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Soranin: Text replacement - "Basim Ibn Ishaq" to "Basim ibn Ishaq"

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Text replacement - "Basim Ibn Ishaq" to "Basim ibn Ishaq"

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	''VIII. The Gods Speak To Me<br><br>Long afterwards, Rig grew old and tired, always in desperation to seek out a solution to quiet the voices. Consulting his volva and his monks did not seem to help. In his throne room he told his ''[[thegn]]s'', his trusted ''drengir'', and those close to him, "I am to die soon but not at the hand of my foes. Nor will I die in a barrel of ale. I will follow the gods to their holiest temples and drink from the grail that makes us immortal." He desired a final pilgrimage to see [[Constantinople\|Miklagard]], the house of the gods he called it.<br><br>The voice that speak to him grew louder and angrier in the weeks following his announcement, warning him of a treacherous day. "You are the son that left Goldness and traveled east." "The old gods torment me, but my newfound God loves me," he told Brissy. "My new God will grant me truth and eternal life." He took a flotilla of men to Miklagard, to seek penitence and solace as a complete convert but also as an angel to God. For him, this pilgrimage would seal his destiny and allow him full communion with this voice that pestered his mind.''<br><br>'''Location:''' ''A [[Colchester\|Colcestre]] [[tavern]] ([[Essex]]e)''		''VIII. The Gods Speak To Me<br><br>Long afterwards, Rig grew old and tired, always in desperation to seek out a solution to quiet the voices. Consulting his volva and his monks did not seem to help. In his throne room he told his ''[[thegn]]s'', his trusted ''drengir'', and those close to him, "I am to die soon but not at the hand of my foes. Nor will I die in a barrel of ale. I will follow the gods to their holiest temples and drink from the grail that makes us immortal." He desired a final pilgrimage to see [[Constantinople\|Miklagard]], the house of the gods he called it.<br><br>The voice that speak to him grew louder and angrier in the weeks following his announcement, warning him of a treacherous day. "You are the son that left Goldness and traveled east." "The old gods torment me, but my newfound God loves me," he told Brissy. "My new God will grant me truth and eternal life." He took a flotilla of men to Miklagard, to seek penitence and solace as a complete convert but also as an angel to God. For him, this pilgrimage would seal his destiny and allow him full communion with this voice that pestered his mind.''<br><br>'''Location:''' ''A [[Colchester\|Colcestre]] [[tavern]] ([[Essex]]e)''
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	''IX. The Death of the One Who Heard Voices<br><br>One day, Rig awoke on the longship and stared out at the coast. He consulted the old skull that once sang to him, then turned to his shipmates. "We dock here," he said. He walked onto the pier and smiled. This was the city of Constantine, the majestic Miklagard. There he met many different people, and for a time, Rig was lively once again and learned much, communing with God and old warriors from different sects. The voice remained and instructed him he must confront a [[Basim ~~Ibn~~ Ishaq\|Man]] with the Mark in the [[Hidden Ones\|House of Shadows]]. He was to kill him or else he would be killed by him.<br><br>He returned from the House of Shadows with blood on his body and refused to answer any questions, though he did say, "I have come before my time. I was born too early and I am alone, without my father, without my friends." None understood the meaning of this statement.<br><br>Rig then set out to return home by way of the [[Russia\|Rusland]]. During this time, he grew angrier with every flutter of our sails. "My mind will be moved on, it must be preserved. My last fate is to live again in the hall of my father until he should come again." Whatever Rig meant by this grand idea, it was not to be.<br><br>Some days later, he was dead. We found him hunched over a goblet with a sword through his heart. Solveig came to his side, weeping. "Please don't let him have died with no scroll, no word in his name." In the corner of the same room stood a snickering woman who looked like a goat. "I am the sister of Bolli, daughter of Hadon. I have tracked you for a thousand moons to have this moment. Now I can return to Trondheim as queen of my people, vindicator of my blood. I will let you live so you can give him an honorable death." Then she left, and I sat down to write Rig's saga...''<br><br>'''Location:''' ''[[Grimsby]] storehouse ([[Lincolnscire\|Lincolnscire]])''		''IX. The Death of the One Who Heard Voices<br><br>One day, Rig awoke on the longship and stared out at the coast. He consulted the old skull that once sang to him, then turned to his shipmates. "We dock here," he said. He walked onto the pier and smiled. This was the city of Constantine, the majestic Miklagard. There he met many different people, and for a time, Rig was lively once again and learned much, communing with God and old warriors from different sects. The voice remained and instructed him he must confront a [[Basim ibn Ishaq\|Man]] with the Mark in the [[Hidden Ones\|House of Shadows]]. He was to kill him or else he would be killed by him.<br><br>He returned from the House of Shadows with blood on his body and refused to answer any questions, though he did say, "I have come before my time. I was born too early and I am alone, without my father, without my friends." None understood the meaning of this statement.<br><br>Rig then set out to return home by way of the [[Russia\|Rusland]]. During this time, he grew angrier with every flutter of our sails. "My mind will be moved on, it must be preserved. My last fate is to live again in the hall of my father until he should come again." Whatever Rig meant by this grand idea, it was not to be.<br><br>Some days later, he was dead. We found him hunched over a goblet with a sword through his heart. Solveig came to his side, weeping. "Please don't let him have died with no scroll, no word in his name." In the corner of the same room stood a snickering woman who looked like a goat. "I am the sister of Bolli, daughter of Hadon. I have tracked you for a thousand moons to have this moment. Now I can return to Trondheim as queen of my people, vindicator of my blood. I will let you live so you can give him an honorable death." Then she left, and I sat down to write Rig's saga...''<br><br>'''Location:''' ''[[Grimsby]] storehouse ([[Lincolnscire\|Lincolnscire]])''
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	''X. The Shimmering Creek<br><br>After his death, the body of Lord Rig, ruler of Goldness was returned home on a perilous journey up the Volga through Rusland. Solveig fought off various tribes to secure his body's passage back home. He was brought to the shimmering creek where he had painted gold a statue of Odin and a cross. His body was buried beneath the creek with axe and cross in hand. There is a runestone there with his many names upon it.<br><br>In his death, he became known as "The Keeper of the Shimmer of Rivers Unseen to the Eye".<br><br>If you lay your body in the river, with the rushing waters caressing your skin, you will hear his song in the shine of the sun. If the creek shimmers in your favor, Rig will send you good luck. He is the skull-beneath-the-waters, the skald-of-lost-rivers. His song is simple and a melody [[Bragi]] is jealous of, and it is said he will return one day but only as a wave, his bones made of mead-marrow, and only when the tree of life is rotten away and hewn by waves into tiny chips.<br><br>Some ''[[skald]]s'' refer to the "Chips of [[Yggdrasil]]," which is a kenning of Rig, He Who Was Mighty and Forgotten, He Who Outlives the [[Valkyrie]]s, He Who Knocked on Thrones. I know he was wronged by someone and the voices that spoke in him are real. They are the ancient threads that tangle and tie until someone can make the world right again.''<br><br>'''Location:''' ''[[Croydon\|Croindene]] house, [[Sussex\|Suthsexe]]''		''X. The Shimmering Creek<br><br>After his death, the body of Lord Rig, ruler of Goldness was returned home on a perilous journey up the Volga through Rusland. Solveig fought off various tribes to secure his body's passage back home. He was brought to the shimmering creek where he had painted gold a statue of Odin and a cross. His body was buried beneath the creek with axe and cross in hand. There is a runestone there with his many names upon it.<br><br>In his death, he became known as "The Keeper of the Shimmer of Rivers Unseen to the Eye".<br><br>If you lay your body in the river, with the rushing waters caressing your skin, you will hear his song in the shine of the sun. If the creek shimmers in your favor, Rig will send you good luck. He is the skull-beneath-the-waters, the skald-of-lost-rivers. His song is simple and a melody [[Bragi]] is jealous of, and it is said he will return one day but only as a wave, his bones made of mead-marrow, and only when the tree of life is rotten away and hewn by waves into tiny chips.<br><br>Some ''[[skald]]s'' refer to the "Chips of [[Yggdrasil]]," which is a kenning of Rig, He Who Was Mighty and Forgotten, He Who Outlives the [[Valkyrie]]s, He Who Knocked on Thrones. I know he was wronged by someone and the voices that spoke in him are real. They are the ancient threads that tangle and tie until someone can make the world right again.''<br><br>'''Location:''' ''[[Croydon\|Croindene]] house, [[Sussex\|Suthsexe]]''

