u/David_Bolarius

I've recently gotten AoM Retold and am re-learning the game by playing through the FoTT campaign and seeing what is different. I've finally gotten to the Norse (my favorite civ) and the changes are...a lot.

I get the balance of how Gatherers now build ox carts and houses, it's honestly a good change from the original. What I understand less are the Hirdman and Godi.

Are Ulfsarks/Berserks still the "default" infantry unit for the Norse, or is that role now done by the Hirdman? Or, are Hirdmen meant specifically as an anti-cavalry unit? Do Berserks still have an anti-cav multiplier? From a design perspective, why were Hirdmen added, and the name changed from Ulfsark to Berserk?

As for Godi, I get that in terms of stats and cost they are basically identical to Hersir, albeit with a ranged attack instead of a melee one. In general, which is used more often in matches? In PvE?

Mine is that the kindly man is ethnically Dothraki. As seen in the Dany chapters, the “night lands” or “nightlands” is the term for the Dothraki afterlife, is only ever used in a Dothraki context, and is associated with stars. Except in Arya II AFFC, where the kindly man refers to the afterlife as the “nightlands” and associates it with stars. Therefore, the kindly man was likely Dothraki before joining the House of Black and White.

Mine is that the kindly man is ethnically Dothraki. As seen in the Dany chapters, the “night lands” or “nightlands” is the term for the Dothraki afterlife, is only ever used in a Dothraki context, and is associated with stars. Except in Arya II AFFC, where the kindly man refers to the afterlife as the “nightlands” and associates it with stars. Therefore, the kindly man was likely Dothraki before joining the House of Black and White.