Due to the geocities closing the site is in the process of being moved. New address is New Heart of Torvaldsland.
All links including the Bondsmaid Library will be in place ASAP...thank you for your patience.
All links including the Bondsmaid Library will be in place ASAP...thank you for your patience.
The people, the culture and life in Northern Gor or Torvaldsland is brought to life in John Normans 9th book, Marauders of Gor.Torvaldsland is based on the Vikings and Norsemen of Earth's history, circa 700 to 1100 A.D.
Torvaldsland is not a specific city or town but is instead generally considered to be the area that begins where the northern forests ends and sweeps northward to Axe Glacier and the Polar Plain.. On a map of Gor its borders are marked by the skerry of Einar in the south and the frozen wastelands claimed by the Red Hunters..The skerry of Einar is a large thin rune-stone that seemingly reaches for the sky. Of course the men of Torvaldsland view such things as boundaries differently then any map or general consensus may dictate. To them the boundaries of Torvaldsland are marked not by rune-stones or maps but by their ships, to them these lands encompass Torvalsland and mark its boundaries ships have been known to journey as far south as Schendi and Bazi and as far west as Tyros and Cos.
Torvaldsland itself is a harsh and rocky land with many cliffs, inlets and mountains. Its geography resembles the Scandanavian countries of Earth. Arable soil is rare, found in thin patches and extremely valuable so farms are small with sa-tarna being the main crop. Tospits, peas, beans, cabbage, onions, suls, fruit trees, and radishes generally make up the rest of the crops. Due to the short growing season in Torvaldsland famine is not uncommon in some areas and during these hard times people may turn to bark, lichens and seaweed to sustain them til the next harvest.Torvaldslanders also raise certain animals such as milk bosk, verr and tarsks. During the summer, the bosk are herded into the mountains to graze til the winter. Bees are also kept to produce honey, both for food and for mead, a favourite drink of the men of the North.
There are no Homestones in Torvaldsland; as in the south; the mountain known as Torvaldsberg is instead considered to be the Homestone of all of Torvaldsland. The legends of Torvaldsland speak of a great Warrior named Torvald who slumbers within the mountain until he is needed by the people of Torvaldsland once more..Torvald is the founder and first Jarl, or ruler, of the land known as Torvaldsland.. He was a great warrior and sailor; his ship was known as the Black Shark; and it is said that the God Thor bestowed upon him a special gift in exchange for a gold ring. That gift was the stream of Torvaldsland. The Stream is actually a current in the Thassa that moves eastward to the coast and then northward and without its warmth Torvaldsland would be similar to the frozen wastelands that the Red Hunters claim.