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	''II. The Tricking of [[Ergon Blade-Tongue]]<br><br>The winters passed and Rig grew mighty but lean, a great warrior that fought in great battles along the Northern Way. He was often spilling [[raven]]-wine defending the family clan in constant battle with a rival Kingdom to the south, known as the Whale Clan, led by Ergon Blade-Tongue who, as legend has it, ate a [[sword]] in the midst of battle.<br><br>Rig was only twelve winters old, but it is said he grabbed a rival warrior and clenched him so hard in a head lock that he tore the man's head clean off. That night as he drank, he returned to the head and heard it sing, "You will be betrayed by the last curtain." He kept the skull of his enemy, and from that day forth, any man who challenged Rig to battle would have to talk to the skull. This they say gave him an advantage, and he won many battles and gained his second nickname, Rig Skull-Talker.''<br><br>'''Location:''' ''[[Cambridge\|Grantebridge]] [[longhouse]] ([[Cambridgeshire\|Grantebridgescire]])''		''II. The Tricking of [[Ergon Blade-Tongue]]<br><br>The winters passed and Rig grew mighty but lean, a great warrior that fought in great battles along the Northern Way. He was often spilling [[raven]]-wine defending the family clan in constant battle with a rival Kingdom to the south, known as the Whale Clan, led by Ergon Blade-Tongue who, as legend has it, ate a [[sword]] in the midst of battle.<br><br>Rig was only twelve winters old, but it is said he grabbed a rival warrior and clenched him so hard in a head lock that he tore the man's head clean off. That night as he drank, he returned to the head and heard it sing, "You will be betrayed by the last curtain." He kept the skull of his enemy, and from that day forth, any man who challenged Rig to battle would have to talk to the skull. This they say gave him an advantage, and he won many battles and gained his second nickname, Rig Skull-Talker.''<br><br>'''Location:''' ''[[Cambridge\|Grantebridge]] [[longhouse]] ([[Cambridgeshire\|Grantebridgescire]])''
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	''III. The Lay of [[Solveig]]<br><br>One year when Spring came, Rig fell in love. His ways had caught the eye of Solveig, a ''{{Wiki\|thrall}}'' in charge of making mead. Legend says that she was swimming in a barrel of honey-waves when Rig arrived and dipped in his mug to fill it. Solveig grabbed the mug and pulled Rig into the giant vat. Thus did she earn the name Solveig Maiden-of-Mead. That night, Solveig and Rig went on a long walkabout through the woods and there consummated their love.<br><br>Upon their return, however, they found that Rig's family had been captured and burnt alive at an Althing in Trondheim, having been accused by [[Ergon Blade-Tongue]] of using black ''{{Wiki\|seidr}}'', Rig's talking skull being the proof. Rig was appalled by this act of violence against his family, a miscarriage of justice and a perversion of honor so vile that Rig vowed revenge. But it would not come that day, for King [[Hadon]], at Egon's urging, had issued an order of exile against the lovers.<br><br>Rig and Solveig packed their belongings and made as if to leave Trondheim, as King Hadon had ordered. At dusk they set sail with many great and loyal warriors, while Egon sneered at their departure. But that evening Rig and Solveig returned under cover of dark, cloaked like One-Eye. They snuck into the village to finish the job with Ergon, killing him and removing his leg as a trophy, which they stood outside of all to see. This earned Rig a new nickname, The Ghost of Trondheim. The following morning King Hadon was forced to put a bounty on their heads and Ergon's son, [[Bolli Ergonsson]], vowed revenge.<br><br>The two lovers escaped for England, sailing with their most loyal ''drengir'', as King Hadon's hunters followed in close pursuit. Heavily outnumbered, Rig and Solveig hatched a cunning plan. They hid inside a beached whale carcass with several warriors and remained there for ten nights. On the first night, Rig and Solveig made love in front of their fellow warriors, who cheered them on until the ninth day when their first child, [[Erik Whaleborn]] was born. That evening, as she held her child, Solveig heard Rig talking and shouting in his sleep, a thing he had never done before. "I will drink of the elixir, Father!" he screamed from a dream. "I will find you again on the other side of [[Great Catastrophe\|doom]]!" Through these fits, Solveig held her lover's hand long into the night, kissing his wet brow.<br><br>On the tenth day, the threat of Hadon's [[Bounty hunter\|bounty-hunters]] was gone. Rig and Solveig changed their names to Erik Whaleborn and Silla the Sea-Queen for a time until they could commandeer a ship and a group of warriors to then head for the coast of [[England]] in search of a new life.''<br><br>'''Location:''' ''[[Norwich\|Northwic]] home ([[East Anglia]])''		''III. The Lay of [[Solveig]]<br><br>One year when Spring came, Rig fell in love. His ways had caught the eye of Solveig, a ''{{Wiki\|thrall}}'' in charge of making mead. Legend says that she was swimming in a barrel of honey-waves when Rig arrived and dipped in his mug to fill it. Solveig grabbed the mug and pulled Rig into the giant vat. Thus did she earn the name Solveig Maiden-of-Mead. That night, Solveig and Rig went on a long walkabout through the woods and there consummated their love.