Post by norway on Aug 26, 2010 17:06:47 GMT -5
Nation: Kongeriket Noreg/Norge – Kingdom of Norway
Name: Håkon (Haakon) Jorsal
Gender: Male
Appearance of Age: Early twenties, late teens
Hair Colour: Strawberry blonde
Eye Colour: Ultramarine blue
Height: 175cm (5’9”)
Weight: 64kg (140 pounds)
Appearance:
(if you can’t see the cute elf in green on his left shoulder, then you are one of those non-believers as well. Shame on you.)
Personality:
Håkon is known by others as a man of few words. That is quite true; in public he prefers to keep to himself and observe rather than speak. Public displays make him extremely uncomfortable, and he will ratherhide stand between his fellow Nordics than standing on a pedestal above them. Physical effort is Greek to him, and he prefers to read literature over going outside.
Håkon is not an easy person to get to know. Because of his withdrawn persona, he is very reluctant to open up to people. He views the world through a window, refusing to open it for anyone but Icelandand Denmark. However, he cares much more for Finland, Sweden and Denmark than he will ever admit out loud, and will fiercely deny it if asked.
In private, Håkon is a completely different person. Though noted for having no emotions in his face or voice in public, he adapts a much warmer and relaxed state once in private. He still finds his self proclaimed best friend loud and obnoxious, but is willing to accept more of his presence, knowing well that the Dane is the glue that keeps the Nordics as close as they are.
Håkon holds a firm belief of the old faith, and is constantly surrounded by a fairy or two. (Referred to as elves in Norwegian lore). He is also able to call forth a troll at his whim.
However, he and Arthur are of yet the only who are able to see these supernatural creatures. (Harrdiharr)
Likes:
+ Iceland. His brother is among the very few he shares dreams and hopes with.
+ The ocean. Few know the ocean like he does. England cherishes it as one would an old friend, the Netherlands respects it as one would a patron, but only Norway really knows it.
+ The Harding fiddle. Ever since the 1800-century he has adored the Norwegian variant of the violin, and it is among his most prized possessions.
+ Trolls and elves. Enough said.
+ Solitude. Though very little of it (coughtthankyoudenmarkcough), Håkon prefers to be left in peace either with his brother or a good book.
+ Snow. Nothing can compare to the sight of falling or untouched snow.
+ Winter Olympics/Championships. Because he simply is unbeatable in Cross-country skiing.
+ England. Though he is not as fond of England as he is of Iceland, Håkon finds common ground with Arthur. Tea, their love for the ocean, literature, and namely their shared hatred of those damned non-believers.
+Denmark
Dislikes:
- Nosiness/loudness. Mostly caused by a certain Denmark and/or his obnoxious friends.
- Rudeness + Ignorance. No America, Norway is not the capital of Sweden.
- Heat. Anything above 25 degrees (77 F) is just plain uncomfortable.
- Being told what to do. Håkon is his own lord and master, no one can tell him what to do. Well, except maybe for his boss, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.
- EU. He will snort and scowl if the topic of why Norway isn’t part of the EU appears.
- Hungary. The next he catches a glance from her while he is in the midst of an argument with Denmark, he will strongly consider walking up to her and explain that any sexual tension she is seeing is completely one-sided.
- Football. It’s just the world’s most idiotic game ever.
- People taking his hat. Or making fun of his barrette. Seriously, how hard can it be to just leave them alone?
Fears:
~ Unions. Oh yes, it seemed like a very good idea when the Dane suggested the Scandinavians make a union. Håkon did not expect, however, to be under Danish and Swedish rule for almost five hundred years.
~ Realizing he has never been bothered by Denmark’s presence all along. Please, let us be realistic here... cough.
~ Losing Iceland. Losing his brother would be like losing himself.
~ Denmark leaving him. Paradox much?
Strengths:
+ His magic, trolls and elves. Did someone mention Dovregubben?(No, not the train!)
+ Patience. Thanks to Denmark, Håkon has achieved a very high patience level.
