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So there are no butterflies on the rest of Europe ITTL? I assume European history would diverge soon after this point at least—after all, it’s VIKING TIME, and if they are repulsed and never settle the Danelaw that will have Continental effects

I'm not totally sure of how big or fast the butterflies ought to be on the mainland, but I have think that the Carolingians are still a thing. The Pendraigs have a bit of a rivalry with them, as they have fought (successfully) to keep the Dux of Armoricia in their own sphere of influence since the Merovingians ruled, and they don't like that the pope named that damn barbarian emperor in the west, a title they've tried to claim several times, but have been denied. Luckily, Charles has avoided outright war by declaring the current Âlt Rî of the Brythônys, Leûn Pendraig, as the Caesar to his Augustus.

And yes, the Norse will begin their raids in earnest soon. So far there have been a handful of minor, probing ones, but they don't stand out that much as they haven't yet targeted those juicy hibernian style monasteries.

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