<br><br>Upon their return, however, they found that Rig's family had been captured and burnt alive at an Althing in Trondheim, having been accused by [[Ergon Blade-Tongue]] of using black ''{{Wiki\|Seiðr\|seidr}}'', Rig's talking skull being the proof. Rig was appalled by this act of violence against his family, a miscarriage of justice and a perversion of honor so vile that Rig vowed revenge. But it would not come that day, for King [[Hadon]], at Egon's urging, had issued an order of exile against the lovers.<br><br>Rig and Solveig packed their belongings and made as if to leave Trondheim, as King Hadon had ordered. At dusk they set sail with many great and loyal warriors, while Egon sneered at their departure. But that evening Rig and Solveig returned under cover of dark, cloaked like One-Eye. They snuck into the village to finish the job with Ergon, killing him and removing his leg as a trophy, which they stood outside of all to see. This earned Rig a new nickname, The Ghost of Trondheim. The following morning King Hadon was forced to put a bounty on their heads and Ergon's son, [[Bolli Ergonsson]], vowed revenge.<br><br>The two lovers escaped for England, sailing with their most loyal ''drengir'', as King Hadon's hunters followed in close pursuit. Heavily outnumbered, Rig and Solveig hatched a cunning plan. They hid inside a beached whale carcass with several warriors and remained there for ten nights. On the first night, Rig and Solveig made love in front of their fellow warriors, who cheered them on until the ninth day when their first child, [[Erik Whaleborn]] was born. That evening, as she held her child, Solveig heard Rig talking and shouting in his sleep, a thing he had never done before. "I will drink of the elixir, Father!" he screamed from a dream. "I will find you again on the other side of [[Great Catastrophe\|doom]]!" Through these fits, Solveig held her lover's hand long into the night, kissing his wet brow.<br><br>On the tenth day, the threat of Hadon's [[Bounty hunter\|bounty-hunters]] was gone. Rig and Solveig changed their names to Erik Whaleborn and Silla the Sea-Queen for a time until they could commandeer a ship and a group of warriors to then head for the coast of [[England]] in search of a new life.''<br><br>'''Location:''' ''[[Norwich\|Northwic]] home ([[East Anglia]])''
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	''IV. The Language of [[Gold]]<br><br>In the 820th year after [[Jesus of Nazareth\|our savior]]'s sacrifice, Rig came upon me, Brissy the Sage, and my brothers at Whitby Abbey. His men slaughtered many innocents, however Rig himself suddenly stopped this violence upon entering our {{Wiki\|scriptorium}}. I held up Gilda's Book in hopes it would protect me. Rig was enamored by the golden finery of the room.<br><br>"I have many names, but none of them are slayer of those who are fragile and unarmed ... and those who make such beauty ... this eternal knowledge of the leather-[[Runes\|rune]]-keeper," he said to us. He took me as a ''thrall'' and wished to settle with him nearby the Abbey. He dared not take it for himself, for he believed this would deliver evil upon him. He was especially enamored by our {{Wiki\|Illuminated manuscript\|illuminated texts}} and the gold ink we had used to color these texts.<br><br>At the site of an ancient [[Roman Empire\|Roman]] outpost, he settled with his warriors and founded the town of Goldness, which would later become [[Goldborough]]. In my time beside Rig, I taught him my trade as a luminer and he took a strong kindrance to the art of lumineering. He found particular solace in the gold textures and would go to any length to find gold ink or make it himself. He invaded a gold mine in the Peaklands to ensure the resource was always available. He began to wear golden crosses. Here he became known as "Rig the Converted". He swore he would make war with anyone Dane or [[Christianity\|Christian]] who dare tamper with our sacred art.''<br><br>'''Location:''' ''In a house near [[Quatford]] ([[Shropshire\|Shropshire]])''		''IV. The Language of [[Gold]]<br><br>In the 820th year after [[Jesus of Nazareth\|our savior]]'s sacrifice, Rig came upon me, Brissy the Sage, and my brothers at Whitby Abbey. His men slaughtered many innocents, however Rig himself suddenly stopped this violence upon entering our {{Wiki\|scriptorium}}. I held up Gilda's Book in hopes it would protect me. Rig was enamored by the golden finery of the room.<br><br>"I have many names, but none of them are slayer of those who are fragile and unarmed ... and those who make such beauty ... this eternal knowledge of the leather-[[Runes\|rune]]-keeper," he said to us. He took me as a ''thrall'' and wished to settle with him nearby the Abbey. He dared not take it for himself, for he believed this would deliver evil upon him. He was especially enamored by our {{Wiki\|Illuminated manuscript\|illuminated texts}} and the gold ink we had used to color these texts.<br><br>At the site of an ancient [[Roman Empire\|Roman]] outpost, he settled with his warriors and founded the town of Goldness, which would later become [[Goldborough]]. In my time beside Rig, I taught him my trade as a luminer and he took a strong kindrance to the art of lumineering. He found particular solace in the gold textures and would go to any length to find gold ink or make it himself. He invaded a gold mine in the Peaklands to ensure the resource was always available. He began to wear golden crosses. Here he became known as "Rig the Converted". He swore he would make war with anyone Dane or [[Christianity\|Christian]] who dare tamper with our sacred art.''<br><br>'''Location:''' ''In a house near [[Quatford]] ([[Shropshire\|Shropshire]])''
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imported>Soranin: /* Behind the scenes */