+ Music. Not useful in battle or war, but the best way of relaxing
+ Keeping his emotions in check. Contrary to certain rumours, Håkon does have emotions; he just isn’t ruled by them. He does laugh and does smile, quite regularly even, and any word otherwise is just Germany trying to make himself feel better.
+ Sailing. As aformer Viking, Håkon knows how to sail using the stars and skies for navigation.
+ Linguistic. Having lived such a long time has made Håkon good with languages. The current languages he has mastered are: Norwegian, Icelandic, German, English, Danish and Swedish.
Weaknesses:
- Alcohol. Do not take this the wrong way, he isn’t by any chance an alcoholic, it is just that his tolerance level for alcohol is very low. Sure, a glass of cognac, whiskey or red wine is fine... anything beyond that point, and the result may not be pretty.
- Military Forces. Norway isn’t a very militaristic nation, with 23.000 personnel he is forced to rely on America through NATO if another war breaks out.
- Reclusive. Håvard isn’t a nation that is noted for his random outbursts or obnoxiousness, he leaves that to Denmark. Instead of participating in arguments involving other nations, Håvard is happy to retreat for himself to worry about his own business
- His hair curl. Try pulling it. I dare you.
History:
Yes, skipping the other ages because they are more or less irrelevant. This was the golden age of Scandinavia. Denmark, Norway and Sweden would set out in their longships and sail across the pond to bother England’s peasants. Håkon, who could navigate in any type of weather, was the proclaimed captain of the longboat and would often go out on long trips across the seas. One day, he came to a completely new land he had never seen before. He named the new land Vinland, but only stayed there for a short period. Once he returned home, however, he found to his surprise that his nation had more or less converted. The Æsir and jotun forgotten, only to be replaced by God.
He also found an island, far to the north. A small child waited for him there, and Håkon was quick to take him into his care.
The Black Death hit the shores of Norway in 1349, and greatly weakened Håkon. Losing more than 75% of his population in a year, he suffered greatly and remained weak for almost 150 years. During this time, the daughter of Denmark’s King, Margaret I of Denmark, married Håkon’s King, Haakon VI of Norway, at the age of ten. She succeeded later on by having her son Olav recognized as heir to the throne of Denmark. In 1376 Olav inherited the crown of Denmark, with his mother as guardian. When King Haakon VI died in 1380, Olav also inherited the crown of Norway. The two kingdoms were united in a personal union under a child king, with the king’s mother as his guardian.
Håkon was fine with this. He was still very weak from the plague and didn’t mind Denmark taking charge and making decisions on his behalf.
Before Olav came of age and could take over the government, he died. Margaret made the Danish Council elect her as regent of Denmark, and she also managed to be recognized as regent of Norway the year after. She adopted her sister’s grandson, Bogislav, (a son of Vartislav of Pomerania) and gave him the Nordic name Erik. Now having a son, she managed to convince the Norwegian Council to accept Erik as the heir to the throne of Norway, despite him not being first in the line of succession. Erik was installed as king of Norway in 1389, with Margaret as his guardian.
At this time, Berwald had troubles of his own. His King and the nobility refused to get along. The nobility were quick to elect Margaret as regent in the parts of Sweden that they controlled, and promised her assistance in conquering the rest of the country. After the king was defeated, Margaret’s position in Sweden was secured. The three Nordic countries were united under a common government. Her grandnephew, Erik, already King of Norway since 1389, succeeded the thrones of Denmark and Sweden in 1396.
Håkon, Berwald, Tino and Denmark in one house proved, however, not to go as well as the King thought. Denmark and Berwald were continuously fighting with each other, often about trivial matters. Until, one day, Berwald took Tino with him and left. He found himself a new king, King Gustav of the Vasa, but not before deposing Erik of his kingship in 1438.
In 1536 the Danish Privy Council unilaterally declared Norway to be a Danish province, without consulting their Norwegian colleagues. Officially, Håkon was now married to the Dane. Having regained his strength, he wasn’t very fond of this idea... and he did not like the idea of his brother, Iceland, now belonging to Denmark. Håkon had always given Iceland as much freedom as he wanted, and was now afraid of Denmark putting a collar on his brother.
