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 ====== Rognvald ====== ====== Rognvald ======
  
-Rognvald is a member of the board who joined on the 13th of September, 2011. He was formerly known as "Enclave" and was mostly known to hang around the Shared Worlds portion of the board, though he had been known to make forays into the Writer's Forum to post fiction.+Rognvald is a member of the board who joined on the 13th of September, 2011. He was formerly known as "Enclave". Under the Enclave name, he was mostly known to hang out in the Shared Worlds section of the board, with a few scattered trips to the Writers Forum to post fiction. Now, however, Rognvald is most active in Pre-1900, and rarely pokes his head into Shared Worlds.
    
-He is Mormon. His political views are unknown, but most likely moderateas his Grassroots Party during a short-lived campaign in Shared Worlds shared characteristics of both conservative and liberal beliefsHis 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 two year fishing trip from 2013 to 2015; the other was from late 2015 to mid-2018when he was caught up with life. 
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 +He is best known for his Pre-1900 timeline “The Legacy of StBrendan”, which has been recieved with surprising acclaim. He won the Turtledove Award for Best Medieval Timeline” and “Best POD” for his efforts with it.
  
 ==== Habits ==== ==== Habits ====
  
-In his Enclave days, he tended to make exclamations using Norse God's names, such as "By Odin", "Odin damn it!", and "Ye Gods!" +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.
  
-He may or may not be Viking Skald from 11th century Norvegr sent through a time warp. We just do not know. +Rognvald, as his username probably indicates, has habit of focusing on PODs involving the Norse.
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-He is currently working on an extended project of various Norse timelines with obscure PoDs, beginning with Yngvarr the Far-Travelled. +
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 ==== Works ==== ==== Works ====
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 Some of his works on the Writer's Forum include: Some of his works on the Writer's Forum include:
  
-"For Hoomanity"- A Science Fiction story where humanity was conquered by a massive intergalactic Empire in the Victorian age. Humans were referred to as "Hoomans", due to an inability of the aliens to spell things abstractly. It also had the novel idea of a tiered system of races, where races in the Empire were advanced and demoted based on their actions in the Empire, with each tier having it's advantages. (Incomplete)+"For Hoomanity"- A Science Fiction story where humanity was conquered by a massive intergalactic Empire in the Victorian age. Humans were referred to as "Hoomans", due to an inability of the aliens to spell things abstractly. It also had the novel idea of a tiered system of races, where races in the Empire were advanced and demoted based on their actions within the Empire, with each tier having it's advantages. (Abandoned)
  
-"Culture of a Medieval America"- The earth's technological history is shifted back, and the United States recieves it's independance from Britain using swords and pikes. (Incomplete)+"Culture of a Medieval America"- The earth's technological history is shifted back, and the United States recieves it's independance from Britain using swords and pikes. (Abandoned)
  
-In Shared World's Nation Gamesdepending on the era, he plays either as Scandanavian Viking-like countriesor as Switzerland+“The Essays: A Counterfactual Series”: An experimental effortcomprised of brief (five pages double-spacedgenerally) counterfactual scenarios, with each essay in a series dealing with different facets of the same event(On Hold)
  
-As of August 4, 2012, Enclave's most well-known thread is the Deadliest WarriorDone Right thread in Shared Worlds, which seeks to fix the SpikeTV series and make it more to AH.COMs taste.+His efforts in Pre-1900 include:
  
-----+“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)
  
-==== Banning ====+“Beyond Særkland: The Journey to Drekigarthr”: A creative take on the little known voyage of Yngvarr the Far-Traveler to Central Asia. Was mainly written from the point of view of several characters, including a young Harald Hardrada. However, that style made it difficult for the author to keep up with updates, and it ended with a quick summary during the midst of Rognvald’s second hiatus from the site. (Completed)
  
-Was banned in early July 2014, in the middle of a two-year-long fishing tripafter [[offtopic:HeavyWeaponsGuy]] was banned and Rognvald was found to be his sockpuppetUpon returning from said fishing triphoweverRognvald was able to prove he was his own person and he was reinstated.+“The Legacy of St. Brendan: A History of the Western Hemispherefrom 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 VikingA succession of Irish fur trappersBriton princelingsand Nordic warlords compete for control, while the Native Americans develop resistance to European disease and gain European technology. Won the 2019 Turtledove for Best Medieval Timeline and Best Point of Difference(Completed)
  
-----+Meanwhile, in Post-1900:
  
-==== Navigation ====+“We Shall Go On To the End”: Was a exploration of an alternate, yet very similar, World War Two. (Abandoned)
  
-**[[Member List#r|Member List]]**+“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)
  
 +==== Banning ====
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 +Was banned in early July 2014, in the middle of a two-year-long fishing trip, after [[offtopic:HeavyWeaponsGuy]] was banned and Rognvald was found to be his sockpuppet. Upon returning from said fishing trip, however, Rognvald was able to prove he was his own person and he was reinstated.
  
  
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