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Behind the scenes

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	The scroll's {{Wiki\|recto and verso}} use two different texture assets. The verso is the title page from a 1665 copy of [[Snorri Sturluson]]'s ''{{wiki\|Prose Edda}}'' which is included as f.58r of the 1764 {{Wiki\|illuminated manuscript}} ÍB 299 4to.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/IB04-0299\|title=ÍB 299 4to\|author={{Wiki\|Handrit.is}}		The scroll's {{Wiki\|recto and verso}} use two different texture assets. The verso is the title page from a 1665 copy of [[Snorri Sturluson]]'s ''{{wiki\|Prose Edda}}'' which is included as f.58r of the 1764 {{Wiki\|illuminated manuscript}} ÍB 299 4to.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/IB04-0299\|title=ÍB 299 4to\|author={{Wiki\|Handrit.is}}
	\|date=29 July 2010\|publisher=''{{Wiki\|National and University Library of Iceland}}''\|pages=[https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/IB04-0299/118 f.58r]\|accessdate=24 May 2025}}</ref> The scroll's recto is f.33v from the ''{{wiki\|Codex Regius}}'' (Latin: "Royal/King's Book"), a 13th-century copy of the ''{{wiki\|Poetic Edda}}''. This specific page contains the last line of the fragmentary ''{{wiki\|Brot af Sigurðarkviðu}}'', the prose ''{{Wiki\|Frá dauða Sigurðar}}'', and the beginning of the ''{{wiki\|Guðrúnarkviða I}}''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/GKS04-2365\|title=GKS 2365 4to\|author=Handrit.is		\|date=29 July 2010\|publisher=''{{Wiki\|National and University Library of Iceland}}''\|pages=[https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/IB04-0299/118 f.58r]\|accessdate=24 May 2025}}</ref> The scroll's recto is f.33v from the ''{{wiki\|Codex Regius}}'' (Latin: "Royal/King's Book"), a 13th-century copy of the ''{{wiki\|Poetic Edda}}''. This specific page contains the last line of the fragmentary ''{{wiki\|Brot af Sigurðarkviðu}}'', the prose ''{{Wiki\|Sigurd#Frá_dauða_Sigurðar\|Frá dauða Sigurðar}}'', and the beginning of the ''{{wiki\|Guðrúnarkviða I}}''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/GKS04-2365\|title=GKS 2365 4to\|author=Handrit.is
	\|date=6 April 2001\|publisher=''National and University Library of Iceland''\|pages=[https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/GKS04-2365/75 f.33v]\|accessdate=25 May 2025}}</ref>		\|date=6 April 2001\|publisher=''National and University Library of Iceland''\|pages=[https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/GKS04-2365/75 f.33v]\|accessdate=25 May 2025}}</ref>

imported>Darman36: /Behind the scenes/ Recto leaf source actually has name per WP, even if Uni of Iceland only uses library ID number for it and the verso

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Behind the scenes: Recto leaf source actually has name per WP, even if Uni of Iceland only uses library ID number for it and the verso

