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What if during the chaos of King Stephans riegn the lesser landowners and freemen of the area covered by the modern counties of Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Durham and North Yorkshire rebeled and formed a new nation? Fed up of the fuedal system they decide that they will revive the Norse Thing (not sure of the spelling), defence is based on the fyrd with the posintion of a man in it is dependent on social standing. The wealthiest either forming the cavelry or the officers of the infantry. Membership of the fyrd is compulsery. They are backed by the Scots who like the idea of a buffer state between them and England.
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