Ruduruda, or Ruttu the Red, was the most famous warlord and tyrant in Scandinavian history, and given their history of tyrants, from Ragnar Lodbrok to Harald Hadrada and everyone in between, that's quite an impressive feat. Before him, Scandinavia belonged to the Nords, and after it belonged to the Sami.
The early years of the life of Ruttu are lost to history, only left to legend. The most popular legend is that he came from the tribe of Silktavas, and during a tournament-gathering of many local tribes (similar to the Greek Olympics) during which Ruttu of the Silktavas was the worst preforming, almost dying several times. Out of embarrassment, the Chief of the Silktavas and brother to Ruttu banished him. Ruttu fled in a heralding journey across the mountains to the tribe of the Verotika, where they accepted and befriended him. At this point, Ruttu trains in the art of fighting, battle, and war. Five years later, Ruttu ended up becoming the leader of the tribe of the Verotika, and decided to get revenge on his brother and claim the tribe of the Silktavas. Upon crossing the mountains and reaching the Silktavas, instead of having a fair dual with his brother, he rather just had him murdered by an arrow barrage. He demanded that the rest of the Silktavas concede to him or parish. Logically, they bowed before Ruttu and had him become chief.
From there, it's no longer legend and but known history. By 1071, he had united the Southern North-western Sami, and in that same year he invaded Sweden, culminating in the Battle of the Blizzard or Christmas Battle in 1073. The two armies of Sweden and Sapmi met north of Uppsala, but because of am incoming blizzard, the battle was delayed... Or at least that's what the Swedes thought. Ruttu, decided to march through the blizzard with his Reindeer Calvary (Screw Bear Calvary, Reindeer Calvary is the best Calvary), dealing a deadly wound to the Swedish army and letting him capture Uppsala, which he then declared his capital. It was after this that the Nords started calling Ruttu as Ruduruda, Rudu being the Swedish form of Ruttu (which itself comes from a Nordic name) and Ruda being Swedish for Red.
But this wouldn't be Ruduruda's last campaign. Starting 1079, he invaded Norway under the rule of Olaf III. The two nations battled for six years, battling over influence of the Scandinavia peninsula. But again, it was a clever but dishonorable tactic that led to his victory, this time more so than any before. This time, Ruduruda sent a soldier to surrender to Olaf, just for the soldier to draw a knife and stab Olaf. He would die three days later, and Norway was suddenly on the brink of civil war. It was at this time Ruduruda was able to convince Norway to give up Trondheim among other lands.
Finally in 1093 the Emperor Ruduruda, the terror from Borealis, passed away. But the legacy of Ruduruda will go on forever.
map can be seen here
The early years of the life of Ruttu are lost to history, only left to legend. The most popular legend is that he came from the tribe of Silktavas, and during a tournament-gathering of many local tribes (similar to the Greek Olympics) during which Ruttu of the Silktavas was the worst preforming, almost dying several times. Out of embarrassment, the Chief of the Silktavas and brother to Ruttu banished him. Ruttu fled in a heralding journey across the mountains to the tribe of the Verotika, where they accepted and befriended him. At this point, Ruttu trains in the art of fighting, battle, and war. Five years later, Ruttu ended up becoming the leader of the tribe of the Verotika, and decided to get revenge on his brother and claim the tribe of the Silktavas. Upon crossing the mountains and reaching the Silktavas, instead of having a fair dual with his brother, he rather just had him murdered by an arrow barrage. He demanded that the rest of the Silktavas concede to him or parish. Logically, they bowed before Ruttu and had him become chief.
From there, it's no longer legend and but known history. By 1071, he had united the Southern North-western Sami, and in that same year he invaded Sweden, culminating in the Battle of the Blizzard or Christmas Battle in 1073. The two armies of Sweden and Sapmi met north of Uppsala, but because of am incoming blizzard, the battle was delayed... Or at least that's what the Swedes thought. Ruttu, decided to march through the blizzard with his Reindeer Calvary (Screw Bear Calvary, Reindeer Calvary is the best Calvary), dealing a deadly wound to the Swedish army and letting him capture Uppsala, which he then declared his capital. It was after this that the Nords started calling Ruttu as Ruduruda, Rudu being the Swedish form of Ruttu (which itself comes from a Nordic name) and Ruda being Swedish for Red.
But this wouldn't be Ruduruda's last campaign. Starting 1079, he invaded Norway under the rule of Olaf III. The two nations battled for six years, battling over influence of the Scandinavia peninsula. But again, it was a clever but dishonorable tactic that led to his victory, this time more so than any before. This time, Ruduruda sent a soldier to surrender to Olaf, just for the soldier to draw a knife and stab Olaf. He would die three days later, and Norway was suddenly on the brink of civil war. It was at this time Ruduruda was able to convince Norway to give up Trondheim among other lands.
Finally in 1093 the Emperor Ruduruda, the terror from Borealis, passed away. But the legacy of Ruduruda will go on forever.
map can be seen here
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