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	The scroll's {{Wiki\|recto and verso}} use two different texture assets. The verso is the title page from a 1665 copy of [[Snorri Sturluson]]'s ''{{wiki\|Prose Edda}}'' which is included as f.58r of the 1764 {{Wiki\|illuminated manuscript}} ÍB 299 4to.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/IB04-0299\|title=ÍB 299 4to\|author={{Wiki\|Handrit.is}}		The scroll's {{Wiki\|recto and verso}} use two different texture assets. The verso is the title page from a 1665 copy of [[Snorri Sturluson]]'s ''{{wiki\|Prose Edda}}'' which is included as f.58r of the 1764 {{Wiki\|illuminated manuscript}} ÍB 299 4to.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/IB04-0299\|title=ÍB 299 4to\|author={{Wiki\|Handrit.is}}
	\|date=29 July 2010\|publisher=''{{Wiki\|National and University Library of Iceland}}''\|pages=[https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/IB04-0299/118 f.58r]\|accessdate=24 May 2025}}</ref> The scroll's recto is f.33v of ~~manuscript GKS 2365 4to~~,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/GKS04-2365\|title=GKS 2365 4to\|author=Handrit.is		\|date=29 July 2010\|publisher=''{{Wiki\|National and University Library of Iceland}}''\|pages=[https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/IB04-0299/118 f.58r]\|accessdate=24 May 2025}}</ref> The scroll's recto is f.33v from the ''{{wiki\|Codex Regius}}'' (Latin: "Royal/King's Book"), a 13th-century copy of the ''{{wiki\|Poetic Edda}}''. This specific page contains the last line of the fragmentary ''{{wiki\|Brot af Sigurðarkviðu}}'', the prose ''{{Wiki\|Frá dauða Sigurðar}}'', and the beginning of the ''{{wiki\|Guðrúnarkviða I}}''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/GKS04-2365\|title=GKS 2365 4to\|author=Handrit.is
	\|date=6 April 2001\|publisher=''National and University Library of Iceland''\|pages=[https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/GKS04-2365/75 f.33v]\|accessdate=25 May 2025}}</ref> also known as the ''{{wiki\|Codex Regius}}'', a 13th-century copy of the ''{{wiki\|Poetic Edda}}''. This specific page contains the last line of the fragmentary ''{{wiki\|Brot af Sigurðarkviðu}}'', the prose ''{{Wiki\|Frá dauða Sigurðar}}'', and the beginning of the ''{{wiki\|Guðrúnarkviða I}}''.		\|date=6 April 2001\|publisher=''National and University Library of Iceland''\|pages=[https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/GKS04-2365/75 f.33v]\|accessdate=25 May 2025}}</ref>

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imported>Lacrossedeamon: extra / was breaking link

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extra / was breaking link

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	The scroll's {{Wiki\|recto and verso}} use two different texture assets. The verso is the title page from a 1665 copy of [[Snorri Sturluson]]'s ''{{wiki\|Prose Edda}}'' which is included as f.58r of the 1764 {{Wiki\|illuminated manuscript}} ÍB 299 4to.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/IB04-0299\|title=ÍB 299 4to\|author={{Wiki\|Handrit.is}}		The scroll's {{Wiki\|recto and verso}} use two different texture assets. The verso is the title page from a 1665 copy of [[Snorri Sturluson]]'s ''{{wiki\|Prose Edda}}'' which is included as f.58r of the 1764 {{Wiki\|illuminated manuscript}} ÍB 299 4to.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/IB04-0299\|title=ÍB 299 4to\|author={{Wiki\|Handrit.is}}
	\|date=29 July 2010\|publisher=''{{Wiki\|National and University Library of Iceland}}''\|pages=[https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/IB04-0299/118 f.58r]\|accessdate=24 May 2025}}</ref> The scroll's recto is f.33v of manuscript GKS 2365 4to,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/GKS04-2365/\|title=GKS 2365 4to\|author=Handrit.is		\|date=29 July 2010\|publisher=''{{Wiki\|National and University Library of Iceland}}''\|pages=[https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/IB04-0299/118 f.58r]\|accessdate=24 May 2025}}</ref> The scroll's recto is f.33v of manuscript GKS 2365 4to,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/GKS04-2365\|title=GKS 2365 4to\|author=Handrit.is
	\|date=6 April 2001\|publisher=''National and University Library of Iceland''\|pages=[https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/GKS04-2365/75 f.33v]\|accessdate=25 May 2025}}</ref> also known as the ''{{wiki\|Codex Regius}}'', a 13th-century copy of the ''{{wiki\|Poetic Edda}}''. This specific page contains the last line of the fragmentary ''{{wiki\|Brot af Sigurðarkviðu}}'', the prose ''{{Wiki\|Frá dauða Sigurðar}}'', and the beginning of the ''{{wiki\|Guðrúnarkviða I}}''.		\|date=6 April 2001\|publisher=''National and University Library of Iceland''\|pages=[https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/GKS04-2365/75 f.33v]\|accessdate=25 May 2025}}</ref> also known as the ''{{wiki\|Codex Regius}}'', a 13th-century copy of the ''{{wiki\|Poetic Edda}}''. This specific page contains the last line of the fragmentary ''{{wiki\|Brot af Sigurðarkviðu}}'', the prose ''{{Wiki\|Frá dauða Sigurðar}}'', and the beginning of the ''{{wiki\|Guðrúnarkviða I}}''.

imported>Lacrossedeamon: added the pages as a separate field in the cite template

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added the pages as a separate field in the cite template

