On Astrja path I had Astrja maxed out, Astrid on 0, Mathilda probably around 4. And Sonja was 1. I still did all the 'Date' stuff and flirting and telling her how hot she was, so there might be a chance. It seemed a bit over the top for just integrating her into WW. If there is a chance for throuple, IMO, it will be Astrja & Sonja they both have a lot of respect and admiration for each other.
I hope so, I have my fingers crossed we might come to an arrangement where Astrja feels bad for her friend losing first her husband... then her clan, and decides she's ok with sharing the MC with her.
I think Astrja might be fine with sharing MC as long as she's the official wife.
Draug Slayer!!! 
He killed Ragnar because he was the leader of bb clan. He knew Sonja was capable of leading the bb clan to a war but not capable to lead them. So he assassinated Ragnar and framed a trade competitor of his. Two birds with one stone. After Ragnar, he could influence bb clan even make them to join his clan in long term by influencing new leader. That's why he heavily invested in warriors and send Astrja to show he got revenge of Ragnar, therefore respect of bb clan. Also by eliminating trade competitor he was going to be rich enough to unite all the clans and move towards bigger goals. Ragnar was good warrior but poor leader, he was an unruly oaf who cannot be controlled or tamed, so getting rid of him was crucial.
It also showed how durable her asshole is. Sonja yoinked that shit out with zero blood. Candrid is built different.
He killed Ragnar because he was the leader of bb clan. He knew Sonja was capable of leading the bb clan to a war but not capable to lead them. So he assassinated Ragnar and framed a trade competitor of his. Two birds with one stone. After Ragnar, he could influence bb clan even make them to join his clan in long term by influencing new leader. That's why he heavily invested in warriors and send Astrja to show he got revenge of Ragnar, therefore respect of bb clan. Also by eliminating trade competitor he was going to be rich enough to unite all the clans and move towards bigger goals. Ragnar was good warrior but poor leader, he was an unruly oaf who cannot be controlled or tamed, so getting rid of him was crucial.
Candrid's chalice scene was important at this front. It was funny but gave an important information. Everyone was seeing Candrid as greedy, yet stupid one. So, I think Torstein saw her perfect candidate. She had no loyalty to Ragnar, stupid enough to betray him and greedy enough to be sway by wealth which he had plenty. But Candrid was none of them and played him.
Candrid is playing the long game. If you think about it Torstein, Nox and Candrid have the same goalm uniting all the clans under their leadership. She knew it was near impossible to overthrow Nox so she took her people. Brought outcast to her side. Now, if she can make Mathilda the new leader of the ww clan, she practically manage to unite all the clans.
Probably Draugs are can be controlled by magic. If I had to guess, Candrid figured it out how. Also, another guess of mine, like the Sandstorm evil gods are helping her. After the last update, maybe Astrja's step-father helping her.
Yeah but killing Ragnar doesnt really did anything for Thorstein when we consider the next people in command at the bb's (not counting Sonja) who are just worse versions of Ragnar and probably even less valid to reason with. Ragnar's second in command was the worst guy in the whole avn imo.He killed Ragnar because he was the leader of bb clan. He knew Sonja was capable of leading the bb clan to a war but not capable to lead them. So he assassinated Ragnar and framed a trade competitor of his. Two birds with one stone. After Ragnar, he could influence bb clan even make them to join his clan in long term by influencing new leader. That's why he heavily invested in warriors and send Astrja to show he got revenge of Ragnar, therefore respect of bb clan. Also by eliminating trade competitor he was going to be rich enough to unite all the clans and move towards bigger goals. Ragnar was good warrior but poor leader, he was an unruly oaf who cannot be controlled or tamed, so getting rid of him was crucial.
Candrid's chalice scene was important at this front. It was funny but gave an important information. Everyone was seeing Candrid as greedy, yet stupid one. So, I think Torstein saw her perfect candidate. She had no loyalty to Ragnar, stupid enough to betray him and greedy enough to be sway by wealth which he had plenty. But Candrid was none of them and played him.
Candrid is playing the long game. If you think about it Torstein, Nox and Candrid have the same goal uniting all the clans under their leadership. She knew it was near impossible to overthrow Nox so she took her people. Brought outcast to her side. Now, if she can make Mathilda the new leader of the ww clan, she practically manage to unite all the clans.
Probably Draugs can be controlled by magic. If I had to guess, Candrid figured it out how. Also, another guess of mine, like the Sandstorm evil gods are helping her. After the last update, maybe Astrja's step-father helping her.
worse fighters and more brutal/barbaric and probably less standing in the viking world
I was hoping much more elaborated story but we'll see what dev gonna do. Like you said Snowstorm has such a good story I wanna see much more of it. Though, branching must be terrible for the dev. All 3 clans, 9 LIs. Also should consider Sandstorm LI, though not much influence to the story yet. I am guessing we'll only see Rion at the end. So it's a very hard think to handle.
