*blocks your path*

*blocks your path*

>"I have come to trade."

BATTLE BROTHERS

*unsheathes katana*

*revs up engine"

...

*shows up at your house*

>"user, may we seek hospitality at your house tonight?"

*re-draws path*

[burns your village]
>W-Why are the V-Vikings so shit at war? ;(

*clubs you on horseback*

>be anglo-saxon thegn in 11th century england
>spend my days blocking people's paths (peasants, slaves, etc.)
>always trying to impress the earl's daughter, but she never talks to me
>one day the earl comes by and says the fucking norwegians are invading us again
>fuck yeah, I'll go kill me some vikings
>things do not go well in the first battle
>we kill king harald on stamford bridge
>we lost a lot of our veteran huscarls, but fuck it we won!
>the earl immediately commands the army to march back to wessex
>he seemed pretty upset
>oh well, I bet the earl's daughter will be impressed by all my new loot
>march south way faster than normal
>my feet hurt
>finally get to wessex
>see the path I normally block
>there's a bunch of god damned normans on horses on the path
>led by william "son of a grave-digger's daughter" the bastard
>he's blocking MY path
>he hits me with his club
>wake up some time later with a headache
>apparently we lost
>ask some peasants what happened
>they laughed and said the earl's daughter saw me get embarrassed by that norman asshole
>and that the norman asshole is the new king
>he blocks my path every day now

>tfw

How do you turn that on?

>tfw he sold the earl's daughter to byzantine girl-traders
>tfw he laughs at me about it every time he blocks my path

*blocks your path*

Please move

*Grabs spear*
"Heh, Britain is for the Brittonic kid. We ain't letting you anglos take what's ours"

feels bad man

normans were bullies
never forget

*conquers your path and converts it to islam*

>that's a nice culture you got there, kid
>it would be a shame if rome happened to.. "civilize" it

what's the name of the artist behind these drawings? i've seen them so many times

welp, here we go again. *lifts tunic*

the op pic was drawn by angus mcbride
these are illustrations from the osprey book series (men at arms, elite)
pic related is from "the anglo-saxon wars"

spess mehreens, todeh teh enemeh is at our doah

thanks a lot man, i was searching for his name for a long time, love his art. may he rest in peace.