Quote:First Shieldbearers

Active                                 July 1043 AD/March 1045 AD (see History)—present

Country                              North Sea Empire

Type                                   Mounted bodyguard

Role                                    Imperial Body Guard

Size                                     500 Thanes

Garrison/HQ                        King Magnus’ Palace, London

Motto                                 We Hold The Line (official)
                                          We Hold Back Our Boss (unofficial)

Colors                                 Black and Red

Commander                       4 Wing General Spitelout Clodgallsson Clan Jorgenson


Inception—Present

Provisional Commanders

Astrid I Hákonsdóttir House Haddock                                 1043-1045

Folarin House Haddock                                                      1045-1061

William I Robertsson House Haddock                                 1061-1065

Maor ben Dovid House Mordechai                                      1065-1076

Hamish Hiccupsson House Haddock                                   1076-1084

Full List of Provisional Unit Commanders (1043-Present)

 
The First Shieldbearers of Berk and the Lands of the North Sea Empire, and Members of the Imperial Body Guard of High Thanes, popularly known as the Shieldbearers , is the unit of the North Sea Imperial Armed Forces charged with protecting the persons of the Imperial House. The oldest Imperial military corps still in existence, it was formally created by order of King Stoick I of Berk in response to the Caen Massacre…

—First Shieldbearers (n.d.) In Wikikenna. Retrieved August 10, 1876

Quote:Thor likewise changed between the East Norse and the Eirish Sea Norse, although his divergence was more of a change of emphasis. Across the various Norse and other Old Germanic-derived religions, of which Norse is the only survivor, Thor and his various incarnations—Thuner in Old Frisian, Thunar in Old Saxon, and Donar in Old High German—was consistently a lightning and thunder deity associated with storms, sacred groves, strength, hallowing, fertility, and the protection of mankind from elemental forces. He ensured that crops sprouted and were protected from the ravages of nature, and defended farmers and thralls, acting as the defender of mankind’s hard-fought order from elemental chaos. While the precise canon of the stories differed, often significantly, the god’s portfolio and general aspects were generally agreed upon across time and space, but this did not mean that the importance of the different roles were all ranked identically.

For the Eirish Sea Norse, Thor’s focus on fertility and hallowing were lessened, with some of the responsibility for these being given over to his wife Sif, and his role as protector and defender of mankind, especially those in bondage, grew more emphasized…

—The Second Flowering Of Yggdrasil: An Analysis Of The Norse Resurgence, 1710