Book 2 of The Eye of the Raven
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| Action during Season 2 of The Eye of the Raven |
Of action during
Season Two,
Of clash of shield
and sword.
When raiding
warbands came and went
(Some of them from
the continent)
And the Scots headed
the leaderboard.
It all began when
Aethelflaed
Invaded Jorvik,
where she stayed.
The Anglo-Danes almost lost heart -
It seemed the end
of John's campaign;
But luckily for the
Anglo-Dane
It turned out to be
a false start.
The helpful ref who
came along
Declared The Penny far too strong
And Aethelflaed
agreed.
So the clocks wound
back
(There had been no
attack).
Aarold got off scot
free.
So it all began
another day
When leek-prowed
boats landed in Norway,
And Welsh caught
Viking half asleep.
They harried and
burned within the fold,
But all they could
find was Ubba's gold
(No sign of any
sheep).
The Irish met the
Danes in battle
Claiming back their stolen cattle
From Cnut
Autokorrekthater.
Both sides would
live another day
(Each said the enemy
ran away)
For they fought an
epic draw.
Cnut, now seeking
battle worthier
Raided Anglo-Danish
East Anglia.
Warlords met -
Viking and Anglo-Dane.
Another blow for
Anglo-Danish luck,
Campaign progress so
nearly f***ed
When Aarold was
brutally slain.
But fortunes changed
with Aarold dead,
When the crown
passed to rich dad Alfred.
He attacked those
men in dresses,
The Scots, who so
strongly defended
Sent the Danes home
empty-handed
Calling them a bunch
of Jessies.
Tavish, vict'ry to
his liking
Moved now 'gainst
Iceland Viking:
Vengeance of a sort
was willed.
Though Gunnblasdt
fought a mighty battle,
He was scared off
(and his cattle)
When Tavish lifted
up his kilt.
Meanwhile (after
rules renew)
The Saxons invaded
York (round two);
This time all would
not be cancelled.
A different end -
Saxons did not settle!
Alfred Steptoe
showed his mettle,
And t'was
Aelthelflaed that fled.
The Franks then
sought to make their mark,
Their warband
raiding Hedemark,
Seeking gold in
their adventure.
Ubba and Charlemal
clashed together;
The Norseman died
defending his treasure;
Franks made off with his golden denture.
Ubba's heir, young
Ubbason
Determined to be
troublesome,
Wanted a saga all
his own.
But stopped by Scots
before a ford
His Vikings got
savagely mauled,
And the Jarl had to
row his own boat home.
Finally, Sir
Sybald's Normans
Arrived in East
Wessex without warning,
Apparently to
refight Hastings.
But Aethelflaed's
Anglo-Saxon force,
After a long march
from up north,
Gave them a right
good pasting.
Thus left alone til
this year's end,
Leif's Norse Gaels
(who chose to defend)
Couldn't keep top
table status.
Tavish's Scots now
head the scale;
And hence this
chapter of our tale
We name The Year of the Haggis.
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