It was a joke about the god Njord. Astrja's mother Skadi's wife.
We don't know what he was planning after Ragnar but we have seen how easy for Candrid to trick them to choose someone Candrid approve. He may have a better candidate or another plan for them. Ragnar's death was his first move in his scheme.
Ragnar would not need much conviction true but what would be their casus belli? If he was seen as a guy who kills his competitors he would lose trust and maybe even more. It should be big, so they can do the raid. Ragnar was not a puppet, he was all about bb pride. Torstein may outsmart him, trick him but he could not be under his influence entirely.
Yeah looks like im slow today, could have inferred that. And could actually be true, we saw Candrid starring at the ocean a lot in the beginning of the story.
I mean yes but it was only easy for candrid because she was a) fooling and manipulating everyone the whole time and b) part of the clan herself. But yeah it could be possible that Thorsten prepared Ivar for example i guess? I just kinda think that Ragnar was the perfect puppet already for Thorsten's goal (yet not for candrid's) which still kinda confuses me.
Yeah him allying with the outcasts seems to be out of the picture, he is a shitty guy but his love for his daugthers is real im pretty sure, at least for Astrja.
Never thought about that way, maybe yeah.
They mentioned very early in the game, they were left alone by others as long as they don't cross the line. So instead of official casus belli, when they asked about why did they attack. They can say they killed one of the clan leader and show the weapons if need be. Since Candrid slaughtered entire opposing side, they have nothing to disprove. In this way, target being Ragnar makes even more sense. If target was low level, not a clan leader then it would not have any weight.
Could be Ivar, yes. We still don't know how he got the weapons and other stuff.It's easy to assume related to Candrid but as we know Torstein gave weapons and stuff to raiders. Since Ivar was not a warrior makes no sense he gave to him unless he has some ulterior motive. Though, like I said it may not be even about choosing a puppet leader. He may wanted to integrate entire clan to his by using his wealth. Remember how surprised Sonja when she saw MC's mere inn room. Iirc, not all the bb members were happy about living in such shitty conditions. He may very well, gave a speech about how he was able to take revenge of Ragnar. Ragnar's real cause of death was not the enemy but the division between clans. He is happy to share ww wealth etc. Remember Torstein's real ability is convincing people. With that speech, he can touch to Dark Ravens too. Make Nox the evil one who withheld the wealth from Dark Ravens while she is staying in a tower. Promise of more wealth through trade, promise of more power through fights under his leadership. These stuff could have easily sway everyone under his banner.
Tbh, I think Mathilda gonna be the new leader by Candrid's schemes regardless of MC's choices. Astrja, Astrid and others who loyal to them, along with MC in some paths, withdraw somewhere else. Maybe to Nox's new village, or the abandoned village, or Astrja's mother's place(unlikely) or somewhere else but Mathilda will be the next leader. Whole town under Candrid's rule supported by evil, Astrja and others supported by good fight as a final stand. At the end, whoever MC supports gonna win. If MC stays with Candrid, no chance to meet with Rion. If MC fights against Candrid, after the fight they offer MC to stay or send him back to Rion. Both Katja and Mathilda paths merging into Candrid path kinda indicates this. Probably Katja and Mathilda will have to share MC with Candrid, but for them having their own endings they will probably have a chance to betray Candrid with a twist.
Yeah but she should have known that it was unlikely considering Sonja was a former thrall and female considering the traditions of the bb's. Even Sonja was kinda aware that she lacks support.
If it wansn't by Candrid's machinations, Sonja would ahve won the tournament.
At a later point, when the mc is starring at the ocean, she approaches him asking him what hes doing and that's nothing out there which striked me as odd as she was doing it herself earlier. But who knows.Never thought about that way, maybe yeah.
Thats the weakest casus belli ever and no prove at all but yeah thats probably it.
I mean, yeah maybe his plan was simply to sway everyone to capitalism, still hard to imagine how the bb's intergrate in the ww society.
Hmm yeah thats very possible, Astrja unfortunaly kinda really fucked up leaving to visit her mother when she was supposed to rule, its still hard to imagine how the majority of the ww's would want Mathilda out of all people as their leader just because she yelled at them to get some stuff done after the raid
but thats probably were the story is going towards.We dont know that, its very possible that the other would ganged up on her anyway. Finding allies is a part of the tournament as its an important part of leadership which she failed to accomplish.
