Jorvik Island (Midnight)
- "Jorvik Island" redirects here. For other uses, see Jorvik Island (disambiguation).
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Jorvik Island is a large island located in the Ruby Archipelago. There are three known routes from the island: Eta Island, Islay of Luthien, and an inter-archipelago route to Turtle Island in the Diamond Archipelago. There is also an extinct training route circling the island.
Jorvik is also home to Piggy Ariadne, a pig.
Natural Resources
This island spawns cowslip, stone, and wood. These resources can be bid on at the market.
Buildings
While there has historically not been a naming scheme for Jorvik buildings, under Brontes, names involving Norse mythology were encouraged. It is not known if this will continue.
- Apothecary
- Huetopia (bazaar)
- Dyefrost (upgraded)
- To Dye Thor (upgraded)
- Bank
- Alas, Poor Jorvik (upgraded)
- Commodities market
- Merchant of Vanir (upgraded)
- Distillery
- Brewburg (bazaar)
- Canterbury Ales
- Rum and Stumble (upgraded)
- Thor's Hammered (upgraded)
- Thy Swill Be Done (upgraded)
- Estate agent
- Mortar Most Foul (upgraded)
- Furnisher
- Chippendale (bazaar)
- Affjordable Furnishing (upgraded)
- Dove Tale Joint (upgraded)
- House
- Bleak House (right-facing shack)
- Gormenghast (right-facing estate)
- The Name of the Rows (right-facing row house)
- Valhalla (building) (left-facing mansion)
- Wyewurk (right-facing bungalow)
- Iron monger
- Anvillage (bazaar)
- Dramatic Irony (upgraded)
- The Garmory (upgraded)
- Grendel's Arms (upgraded)
- Max Damage Inflictors (upgraded)
- The Metalmorphoses (upgraded)
- Shipyard
- Sloopshire (bazaar)
- Helms Cheap (upgraded)
- Helsingkor (upgraded)
- Revenge of the Ship
- Ship For Brains (upgraded)
- Ye Sunk My Battleship (upgraded)
- Tailor
- Scarfborough (bazaar)
- A Far Too Jolly Tailor (upgraded)
- Hod Pants (upgraded)
- Njordstrom (upgraded)
- Turban Outfitters (upgraded)
- Woolly Wardrobe (upgraded)
- Weavery
- Spinn City (bazaar)
- Citizen Skein (upgraded)
- Over The Loom (upgraded)
- Thor Thumbs
- To Weave, Perchance To Seam
There was once a fort on the island named Fort Majeure.
Government
Jorvik is currently ruled by Tyr's Own.
History
The history of Jorvik is a long and bloody one. This is the gateway of the entire Ruby Archipelago, and was within the second group of blockadable islands in Midnight. Considering its location in the brigand and kraken's blood rich waters of Ruby, it has always been highly sought-after. Jorvik had been claimed by the two flags, both with important ties to the isle. Tyr's Own, the flag to win the first blockade in Midnight for Byrne Island, had ties with the island in the Azure Ocean (beta ocean) and Looterati had set its sights on Jorvik months before blockading had even entered the game. The Looterati succeeded in the blockade of Jorvik, but this was the first of many. It was attacked by Tyr's Own, Scallywag Syndicate, Notorious Fandango, and several other flags in its history. Jorvik has been a place of constant war, being the first isle in the ocean to be blockaded ten times, being lost and won by several flags.
The Jorvik Island monument sits in the northeastern part of the "forest" area, just southeast of Helms Cheap.
Colonization
At the time Jorvik was colonized, forts could not be upgraded into palaces. Jorvik's fort was named Fort Majeure, as suggested by Goldblood. After the palace was built, the fort was allowed to crumble. The estate agent was built on the ruins.
Blockades
Jorvik I
Looterati takes the island in an uncontested blockade.
Jorvik II
Tyr's Own makes its first attempt to take the island but is shut out by Looterati.
