4:19
184- Enter the Lightbringer, Don't Fear the Reeper by Tom Rhodes, 4:07
185- Get Well Soon, My Boy, I am Already Enough by Fearless Soul and Rachel Schroeder, 4:10
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Thanks to @Goyanes for the mixtape artwork
Another thanks to @Former English Colony for her priceless insight into a number of posts!
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