The Sultan's Alchemist quest....erm, what?

[KaryAnn]

Originally Posted by axxis34

Ofcourse you can use anything from the middle-east. Did you not read my reply? The vikings were all over the known (and much of the unknown) world at that time! They knew about islam, they knew about christianity, they knew about jews et al. Did they care? Not much. They were happy with their own gods, yet ... they were eventually converted to christianity, by force.

Maybe you should try to wikipedia vikings and see what they really did.

You dont see me bashing christianty right? Even though I would be entitled too, since my ancestors were vikings and were converted to a religion they really didnt want. Hell, Sweden wasnt fully converted until around 1600 or so. Even to this day you have priests of the old norse gods doing their thing.

Of course I read everything you said, the problem you have is that the vikings did all this at different times. They didn't serve as bodyguards for the Sultans as you say while they worshipped Odin. It's a historical anachronism.

You can't just pool such a long history of a people into one segment.

[axxis34]

Originally Posted by KaryAnn

Of course I read everything you said, the problem you have is that the vikings did all this at different times. They didn't serve as bodyguards for the Sultans as you say while they worshipped Odin. It's a historical anachronism.

You can't just pool such a long history of a people into one segment.

Well, since the viking age only lasted from 793 (plundering of the abbey on Lindisfarne) to 1066 (battle of stamford bridge) they sure did serve as bodyguards while still worshipping the norse gods. There are historical evidence of this, but you can ofcourse choose to ignore it.
I really dont get what you mean by different times? Bear in mind that it wasnt until the 11th century that the "vikings" were considered to be converted to the "new religion" (ie at the end of the viking age)

[Chro]

I really, really hope you're joking. If you're this intolerant of anything that references middle eastern culture, then you are sad, sad person.

Heaven forbid you watch something as horrifying as disney's Aladdin.

By the way, here's something that will blow your mind: among thousands of other inventions, COFFEE was invented in the middle east.

Think about that next time you enjoy your Starbucks.

[DGDobrev]

Whoa, some thread...

Woe to KB, for making such relations... And in only 3 words... How about we discuss the civilization series, where you choose such civics/policies, you can play with islamic leaders, you can do anything they did. Does that make you a terrorist? No.

On the other hand, KB with its 3 words based on oriental beliefs makes it a terrorist supporting game. Great logic.

In the end, to each his own. I hadn't had the chance to play much, but I really like what I'm seeing so far. Best of the series all in one package. Me likey!!!

[canakin]

Did you play the play the part where the undead folk crashes a flying ship into the Viking watchtowers OP?