However, despite his reluctance at being married to the Dane, he thrived under the protection of his friend, and so did his brother. He watched proudly from distance of how much Iceland grew every time he saw him, and how strangely similar they appeared to be. However, Håkon could never recall having a biological brother.
As the years passed, Håkon longed to be a nation of his own, to have a boss of his own, not to mention peace and quiet from the loud Dane! He started to distance himself more and more from the Dane, and emphasise everything Norwegian. He deliberately started speaking less Danish and more Norwegian, writing less Danish and more Norwegian. Even his music was inspired by the tall mountains, the long fjords and his supernatural creatures which Denmark was unable to see.
Then came the Napoleonic Wars. Denmark, being one of the few allied with France throughout the wars, lost. Berwald took the opportunity to make a “trade” with Denmark: Norway for parts of Pomerania and a million riksdaler. Denmark, being on the loser side, didn’t have a matter in the saying.
In theory; Norway had gone from being a possession of the Danish King to a new subordinate role under King Carl XIII of Sweden. In practice, however, a political vacuum had arisen; while Danish authorities no longer exercised power in Norway, a Swedish presence had not yet been established.
Håkon refused to accept the terms of the Kiel Treaty, and instead helped his people to make a constitution in 1814. The Swedish Crown Prince, Karl XIV Johan of Sweden (Charles XIV John/Jean Baptiste Bernadotte), invaded Norway in July the same year, quickly suppressing the opposition.
But instead of destroying the constitution and crushing the Norwegian independence spirit, King Karl XIII of Sweden decided to make Norway almost equal to Sweden.
The union was inevitable, much to Håkons dismay, but at least this time he was allowed to live in his own house for himself. However, he still had to answer to the Swedish King. He longed to see his brother, who remained with Denmark, but Sweden continuously forbade it. A small comfort was his government’s ability to never finding an agreement with the Swedish king.
Then, in 1905, Håkon was fed up with this so called Personal union. Arriving in Stockholm to answer a summon, he chose instead to give the finger to Berwald instead of his loyalty. Berwald didn’t seem very surprised by this, and neither did his king.
This isn’t exactly how it went, but the dissolution of the union is such a long and complicated story >A>
Norway claimed neutrality along with Sweden and Denmark 8th of August 1914. But their neutrality was often put on a test; Norway was in need of supplies from both Germany and Great Britain and wished to trade with both of them. However, they both caused problems for the naval nation. Germany by declaring the waters around Britain war zone, and Britain by forcing all Norwegian ship transport through the mined English channel. 50% of the Norwegian merchant navy were sunk during the war and 1892 died.
Yes, yes, we all know the drill… Norway claimed neutrality during the early stages of the war, and hoped to remain neutral like in WWI. However, after the British tribal-class destroyer HMS Cossack had boarded a German supply-ship in Norwegian waters, Hitler was afraid of Norway turning to the Allies. 9th of April 1940 the Flagship Blücher sailed into the fjord outside of Oslo. However, just as the German ship passed Oscarborg Fortress, a colonel and his men fired and sunk the ship.
This stalled the Germans so that King Haakon VII and his son, Crown Prince Olav V, and the government, managed to escape and eventually flee to England.
Håkon fought bitterly for his freedom, but was brought to his knees after only a month after the invasion begun. After only thirty-five years of independence, Håkon was now under Ludwig’s control. By occupying Norway, Hitler had ensured the protection of Germany’s supply of iron ore from Sweden and had obtained naval and air bases with which to strike at Britain if necessary.
Norway is a very successful nation: ranking number one in HDI, third in GDP, and the Norwegian krone was one of the strongest currencies in the world during the financial crisis. After finding oil in the 70ies, Norway went from being a developing country to a leading nation within decades. These recent decades has been one of the best in Norwegian history, and Norway is beginning to mark itself on the map. Much to Håkon’s dismay. He has always preferred to lay low in peace and quiet instead of the we-are-the-Heroes! attitude of his boss.
