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So I just got the new expansion to Crusader Kings II, The Old Gods (set in 867 CE) and I got quite hyped regarding multiple possible ATLs being created on this forum. So what do you guys think? Do you have any suggestions? I have a few:

1. Harald Fairhair fails to unite Norway (by either dying in battle or failing to forge an alliance with the Earls of Lade), inviting some other petty King like Eric of Hordaland to take his place instead. Certain events in Norwegian history, like Rollo falling from favor in Norway and becoming Jarl of Normandy, conversions to Christianity in the 10th century, etc.

2. Hastein of Nantes is killed by Asturians/Andalusians in 859 CE.

3. The Great Heathen Army does not invade the British Isles, and either fails to fabricate, or invades Francia in full force instead.

4. The Magyars fight back the Pechenegs and thus do not migrate west into Carpathia.

5. Boris I does not convert to Orthodox Christianity.

6. Micheal III discovers Basil the Macedonian's plot against his life and has him banished/mutilated/executed. The Macedonian Dynasty never reigns.

7. Louis the German fights off his rebellious sons, executes Carloman or Ludwig, and grooms Charles the Fat (or Ludwig the younger) to succeed him as king of all East Francia. Perhaps this results in better eastern policies and thus preservation of the realm...

8. Alfred The Great dies at the Battle of Reading in 871. Viking havoc ensues.

9. (Earlier POD) Iconoclasm continues to reign supreme for a few more centuries than OTL.

10. Also Earlier POD: Charlemagne dies instead of Carloman. Civil War destroys Frankish hegemony in Western Europe.

11. Louis II of Italy is more successful trying to reunite the Empire.

12. Lothair II of Lotharingia does not try to divorce his wife Teutberga but instead manages to have sons with her, possibly maintaining the kingdom.

13. Rurik is not invited by the Russian tribes along the Dnieper to maintain order, thus no Rurikid Dynasty of Russia.

14. The Abbasid Caliphate somehow prevents it's power from self-destructing and fragmenting.

15. The Karenids of Western Khorasan somehow manage to unite their lands in the Zoroasterian faith and found a new Sassanid enclave in Central Asia.

16. The Ummayads of Cordoba somehow manage to conquer all of Hispania including Asturias, and make Andalusian civilization blossom further.

Any of these seem interesting?
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