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====== Rognvald ====== | ====== Rognvald ====== | ||
- | Rognvald | + | Rognvald |
- | He is a Mormon. His political views are unknown, but most likely moderate, as his Grassroots Party during | + | Rognvald has had two hiatuses from the board; one was a two year fishing trip from 2013 to 2015; the other was from late 2015 to mid-2018, when he was caught up with life. |
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- | Was banned | + | He is best known for his Pre-1900 timeline “The Legacy of St. Brendan”, which has been recieved with surprising acclaim. He won the Turtledove Award for “Best Medieval Timeline” and “Best POD” for his efforts with it. |
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+ | ==== Habits ==== | ||
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+ | In his Enclave days, he tended to make exclamations using Norse God's names, such as "By Odin", "Odin damn it!", and "Ye Gods!" He has since grown out of that habit. | ||
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+ | Rognvald, as his username probably indicates, has a habit of focusing on PODs involving the Norse. | ||
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+ | ==== Works ==== | ||
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+ | Some of his works on the Writer's Forum include: | ||
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+ | "For Hoomanity" | ||
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+ | “The Essays: A Counterfactual Series”: An experimental effort, comprised of brief (five pages double-spaced, | ||
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+ | His efforts | ||
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+ | “High in Erin Sang the Sword”- The Viking warrior Brodir triumphs over Brian Boru at Clontarf, and a vicious struggle for the High Kingship of Ireland ensues. Was novelly written alternatively | ||
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+ | “Beyond Særkland: The Journey to Drekigarthr”: | ||
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+ | “The Legacy of St. Brendan: A History of the Western Hemisphere, from 512 to the Present Day”: The Irish monk St. Brendan is blown off course by a storm and lands in the New World centuries before any Viking. A succession of Irish fur trappers, Briton princelings, | ||
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+ | Meanwhile, in Post-1900: | ||
- | ---- | + | “We Shall Go On To the End”: Was a exploration of an alternate, yet very similar, World War Two. (Abandoned) |
- | ==== Shared Worlds projects ==== | + | “I’m A Friend of Jimmy Hoffa”: An exploration of America’s most notorious union leader, in the context of an America which fell to a socialist revolution. (Abandoned) |
- | In [[shared worlds: | + | ==== Banning ==== |
- | ---- | + | Was banned in early July 2014, in the middle of a two-year-long fishing trip, after [[offtopic: |
- | ==== Navigation ==== | ||
- | **[[Hall of Infamy]]** |
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