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The raven banner was used by a number of Viking warlords regarded in Norse tradition as the sons of the Danish king Ragnar Lodbrok. The first mention of a Viking force carrying a raven banner is in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. For the year 878, the Chronicle relates: And in the winter of this same year the brother of Ivar and Halfdan landed in Wessex, in Devonshire, with 23 ships, and there was he slain, and 800 men with him, and 40 of his army. There also was taken the war-flag (guðfani), which they called "Raven". The Annals of Saint Neot confirms the presence of the raven banner in the Great Heathen Army and adds insight into its seiðr- (witchcraft-) influenced creation and totemic and oracular nature: It is said that three sisters of Hingwar and Habba [Ivar and Ubbe], i.e., the daughters of Ragnar Loðbrok, had woven that banner and gotten it ready during one single midday's time. Further it is said that if they were going to win a battle in which they followed that signum, there was to be seen, in the center of the signum, a raven, gaily flapping its wings. But if they were going to be defeated, the raven dropped motionless. And this always proved true. This account is repeated almost verbatim in Bishop Asser's Life of King Alfred: "The daughters of Loðbrók had woven that banner and finished it during one single midday's time. It also is said that in any battle where the signum was borne before them, if they were to win victory one would see in the middle of the signum a living raven flying; but if they were about to be defeated, it hung straight and still." Geffrei Gaimar's Estorie des Engles (written around 1140) mentions the Hrafnsmerki being borne by the army of Ubbe at the Battle of Cynuit (878): "[t]he Raven was Ubbe's banner (gumfanun). He was the brother of Iware; he was buried by the Danes in a very big mound in Devonshire, called Ubbelawe."

		For					Against
Opponent	Race	TV	SPP	Cas	Gold	Score	TV	SPP	Cas	Gold	Gate
Flameproof Badgers	Norse	1000k	9	0/0/0	90k	1 - 2	1000k	20	1/2/1	70k	62k
State of Chaos	Chaos	1030k	11	1/1/0	30k	0 - 2	1550k	15	2/0/0	40k	43k
Izzy Wizzy Let's Get Lizzy	Lizardmen	1090k	18	0/1/1	60k	2 - 3	1350k	24	2/2/0	50k	62k
Clar Karond Fury	Dark Elf	1120k	11	0/0/0	50k	0 - 3	1610k	20	0/2/0	30k	66k
Repugnant Russonians	Orc	1140k	17	0/0/0	70k	3 - 1	1290k	12	2/0/1	50k	59k
A Tale of Ice and Fire	Chaos Chosen	1250k	7	0/0/0	60k	0 - 2	1670k	16	0/2/0	90k	83k
Under the White Wind	High Elf	1330k	10	0/0/0	80k	1 - 0	1350k	5	0/0/0	60k	49k
Brit Battle Belles	Amazon	1430k	16	0/0/0	60k	2 - 3	1430k	24	1/3/0	80k	60k
HarsH North	Chaos Chosen	1340k	8	0/0/0	50k	0 - 2	1360k	11	0/0/0	40k	51k
Wergild Enforcers	Norse	1410k	14	0/1/0	60k	1 - 2	1240k	20	3/1/1	50k	65k
Bunnygirl Surprise	Amazon	1430k	19	1/1/0	80k	2 - 0	1570k	8	1/1/0	30k	58k
Red Squirrels	Skaven	1560k	23	1/2/0	70k	2 - 4	1380k	24	0/0/1	50k	73k