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	==Behind the scenes==		==Behind the scenes==
	The scroll's {{Wiki\|recto and verso}} use two different texture assets. The verso is the title page from a 1665 copy of [[Snorri Sturluson]]'s ''{{wiki\|Prose Edda}}'' which is included as f.58r of the 1764 {{Wiki\|illuminated manuscript}} ÍB 299 4to.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/IB04-0299~~/118#page/58r/mode/2up~~\|title=ÍB 299 4to\|author={{Wiki\|Handrit.is}}		The scroll's {{Wiki\|recto and verso}} use two different texture assets. The verso is the title page from a 1665 copy of [[Snorri Sturluson]]'s ''{{wiki\|Prose Edda}}'' which is included as f.58r of the 1764 {{Wiki\|illuminated manuscript}} ÍB 299 4to.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/IB04-0299\|title=ÍB 299 4to\|author={{Wiki\|Handrit.is}}
	\|date=29 July 2010\|publisher=''{{Wiki\|National and University Library of Iceland}}''\|accessdate=24 May 2025}}</ref> The scroll's recto is f.33v of manuscript GKS 2365 4to,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/GKS04-2365/~~75#page/33v/mode/2up~~\|title=GKS 2365 4to\|author=Handrit.is		\|date=29 July 2010\|publisher=''{{Wiki\|National and University Library of Iceland}}''\|pages=[https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/IB04-0299/118 f.58r]\|accessdate=24 May 2025}}</ref> The scroll's recto is f.33v of manuscript GKS 2365 4to,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/GKS04-2365/\|title=GKS 2365 4to\|author=Handrit.is
	\|date=6 April 2001\|publisher=''National and University Library of Iceland''\|accessdate=25 May 2025}}</ref> also known as the ''{{wiki\|Codex Regius}}'', a 13th-century copy of the ''{{wiki\|Poetic Edda}}''. This specific page contains the last line of the fragmentary ''{{wiki\|Brot af Sigurðarkviðu}}'', the prose ''{{Wiki\|Frá dauða Sigurðar}}'', and the beginning of the ''{{wiki\|Guðrúnarkviða I}}''.		\|date=6 April 2001\|publisher=''National and University Library of Iceland''\|pages=[https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/GKS04-2365/75 f.33v]\|accessdate=25 May 2025}}</ref> also known as the ''{{wiki\|Codex Regius}}'', a 13th-century copy of the ''{{wiki\|Poetic Edda}}''. This specific page contains the last line of the fragmentary ''{{wiki\|Brot af Sigurðarkviðu}}'', the prose ''{{Wiki\|Frá dauða Sigurðar}}'', and the beginning of the ''{{wiki\|Guðrúnarkviða I}}''.

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==

imported>Darman36: /Behind the scenes/ Reworded, cited. As "folio" is Latin for "page", format is "f.##v/r".

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Behind the scenes: Reworded, cited. As "folio" is Latin for "page", format is "f.##v/r".

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	{{DISPLAYTITLE:''{{PAGENAME}}''}}{{Era\|Culture}}		{{DISPLAYTITLE:''{{PAGENAME}}''}}{{Era\|Culture}}
	[[File:ACV - Rigsogur.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|A scroll from the the ''Rigsogur''.]]		[[File:ACV - Rigsogur.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|A scroll from the the ''Rigsogur''.]]
	The '''''Rigsogur''''' (Rig's Saga) was a {{Wiki\|saga}} written by the 9th century poet and author [[Brissy the Elder]], which documented the tales of a [[Vikings\|Viking]] named [[Rig Reidarasson]] who captured him during a [[raid]] at [[Whitby Abbey]]. After living among the [[Norse people]] for some time and hearing the stories surrounding Rig, Brissy took it upon himself to record the tales for posterity and later submitted a manuscript to the diocese of [[Leicestershire\|Ledecestrescire]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[~~Viking Expansion notes~~]]: "Letter Concerning the Rigsogur"</ref>		The '''''Rigsogur''''' (Rig's Saga) was a {{Wiki\|saga}} written by the 9th century poet and author [[Brissy the Elder]], which documented the tales of a [[Vikings\|Viking]] named [[Rig Reidarasson]] who captured him during a [[raid]] at [[Whitby Abbey]]. After living among the [[Norse people]] for some time and hearing the stories surrounding Rig, Brissy took it upon himself to record the tales for posterity and later submitted a manuscript to the diocese of [[Leicestershire\|Ledecestrescire]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Notes from Eivor's travels]]: "Letter Concerning the Rigsogur"</ref> During the late 9th century, [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] of the [[Raven Clan]] recovered fragments of the saga that were scattered through [[England]].<ref name="ACV">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla''</ref>

	During the late 9th century, ~~the Viking [[shieldmaiden]]~~ [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] of the [[Raven Clan]] recovered fragments of the saga that were scattered through [[England]].<ref name="ACV">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla''</ref>