Allies:
Norway is most of all allied with his fellow Nordics; Finland, Denmark, Sweden and Iceland. As a non-EU member, he is allied with the rest of Europe through EEA.
Enemies:
He has no formal enemies because of his neutrality, though he has some border disputes with Russia.
Sample Post:
Did you read the rules?
[...]
Aa Hitofude de mieru subarashii sekai,
Kareina geijutsu ya ongaku ga daisuki desu
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Notes:
Since there are no Iceland and Denmark yet, I've only used the name of the nation in this application. Once there are accepted apps of the said countries, I'll edit this :3
Also, I can't see Norway as Nils, I'm sorry T.T. Instead, I have used a name which our royals have used for many generations. Jorsal derives from Sigurd Jorsalfare, who was a Norwegian king in 1011 methinks. Jorsal is norse for Jerusalem xD
Hurr... the history part turned out a few paragraphs too long, but I tried shorten it, I really did! D:
If there's anything I need to change, please let me know :] *nervous*[/size]
Name: Håkon (Haakon) Jorsal
Gender: Male
Appearance of Age: Early twenties, late teens
Hair Colour: Strawberry blonde
Eye Colour: Ultramarine blue
Height: 175cm (5’9”)
Weight: 64kg (140 pounds)
Appearance:
(if you can’t see the cute elf in green on his left shoulder, then you are one of those non-believers as well. Shame on you.)
Personality:
Håkon is known by others as a man of few words. That is quite true; in public he prefers to keep to himself and observe rather than speak. Public displays make him extremely uncomfortable, and he will rather
Håkon is not an easy person to get to know. Because of his withdrawn persona, he is very reluctant to open up to people. He views the world through a window, refusing to open it for anyone but Iceland
In private, Håkon is a completely different person. Though noted for having no emotions in his face or voice in public, he adapts a much warmer and relaxed state once in private. He still finds his self proclaimed best friend loud and obnoxious, but is willing to accept more of his presence, knowing well that the Dane is the glue that keeps the Nordics as close as they are.
Håkon holds a firm belief of the old faith, and is constantly surrounded by a fairy or two. (Referred to as elves in Norwegian lore). He is also able to call forth a troll at his whim.
However, he and Arthur are of yet the only who are able to see these supernatural creatures. (Harrdiharr)
Likes:
+ Iceland. His brother is among the very few he shares dreams and hopes with.
+ The ocean. Few know the ocean like he does. England cherishes it as one would an old friend, the Netherlands respects it as one would a patron, but only Norway really knows it.
+ The Harding fiddle. Ever since the 1800-century he has adored the Norwegian variant of the violin, and it is among his most prized possessions.
+ Trolls and elves. Enough said.
+ Solitude. Though very little of it (coughtthankyoudenmarkcough), Håkon prefers to be left in peace either with his brother or a good book.
+ Snow. Nothing can compare to the sight of falling or untouched snow.
+ Winter Olympics/Championships. Because he simply is unbeatable in Cross-country skiing.
+ England. Though he is not as fond of England as he is of Iceland, Håkon finds common ground with Arthur. Tea, their love for the ocean, literature, and namely their shared hatred of those damned non-believers.
+
Dislikes:
- Nosiness/loudness. Mostly caused by a certain Denmark and/or his obnoxious friends.
- Rudeness + Ignorance. No America, Norway is not the capital of Sweden.
- Heat. Anything above 25 degrees (77 F) is just plain uncomfortable.
- Being told what to do. Håkon is his own lord and master, no one can tell him what to do. Well, except maybe for his boss, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.
- EU. He will snort and scowl if the topic of why Norway isn’t part of the EU appears.
- Hungary. The next he catches a glance from her while he is in the midst of an argument with Denmark, he will strongly consider walking up to her and explain that any sexual tension she is seeing is completely one-sided.
- Football. It’s just the world’s most idiotic game ever.
- People taking his hat. Or making fun of his barrette. Seriously, how hard can it be to just leave them alone?
Fears:
~ Unions. Oh yes, it seemed like a very good idea when the Dane suggested the Scandinavians make a union. Håkon did not expect, however, to be under Danish and Swedish rule for almost five hundred years.