Jorvik III
Tyr's Own makes its second attempt to capture Jorvik. Again, Tyr's Own is shut out. Greenwolf arrives late to the blockade because he overslept. DOOFIS, an unaffiliated third flag, makes a nearly simultaneous blockade of Tyr's Own's island, Byrne Island (Byrne II).
Jorvik IV
In retaliation for simultaneous blockades of Zeta Island (Zeta V) and Endurance Island (Endurance III), Scallywag Syndycate attacks Jorvik and Islay of Luthien (Luthien II) simultaneously (but unsuccessfully), marking the first time four islands have been blockaded as part of a single conflict. Scallywag Syndycate was an alt flag used by Scallywag Syndicate.
Jorvik V
Scallywag Syndicate takes the island. This is the first time any flag other than Looterati wins a blockade round at Jorvik.
Jorvik VI
Looterati attacks and seizes the island the very next weekend. In order to force Looterati to blockade twelve hours earlier than Looterati had planned, Scallywag Syndicate uses an alt flag, Saga, to drop a war chest.
Jorvik VII
Notorious Fandango blockades the island at the same time that Scallywag Syndycate (the alt flag) is defending Eta Island (Eta IV). Notorious Fandango wins one round.
Jorvik VIII
Scallywag Syndicate hires Water's Edge to blockade the island, but never shows. Instead, the Scallywags go pillaging. The monarchs of Water's Edge and Looterati agree to end the blockade after a single round. Because the Scallywags bypassed the new fame system and because the no-show blockade was deemed "Against the Spirit of the Game," Robertdonald was exiled from the game a week later. [1]
Jorvik IX
Scallywag Syndicate hires M A D, who seizes the island, again bypassing the fame system. M A D suffers severe internal strife due to their participation in the blockade. Eleven days later, the few remaining members of M A D peacefully transfer the island to Looterati for undisclosed terms.
Jorvik X
Scallywag Syndicate enters an arrangement with Shattered Faith to blockade the island. The Looterati, weary of so many blockades, hold a "Looterparti" during the blockade. In the first two rounds, they use grand frigates. In the third and final round, Looterati sends in an armada of sloops, most of whom lack the manpower to influence buoys. Following this blockade, the Ocean Masters deem this to have been another bypass of the fame system. Jacktheblack is banned for arranging the placement of three shoppes in less than a week. Scallywag Syndicate and Shattered Faith are each fined two million PoE for this blockade. [2]
Death's Banner
On August 10, 2005, Jorvik was ceded to Death's Banner by Shattered Faith, and the island was closed to blockades;[3]. During this time, the Battle of Trafalgar event blockade took place (Jorvik XI).
Jorvik XII
Nine months after Jorvik X, the Ringers re-opened Jorvik for blockades but with a caveat. If a player-controlled flag did not win, then the island would be closed for regular blockades. Instead the island would be open only for event blockades. [4]
Tyr's Own won the blockade after a hard fight against Broadsiders and the defending Death's Banner. The first three rounds were closely fought between the two contenders with Broadsiders winning the second round. In the fourth round, the Broadsiders were outstaged by Tyr's Own, giving Tyr's Own their third winning round. Death's Banner won no rounds but played a significant role in the first three rounds by challenging specific clusters of buoys.
Jorvik XIII
A full year passed as the Broadsiders bided their time, prepared for an assault on Jorvik and waited for the right time to strike back in another attempt to take Jorvik. On March 31, 2007, the Broadsiders launched their blockade. The Broadsiders won the first two rounds in hard-fought battles and then gained control of the island after Tyr's Own did not contest the third round.
Jorvik XIV
After weeks of preparation since losing the island to the Broadsiders at Jorvik XIII, Tyr's Own dropped the chest and took the island back in 3 rounds. Rounds 1 and 2 were non-sinking and the Broadsiders returned the war declaration just before the start of round 3 making it sinking.
Jorvik XV
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