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	==Behind the scenes==		==Behind the scenes==
	The ~~asset used for the~~ texture ~~of the~~ verso ~~of the scroll~~ is the ~~titlepage of~~ a 1665 copy of [[Snorri Sturluson]]'s ''{{wiki\|Prose Edda}}'' which is included as ~~page [https://handrit~~.~~is/manuscript/view/is/IB04-0299/118 f58r]~~ of the 1764 illuminated manuscript [https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/IB04-0299 ÍB 299 4to]. The recto of ~~the scroll is [~~https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/GKS04-2365/75#page/33v/mode/2up ~~f33v] of [https://handrit~~.is/~~manuscript/view/is/GKS04-2365 GKS 2365 4to],~~ also known as the ''{{wiki\|Codex Regius}}'', a 13th century copy of the ''{{wiki\|Poetic Edda}}''. This specific page contains the last line of the fragmentary ''{{wiki\|Brot af Sigurðarkviðu}}'', the prose ''Frá dauða Sigurðar'', and the beginning of the ''{{wiki\|Guðrúnarkviða I}}''.		The scroll's {{Wiki\|recto and verso}} use two different texture assets. The verso is the title page from a 1665 copy of [[Snorri Sturluson]]'s ''{{wiki\|Prose Edda}}'' which is included as f.58r of the 1764 {{Wiki\|illuminated manuscript}} ÍB 299 4to.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/IB04-0299/118#page/58r/mode/2up\|title=ÍB 299 4to\|author={{Wiki\|Handrit.is}}
			\|date=29 July 2010\|publisher=''{{Wiki\|National and University Library of Iceland}}''\|accessdate=24 May 2025}}</ref> The scroll's recto is f.33v of manuscript GKS 2365 4to,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/GKS04-2365/75#page/33v/mode/2up\|title=GKS 2365 4to\|author=Handrit.is
			\|date=6 April 2001\|publisher=''National and University Library of Iceland''\|accessdate=25 May 2025}}</ref> also known as the ''{{wiki\|Codex Regius}}'', a 13th-century copy of the ''{{wiki\|Poetic Edda}}''. This specific page contains the last line of the fragmentary ''{{wiki\|Brot af Sigurðarkviðu}}'', the prose ''{{Wiki\|Frá dauða Sigurðar}}'', and the beginning of the ''{{wiki\|Guðrúnarkviða I}}''.

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==

imported>Lacrossedeamon: Should we add the datamined texture Nemo found in this section as well?

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Should we add the datamined texture Nemo found in this section as well?

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	==Behind the scenes==		==Behind the scenes==
	The asset used for the texture of the verso of the scroll is the titlepage of a 1665 copy of [[Snorri Sturluson]]'s ''{{wiki\|Prose Edda}}'' which is included as page [https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/IB04-0299/118 f58r] of the 1764 illuminated manuscript [https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/IB04-0299 ÍB 299 4to].		The asset used for the texture of the verso of the scroll is the titlepage of a 1665 copy of [[Snorri Sturluson]]'s ''{{wiki\|Prose Edda}}'' which is included as page [https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/IB04-0299/118 f58r] of the 1764 illuminated manuscript [https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/IB04-0299 ÍB 299 4to]. The recto of the scroll is [https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/GKS04-2365/75#page/33v/mode/2up f33v] of [https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/GKS04-2365 GKS 2365 4to], also known as the ''{{wiki\|Codex Regius}}'', a 13th century copy of the ''{{wiki\|Poetic Edda}}''. This specific page contains the last line of the fragmentary ''{{wiki\|Brot af Sigurðarkviðu}}'', the prose ''Frá dauða Sigurðar'', and the beginning of the ''{{wiki\|Guðrúnarkviða I}}''.