~ Realizing he has never been bothered by Denmark’s presence all along. Please, let us be realistic here... cough.
~ Losing Iceland. Losing his brother would be like losing himself.
~ Denmark leaving him. Paradox much?
Strengths:
+ His magic, trolls and elves. Did someone mention Dovregubben?(No, not the train!)
+ Patience. Thanks to Denmark, Håkon has achieved a very high patience level.
+ Music. Not useful in battle or war, but the best way of relaxing
+ Keeping his emotions in check. Contrary to certain rumours, Håkon does have emotions; he just isn’t ruled by them. He does laugh and does smile, quite regularly even, and any word otherwise is just Germany trying to make himself feel better.
+ Sailing. As a
+ Linguistic. Having lived such a long time has made Håkon good with languages. The current languages he has mastered are: Norwegian, Icelandic, German, English, Danish and Swedish.
Weaknesses:
- Alcohol. Do not take this the wrong way, he isn’t by any chance an alcoholic, it is just that his tolerance level for alcohol is very low. Sure, a glass of cognac, whiskey or red wine is fine... anything beyond that point, and the result may not be pretty.
- Military Forces. Norway isn’t a very militaristic nation, with 23.000 personnel he is forced to rely on America through NATO if another war breaks out.
- Reclusive. Håvard isn’t a nation that is noted for his random outbursts or obnoxiousness, he leaves that to Denmark. Instead of participating in arguments involving other nations, Håvard is happy to retreat for himself to worry about his own business
- His hair curl. Try pulling it. I dare you.
History:
[Viking tiden//Viking Age]
Yes, skipping the other ages because they are more or less irrelevant. This was the golden age of Scandinavia. Denmark, Norway and Sweden would set out in their longships and sail across the pond to bother England’s peasants. Håkon, who could navigate in any type of weather, was the proclaimed captain of the longboat and would often go out on long trips across the seas. One day, he came to a completely new land he had never seen before. He named the new land Vinland, but only stayed there for a short period. Once he returned home, however, he found to his surprise that his nation had more or less converted. The Æsir and jotun forgotten, only to be replaced by God.
He also found an island, far to the north. A small child waited for him there, and Håkon was quick to take him into his care.
[Kalmarunionen//Kalmar Union]
The Black Death hit the shores of Norway in 1349, and greatly weakened Håkon. Losing more than 75% of his population in a year, he suffered greatly and remained weak for almost 150 years. During this time, the daughter of Denmark’s King, Margaret I of Denmark, married Håkon’s King, Haakon VI of Norway, at the age of ten. She succeeded later on by having her son Olav recognized as heir to the throne of Denmark. In 1376 Olav inherited the crown of Denmark, with his mother as guardian. When King Haakon VI died in 1380, Olav also inherited the crown of Norway. The two kingdoms were united in a personal union under a child king, with the king’s mother as his guardian.
Håkon was fine with this. He was still very weak from the plague and didn’t mind Denmark taking charge and making decisions on his behalf.
Before Olav came of age and could take over the government, he died. Margaret made the Danish Council elect her as regent of Denmark, and she also managed to be recognized as regent of Norway the year after. She adopted her sister’s grandson, Bogislav, (a son of Vartislav of Pomerania) and gave him the Nordic name Erik. Now having a son, she managed to convince the Norwegian Council to accept Erik as the heir to the throne of Norway, despite him not being first in the line of succession. Erik was installed as king of Norway in 1389, with Margaret as his guardian.
At this time, Berwald had troubles of his own. His King and the nobility refused to get along. The nobility were quick to elect Margaret as regent in the parts of Sweden that they controlled, and promised her assistance in conquering the rest of the country. After the king was defeated, Margaret’s position in Sweden was secured. The three Nordic countries were united under a common government. Her grandnephew, Erik, already King of Norway since 1389, succeeded the thrones of Denmark and Sweden in 1396.
