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====== Rognvald ====== | ====== Rognvald ====== | ||
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- | He is a Mormon. His political views are unknown, but most likely moderate, as his Grassroots Party during a short lived campaign in Shared Worlds shared characteristics of both conservative and liberal beliefs. His response on the “I'm Trying to Make a Better Political Compass Thing” in Chat did not clarify his beliefs at all, either, leaving the general consensus that he is a moderate. | + | 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 in early July 2014, in the middle of a two-year-long fishing trip, after [[offtopic: | + | |
- | He is currently working on a massive sci-fi universe, found in the ASB section as "Those Damned Humans!" | + | 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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+ | 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' | ||
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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, generally) counterfactual scenarios, with each essay in a series dealing with different facets of the same event. (On Hold) | ||
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+ | His efforts in Pre-1900 include: | ||
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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 in the style of the Irish monastic chroniclers and the old Norse sagas. (Completed) | ||
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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: | ||
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+ | “We Shall Go On To the End”: Was a exploration of an alternate, yet very similar, World War Two. (Abandoned) | ||
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+ | “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) | ||
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+ | ==== Banning ==== | ||
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+ | 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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