Island Plague	Human	1500k	28	0/0/2	50k	4 - 0	1050k	8	0/0/1	90k	77k
clean guys haters	Ogre	1530k	8	0/0/0	60k	0 - 2	1500k	17	2/1/0	90k	73k
Obsidian Stranglers	Chaos Dwarf	1590k	10	1/0/1	40k	1 - 1	1320k	12	2/0/0	50k	71k
Flight of the Conchords WIL	Wood Elf	1650k	29	2/1/0	60k	4 - 1	1320k	15	0/2/0	50k	68k
Spain Red Frenzy	Undead	1700k	21	3/1/0	70k	3 - 1	1230k	9	1/0/0	90k	76k
Karaz-a-Karak Warp Krawlers	Skaven	1820k	26	1/1/0	60k	4 - 2	1580k	18	2/1/0	30k	66k
Dark Isle	Dwarf	1830k	11	0/0/0	30k	1 - 2	2180k	22	3/2/0	60k	82k
Skar Bay	Human	1880k	15	0/0/0	80k	3 - 0	1500k	8	1/0/0	60k	90k
Dominus Astrum	Lizardmen	1950k	23	1/0/2	50k	3 - 0	2070k	11	4/0/1	40k	115k
La Famiglia Dell'isola Bianca	Undead	1950k	24	1/2/1	70k	3 - 1	1700k	11	1/1/1	90k	103k
Obsidian Stranglers	Chaos Dwarf	2010k	12	1/1/0	10k	1 - 0	1710k	13	3/0/1	20k	67k
Nashwan Deluxe Mk II	Orc	1890k	9	1/0/0	60k	0 - 2	2250k	11	0/1/0	10k	77k
Bear Necessities	Norse	1970k	9	0/1/3	40k	0 - 1	1860k	17	2/2/2	80k	98k
Something is Rotting	Nurgle	1720k	6	0/0/0	40k	0 - 2	2090k	23	3/2/1	50k	105k
Eggs Sausage and Chips	Ogre	1540k	16	0/0/0	60k	3 - 2	1340k	13	1/0/0	60k	47k
Bound For G[L]ory	Chaos Dwarf	1640k	21	0/1/0	50k	3 - 0	1000k	7	0/1/0	80k	65k
Furious Filmguild	Necromantic	1750k	25	5/0/0	70k	4 - 1	1590k	11	2/2/0	50k	67k
Anubis Affiliate	Khemri	1820k	13	0/0/0	20k	1 - 2	1220k	19	3/3/0	80k	95k
Something is Rotting	Nurgle	1740k	17	0/1/0	60k	2 - 1	2000k	12	1/0/1	80k	110k
Furious Filmguild	Necromantic	1830k	19	0/2/0	70k	1 - 1	1640k	21	2/2/2	30k	82k
clean guys haters	Ogre	1770k	12	1/1/0	60k	1 - 2	2140k	13	1/0/0	30k	93k
Woodies on Vacation	Wood Elf	1860k	14	2/1/0	20k	1 - 3	2170k	24	2/1/1	40k	83k
Kung Pow!!	Chaos Dwarf	1630k	7	0/0/0	60k	0 - 1	1930k	12	1/0/1	80k	82k
Rickson By Armbar	Orc	1690k	8	1/0/0	50k	0 - 1	2190k	16	2/1/1	50k	106k
Dukes Of Northumbria	Necromantic Horror	1760k	15	3/0/0	20k	1 - 1	1980k	12	1/1/1	50k	76k
Subatomic	Lizardmen	1700k	28	3/1/0	60k	4 - 1	1500k	10	2/0/0	30k	62k
Furious Filmguild	Necromantic	1500k	12	0/1/0	70k	0 - 1	1500k	16	2/1/1	80k	62k
Bearded Beerbellys	Dwarf	1520k	8	0/0/0	20k	1 - 2	1510k	15	0/2/0	30k	55k
Bad Pandas	High Elf	1410k	12	1/0/0	60k	1 - 0	1160k	6	0/0/0	50k	70k
Death Isle Ghosts	Shambling Undead	1490k	15	0/1/0	110k	2 - 1	1290k	16	3/1/0	90k	101k
Wil Unanimated	Undead	1630k	22	1/0/0	70k	3 - 2	1320k	17	0/2/1	50k	72k
Subatomic	Lizardmen	1550k	14	0/0/1	20k	1 - 2	1740k	15	0/2/1	50k	70k
Greene Jaguars	Human	1530k	28	1/1/0	50k	4 - 3	1600k	17	1/0/0	70k	68k
Ogham Underground Collective	Chaos Dwarf	1640k	14	1/0/0	60k	2 - 1	1800k	15	0/2/1	40k	77k
That Be Bristle	Human	1490k	11	1/1/0	60k	1 - 1	2060k	10	2/1/1	0k	80k
Something is Rotting	Nurgle	1440k	7	2/0/0	70k	0 - 2	2000k	17	2/1/1	70k	111k
Clan Mac Feegle	Skaven	1360k	16	1/1/0	70k	2 - 0	1880k	7	2/0/0	40k	97k
Rules Change	Dwarf	1470k	8	1/0/0	50k	0 - 2	1840k	17	2/1/0	60k	94k
Anubis Affiliate	Khemri	1530k	5	1/0/0	50k	0 - 4	2050k	19	1/2/1	10k	66k