Håkon, Berwald, Tino and Denmark in one house proved, however, not to go as well as the King thought. Denmark and Berwald were continuously fighting with each other, often about trivial matters. Until, one day, Berwald took Tino with him and left. He found himself a new king, King Gustav of the Vasa, but not before deposing Erik of his kingship in 1438.
In 1536 the Danish Privy Council unilaterally declared Norway to be a Danish province, without consulting their Norwegian colleagues. Officially, Håkon was now married to the Dane. Having regained his strength, he wasn’t very fond of this idea... and he did not like the idea of his brother, Iceland, now belonging to Denmark. Håkon had always given Iceland as much freedom as he wanted, and was now afraid of Denmark putting a collar on his brother.
However, despite his reluctance at being married to the Dane, he thrived under the protection of his friend, and so did his brother. He watched proudly from distance of how much Iceland grew every time he saw him, and how strangely similar they appeared to be. However, Håkon could never recall having a biological brother.
[Kieltraktaten//Treaty of Kiel]
As the years passed, Håkon longed to be a nation of his own, to have a boss of his own, not to mention peace and quiet from the loud Dane! He started to distance himself more and more from the Dane, and emphasise everything Norwegian. He deliberately started speaking less Danish and more Norwegian, writing less Danish and more Norwegian. Even his music was inspired by the tall mountains, the long fjords and his supernatural creatures which Denmark was unable to see.
Then came the Napoleonic Wars. Denmark, being one of the few allied with France throughout the wars, lost. Berwald took the opportunity to make a “trade” with Denmark: Norway for parts of Pomerania and a million riksdaler. Denmark, being on the loser side, didn’t have a matter in the saying.
In theory; Norway had gone from being a possession of the Danish King to a new subordinate role under King Carl XIII of Sweden. In practice, however, a political vacuum had arisen; while Danish authorities no longer exercised power in Norway, a Swedish presence had not yet been established.
Håkon refused to accept the terms of the Kiel Treaty, and instead helped his people to make a constitution in 1814. The Swedish Crown Prince, Karl XIV Johan of Sweden (Charles XIV John/Jean Baptiste Bernadotte), invaded Norway in July the same year, quickly suppressing the opposition.
But instead of destroying the constitution and crushing the Norwegian independence spirit, King Karl XIII of Sweden decided to make Norway almost equal to Sweden.
The union was inevitable, much to Håkons dismay, but at least this time he was allowed to live in his own house for himself. However, he still had to answer to the Swedish King. He longed to see his brother, who remained with Denmark, but Sweden continuously forbade it. A small comfort was his government’s ability to never finding an agreement with the Swedish king.
Then, in 1905, Håkon was fed up with this so called Personal union. Arriving in Stockholm to answer a summon, he chose instead to give the finger to Berwald instead of his loyalty. Berwald didn’t seem very surprised by this, and neither did his king.
[Første verdenskrig//World War I]
Norway claimed neutrality along with Sweden and Denmark 8th of August 1914. But their neutrality was often put on a test; Norway was in need of supplies from both Germany and Great Britain and wished to trade with both of them. However, they both caused problems for the naval nation. Germany by declaring the waters around Britain war zone, and Britain by forcing all Norwegian ship transport through the mined English channel. 50% of the Norwegian merchant navy were sunk during the war and 1892 died.
[Andre verdenskrig//World War II]
This stalled the Germans so that King Haakon VII and his son, Crown Prince Olav V, and the government, managed to escape and eventually flee to England.
Håkon fought bitterly for his freedom, but was brought to his knees after only a month after the invasion begun. After only thirty-five years of independence, Håkon was now under Ludwig’s control. By occupying Norway, Hitler had ensured the protection of Germany’s supply of iron ore from Sweden and had obtained naval and air bases with which to strike at Britain if necessary.
Norway is a very successful nation: ranking number one in HDI, third in GDP, and the Norwegian krone was one of the strongest currencies in the world during the financial crisis. After finding oil in the 70ies, Norway went from being a developing country to a leading nation within decades. These recent decades has been one of the best in Norwegian history, and Norway is beginning to mark itself on the map. Much to Håkon’s dismay. He has always preferred to lay low in peace and quiet instead of the we-are-the-Heroes! attitude of his boss.
