So, as those few of you who read CotC might know, I've been stuck for a while, so I've decided to cover the whole thing in mothballs and leave it be for now. I'll almost certainly come back to it later, since it's one of my favorite ideas. However, I am now stuck between two of my OTHER favorite ideas, and I wanted to ask the community which one sounds better. So here it is:
The Iceling Cometh: Ecgfrith Iclingas of Mercia does not in fact die of illness mere months after ascending to the throne and manages to establish lasting Mercian Supremacy throughout southern and eastern England. Features a powerful Iceling-led Mercia leading the defense against the Danish invasions.
The Younger, Not The Lesser: Pepin II of Aquitaine, great-grandson of Charlemagne, has a near-death experience shortly after the death of his father and his ascension to the throne of Aquitaine, causing him to reconsider his life choices and stop drinking and generally being an SOB. This, ultimately, leads to him not inviting Jarl Oscar to help defend Aquitaine and actually being far more popular with the Aquitainian nobility, eventually allowing him to defeat Charles the Bald and force him to recognize Aquitaine's independence under Pepin and his descendants.
The Iceling Cometh: Ecgfrith Iclingas of Mercia does not in fact die of illness mere months after ascending to the throne and manages to establish lasting Mercian Supremacy throughout southern and eastern England. Features a powerful Iceling-led Mercia leading the defense against the Danish invasions.
The Younger, Not The Lesser: Pepin II of Aquitaine, great-grandson of Charlemagne, has a near-death experience shortly after the death of his father and his ascension to the throne of Aquitaine, causing him to reconsider his life choices and stop drinking and generally being an SOB. This, ultimately, leads to him not inviting Jarl Oscar to help defend Aquitaine and actually being far more popular with the Aquitainian nobility, eventually allowing him to defeat Charles the Bald and force him to recognize Aquitaine's independence under Pepin and his descendants.