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The bounty of the frozen sea
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Stockholm Adventurer's Guild
We've received a request to find Vinland from that Scholar. Following the tales from the captain of a ship that got blown off course in a storm, they say that Ericson successfully sailed from World's End to Vinland. Still, the sea in that area is frozen. It will be perilous journey and a very difficult quest.
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part 1.
Vikings 
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Country of the Vikings 
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Rollo's Helmet
The Great Seafarers 
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Saga of Erik the Red
Road to Vinland 
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Iceland
Looking for World's End 
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Greenland
Clues to the Land of Fables 
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Saga of the Greenlanders
The bounty of the frozen sea 
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Labrador Peninsula
The Future of the Land of Grapes 
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Terra Nova continued part 2.
A Dream to End the Nightmare 
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L'Anse aux Meadows
Reason to Stay, Unrequited Dreams 
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Silver Helmet
The Lives of the Vikings 
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Ancient Spool of Thread
Forge Remains 
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Viking Steel Spike
Poems that Don't Mesh 
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Silver Armour
Battlefield of the Vikings 
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Shining Golden Bow
The Poem of Vinland 
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Mjolnir 
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Stockholm Tavern - speak with Seafarer 5x
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London Archives - speak with Scholar 4x
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Newfoundland Waters - use
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Recognition at 13305,2128


1. Like a Whole Different Place
According to the saga, he sails from the Land of Ice and discover the World's End, the Stoneslab Land, the Woods Land, and the Land of Vines. Yet things seem so different from what is described. It's like it is written about somewhere totally different. I can see why so many believe the stories to be mere fantasy.

2. Frozen, Greenless Land
Well, World's End was billed as an Island of Green, but in truth there really isn't a lot of green. It is a frigid, uninviting land, difficult to live in. Eric's son goes west and finds the Stonelab Land, but as the story goes, finds his way blocked by ice floes and icebergs. It was a place where even experienced sailors feared for their lives.

3. Without a Trace
So Erikson headed south from the Stonelab Land and found the Woods Land. Further south, he found a land he called Vinland, Land of Vines. But grapes only grow much further south. And there is no trace of a Viking settlement or signs of trade with locals. For all intents, their trail ends at World's End.

4. A Fable?
So the storyteller claims that the saga is just a fairytale for a downtrodden people wanting to escape into the past. I guess you could look at it that way. But he might look at it differently if you could actually prove the existence of Vinland. How ever difficult that might be.

5. Few Believable Facts
Like I was telling you, the saga differs in many ways from the truth. The only thing that can really be trusted is that going west from World's End takes you to the Stoneslab Land. South of there is the Woods Land, and further south is Vinland. What it said about weather or climate can't be trusted. If only there was someone who knows about the climate of the past.

6. Friends to Rely On
So you are the one searching for Vinland. I am a friend of the Folklorist who made that request and I have listened to his tales with great interest. It would be my pleasure to aid you if I can. Hmm... I see. You seek the trail of the Vikings after they left the World's End...

7. Then and Now
I believe that Greenland back then was most likely literally a land of greenery. Not the frigid wasteland it is now, but a land with bountiful growth. I base that on the changes in the climate and the fact that records say they traded in produce that can't be grown in England today.

8. A Different Vinland
I won't go so far as to say the entire island was green. But considering that he used the greenery to lure people to settle there, it had to be different then, a truly green land. So, it follows that the Stoneslab Land and the Woods Land would be different from how the saga describes them. So I'm sure that Vinland will be different, as well.

9. Good Luck
Come to think of it, Leif Ericson earned the name Leif the Lucky because he found a fruitful land, saved some shipwrecked people, and then returned successfully to his family. He was the first one to arrive at Vinland.
So the rest depends on you, your skill as an explorer and your intuition. I wish you luck.

10. Making Fortune your Friend
It is possible that the landmarks that they talk about in the saga look differently today. If so, then it is likely that the Stoneslab land has been covered in ice and is no longer accessible. But perhaps the Woods land can still be seen. So let's search southwest of Greenland to see if we can find it.
Discovery Reward :
1130 Adventure exp
Card Reward :
Labrador Peninsula 565 Adventure exp
Quest Reporting Reward :
Quest Mediation Permit, 350 Adventure exp , 145 Adventure fame
- Discovery
Labrador Peninsula ★★★★★★ (Geography) Exp:1130 Fame:433
A peninsula on the north of the new continent. An area with extreme climate, where it is said that even in the southern regions, the ocean is frozen over for long periods of time. It is believed to be the place referred to in Viking legends as Markland.