Allies:
Norway is most of all allied with his fellow Nordics; Finland, Denmark, Sweden and Iceland. As a non-EU member, he is allied with the rest of Europe through EEA.
Enemies:
He has no formal enemies because of his neutrality, though he has some border disputes with Russia.
Sample Post:
Denmark was the living example of give someone a rope and they will hang themselves. At times, Håkon even wondered if his self proclaimed best friend would be alive if he hadn’t been around. An example could be the time in 2005 when Håkon had closed his eyes for a little while, and what had the Dane done? Why, he had decided to exercise his drawing ability... by drawing the most forbidden of it all. Muhammad. Or, what about all those times he talked to ethnic minorities? You’d think Denmark had learned to keep his mouth shut, but somehow he had lost the ability to think first
Håkon sat down in his sofa, sighing as he rubbed his tired eyes. He needed Iceland; Iceland always knew how to make him feel better. But unfortunately, his brother wasn’t here. He hadn’t been here in quite a long time. Slowly removing his dark brown gloves, he shifted slightly to rest his back against the fluffy pillow. Tilting his head, he let his hat fall off his head and land in the sofa next to him. He knew Iceland would be too busy nowadays to invite him over. His brother was discussing EU-membership. Just the very thought of it made him shudder. Unions would never go well... and Håkon wished his lillebror would listen to him.
Håkon knew the idea of join EU seemed logic and a good idea now, but the result would be four hundred and twenty-seven years of suppression, and then ninety-one years being “semi-independent”. Wait... what?
No, maybe this would do his brother good. Experimenting, to find out just how bad unions are for himself. It was a harsh lesson, Håkon knew, but he had read a book about letting children learning through experiments and failures. Not that Iceland was his child mind you, but he was a fairly young man who hadn’t had the opportunity to make decisions for himself. Håkon or Denmark had always been around to make a decision for him.
And now, Iceland was going to experience the tough world for himself. Closing his eyes, Håkon was sure that sooner or later, his brother would come knocking on his door, begging to help him out of the union.
Håkon sat down in his sofa, sighing as he rubbed his tired eyes. He needed Iceland; Iceland always knew how to make him feel better. But unfortunately, his brother wasn’t here. He hadn’t been here in quite a long time. Slowly removing his dark brown gloves, he shifted slightly to rest his back against the fluffy pillow. Tilting his head, he let his hat fall off his head and land in the sofa next to him. He knew Iceland would be too busy nowadays to invite him over. His brother was discussing EU-membership. Just the very thought of it made him shudder. Unions would never go well... and Håkon wished his lillebror would listen to him.
Håkon knew the idea of join EU seemed logic and a good idea now, but the result would be four hundred and twenty-seven years of suppression, and then ninety-one years being “semi-independent”. Wait... what?
No, maybe this would do his brother good. Experimenting, to find out just how bad unions are for himself. It was a harsh lesson, Håkon knew, but he had read a book about letting children learning through experiments and failures. Not that Iceland was his child mind you, but he was a fairly young man who hadn’t had the opportunity to make decisions for himself. Håkon or Denmark had always been around to make a decision for him.
And now, Iceland was going to experience the tough world for himself. Closing his eyes, Håkon was sure that sooner or later, his brother would come knocking on his door, begging to help him out of the union.
Did you read the rules?
[...]
Aa Hitofude de mieru subarashii sekai,
Kareina geijutsu ya ongaku ga daisuki desu
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Notes:
Since there are no Iceland and Denmark yet, I've only used the name of the nation in this application. Once there are accepted apps of the said countries, I'll edit this :3
Also, I can't see Norway as Nils, I'm sorry T.T. Instead, I have used a name which our royals have used for many generations. Jorsal derives from Sigurd Jorsalfare, who was a Norwegian king in 1011 methinks. Jorsal is norse for Jerusalem xD
Hurr... the history part turned out a few paragraphs too long, but I tried shorten it, I really did! D:
If there's anything I need to change, please let me know :] *nervous*[/size]