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==

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	''VIII. The Gods Speak To Me<br><br>Long afterwards, Rig grew old and tired, always in desperation to seek out a solution to quiet the voices. Consulting his volva and his monks did not seem to help. In his throne room he told his ''[[thegn]]s'', his trusted ''drengir'', and those close to him, "I am to die soon but not at the hand of my foes. Nor will I die in a barrel of ale. I will follow the gods to their holiest temples and drink from the grail that makes us immortal." He desired a final pilgrimage to see [[Constantinople\|Miklagard]], the house of the gods he called it.<br><br>The voice that speak to him grew louder and angrier in the weeks following his announcement, warning him of a treacherous day. "You are the son that left Goldness and traveled east." "The old gods torment me, but my newfound God loves me," he told Brissy. "My new God will grant me truth and eternal life." He took a flotilla of men to Miklagard, to seek penitence and solace as a complete convert but also as an angel to God. For him, this pilgrimage would seal his destiny and allow him full communion with this voice that pestered his mind.''<br><br>'''Location:''' ''A [[Colchester\|Colcestre]] [[tavern]] ([[Essex]]e)''		''VIII. The Gods Speak To Me<br><br>Long afterwards, Rig grew old and tired, always in desperation to seek out a solution to quiet the voices. Consulting his volva and his monks did not seem to help. In his throne room he told his ''[[thegn]]s'', his trusted ''drengir'', and those close to him, "I am to die soon but not at the hand of my foes. Nor will I die in a barrel of ale. I will follow the gods to their holiest temples and drink from the grail that makes us immortal." He desired a final pilgrimage to see [[Constantinople\|Miklagard]], the house of the gods he called it.<br><br>The voice that speak to him grew louder and angrier in the weeks following his announcement, warning him of a treacherous day. "You are the son that left Goldness and traveled east." "The old gods torment me, but my newfound God loves me," he told Brissy. "My new God will grant me truth and eternal life." He took a flotilla of men to Miklagard, to seek penitence and solace as a complete convert but also as an angel to God. For him, this pilgrimage would seal his destiny and allow him full communion with this voice that pestered his mind.''<br><br>'''Location:''' ''A [[Colchester\|Colcestre]] [[tavern]] ([[Essex]]e)''
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	''IX. The Death of the One Who Heard Voices<br><br>One day, Rig awoke on the longship and stared out at the coast. He consulted the old skull that once sang to him, then turned to his shipmates. "We dock here," he said. He walked onto the pier and smiled. This was the city of Constantine, the majestic Miklagard. There he met many different people, and for a time, Rig was lively once again and learned much, communing with God and old warriors from different sects. The voice remained and instructed him he must confront a [[Basim ~~Ibn~~ Ishaq\|Man]] with the Mark in the [[Hidden Ones\|House of Shadows]]. He was to kill him or else he would be killed by him.<br><br>He returned from the House of Shadows with blood on his body and refused to answer any questions, though he did say, "I have come before my time. I was born too early and I am alone, without my father, without my friends." None understood the meaning of this statement.<br><br>Rig then set out to return home by way of the [[Russia\|Rusland]]. During this time, he grew angrier with every flutter of our sails. "My mind will be moved on, it must be preserved. My last fate is to live again in the hall of my father until he should come again." Whatever Rig meant by this grand idea, it was not to be.<br><br>Some days later, he was dead. We found him hunched over a goblet with a sword through his heart. Solveig came to his side, weeping. "Please don't let him have died with no scroll, no word in his name." In the corner of the same room stood a snickering woman who looked like a goat. "I am the sister of Bolli, daughter of Hadon. I have tracked you for a thousand moons to have this moment. Now I can return to Trondheim as queen of my people, vindicator of my blood. I will let you live so you can give him an honorable death." Then she left, and I sat down to write Rig's saga...''<br><br>'''Location:''' ''[[Grimsby]] storehouse ([[Lincolnscire\|Lincolnscire]])''		''IX. The Death of the One Who Heard Voices<br><br>One day, Rig awoke on the longship and stared out at the coast. He consulted the old skull that once sang to him, then turned to his shipmates. "We dock here," he said. He walked onto the pier and smiled. This was the city of Constantine, the majestic Miklagard. There he met many different people, and for a time, Rig was lively once again and learned much, communing with God and old warriors from different sects. The voice remained and instructed him he must confront a [[Basim ibn Ishaq\|Man]] with the Mark in the [[Hidden Ones\|House of Shadows]]. He was to kill him or else he would be killed by him.<br><br>He returned from the House of Shadows with blood on his body and refused to answer any questions, though he did say, "I have come before my time. I was born too early and I am alone, without my father, without my friends." None understood the meaning of this statement.<br><br>Rig then set out to return home by way of the [[Russia\|Rusland]]. During this time, he grew angrier with every flutter of our sails. "My mind will be moved on, it must be preserved. My last fate is to live again in the hall of my father until he should come again." Whatever Rig meant by this grand idea, it was not to be.<br><br>Some days later, he was dead. We found him hunched over a goblet with a sword through his heart. Solveig came to his side, weeping. "Please don't let him have died with no scroll, no word in his name." In the corner of the same room stood a snickering woman who looked like a goat. "I am the sister of Bolli, daughter of Hadon. I have tracked you for a thousand moons to have this moment. Now I can return to Trondheim as queen of my people, vindicator of my blood. I will let you live so you can give him an honorable death." Then she left, and I sat down to write Rig's saga...''<br><br>'''Location:''' ''[[Grimsby]] storehouse ([[Lincolnscire\|Lincolnscire]])''
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	''X. The Shimmering Creek<br><br>After his death, the body of Lord Rig, ruler of Goldness was returned home on a perilous journey up the Volga through Rusland. Solveig fought off various tribes to secure his body's passage back home. He was brought to the shimmering creek where he had painted gold a statue of Odin and a cross. His body was buried beneath the creek with axe and cross in hand. There is a runestone there with his many names upon it.<br><br>In his death, he became known as "The Keeper of the Shimmer of Rivers Unseen to the Eye".<br><br>If you lay your body in the river, with the rushing waters caressing your skin, you will hear his song in the shine of the sun. If the creek shimmers in your favor, Rig will send you good luck. He is the skull-beneath-the-waters, the skald-of-lost-rivers. His song is simple and a melody [[Bragi]] is jealous of, and it is said he will return one day but only as a wave, his bones made of mead-marrow, and only when the tree of life is rotten away and hewn by waves into tiny chips.<br><br>Some ''[[skald]]s'' refer to the "Chips of [[Yggdrasil]]," which is a kenning of Rig, He Who Was Mighty and Forgotten, He Who Outlives the [[Valkyrie]]s, He Who Knocked on Thrones. I know he was wronged by someone and the voices that spoke in him are real. They are the ancient threads that tangle and tie until someone can make the world right again.''<br><br>'''Location:''' ''[[Croydon\|Croindene]] house, [[Sussex\|Suthsexe]]''		''X. The Shimmering Creek<br><br>After his death, the body of Lord Rig, ruler of Goldness was returned home on a perilous journey up the Volga through Rusland. Solveig fought off various tribes to secure his body's passage back home. He was brought to the shimmering creek where he had painted gold a statue of Odin and a cross. His body was buried beneath the creek with axe and cross in hand. There is a runestone there with his many names upon it.<br><br>In his death, he became known as "The Keeper of the Shimmer of Rivers Unseen to the Eye".<br><br>If you lay your body in the river, with the rushing waters caressing your skin, you will hear his song in the shine of the sun. If the creek shimmers in your favor, Rig will send you good luck. He is the skull-beneath-the-waters, the skald-of-lost-rivers. His song is simple and a melody [[Bragi]] is jealous of, and it is said he will return one day but only as a wave, his bones made of mead-marrow, and only when the tree of life is rotten away and hewn by waves into tiny chips.<br><br>Some ''[[skald]]s'' refer to the "Chips of [[Yggdrasil]]," which is a kenning of Rig, He Who Was Mighty and Forgotten, He Who Outlives the [[Valkyrie]]s, He Who Knocked on Thrones. I know he was wronged by someone and the voices that spoke in him are real. They are the ancient threads that tangle and tie until someone can make the world right again.''<br><br>'''Location:''' ''[[Croydon\|Croindene]] house, [[Sussex\|Suthsexe]]''