Rise of Rurik

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The wooden tower burned to ashes at the end of the next day, and the last relic was collected by Rurik himself.

It was clear that Rurik had gathered the last remains of his concubine Mary, and a wooden box carried the last remains. In a secluded place on the shore of Lake Ilmen, Rurik built a grave here to bury her.

This area has also been marked out, and it will be used as a noble cemetery.

Neither Otto nor Niya spoke loudly. They told their son what happened to them through the death of Mary.

"Novgorod is a good place. We will be buried here, and many people say that they will be buried here. People will die, my soul will go to Asgard, and my body will turn into ashes and be buried here. Cemetery. A stone tablet will be erected for me to let descendants know their ancestors."

The cemetery is the link between the settlers and the ancestors. Even if the priests and priests describe a wonderful soul destination, maybe it exists, but the living people always hope to face their ancestors. Ever since, the marble coffin was carved with reliefs of the deceased, and the nobles did this to let descendants know the appearance of their ancestors.

This is not idolatry. Even a Frankish stubborn like Eskil can't say nothing about this kind of problem.

Because the "destroying iconography movement" in Europe has ended.

Otto is already very old, the old soldier is not dead, he just slowly withers and grows old. Rurik guessed that Otto might wish to die in a battle, but this idea was destined to be unfulfilled.

Many old people will die in the coming years. A group of old guys from Russia settled in Novgorod this winter and will die here in the future.

Stones should be used to erect monuments for the veterans, and those who are good at sculptors should be directly hired to create busts. I think this tombstone form should also become a Slavic characteristic, just like the residents here did more than a thousand years later.

The Julian calendar's winter solstice finally arrived. Before it arrived, a tall tower was erected on a barren grassland beside the lake. The snow was cleared, and the pine and fir were erected. It was very tall and conical in shape.

It has ten stikas, four stories high, and the base is a fairly regular rectangle with six lengths and widths.

It was created by Rurik employing local handy labor, and the local Slavs did it for a reason.

In the past winter solstice "Vulcan Festival", they would not have erected such a huge tower. Firstly, it was unnecessary, and secondly, it was too expensive.

The Varyags, who are dominated by the Rus, decided to settle, and built a magnificent tower in the first winter. Then the flames it ignited can also warm the people, and even melt the snow in a large area, like a small sun.

The construction of the tower is paid by salt and silver coins, and the tower is quickly built under the driving of real interests.

After the wooden frame is built, a large number of oil-rich pine branches are piled up and become a flammable object.

However, it takes a process to make it burn as a whole. When it turns into a fire tower, it is also the most critical moment of sacrifice.

The sun has become stingy, and the time of daylight has been shortening rapidly in recent days, and anyone can really feel it.

The Julian calendar has not been revised to the Gregorian calendar, so the winter solstice is postponed to December 28th.

With the current calendar, this date will continue to be postponed. But every year, it still has a tremor of more than ten hours before and after.

This place is much better than the hometown of Roseburg. There are many benefits of not having a polar night, but Rurik decided to make good use of this winter.

Rurik selected a woodcut and summoned a crowd to establish the etiquette standards for this year's sacrifice.

The priests and wives of the White Tree Manor were invited and sat nervously in front of Rurik. They wanted to say something, and worried that their remarks about the ceremony would make Prince Rose angry.

Rurik also had arrangements. Seeing that the local priests were dumbfounded, he took the initiative to ask: "How many ceremonies are there for your grand sacrifice? Don't be afraid. To be honest, I am ruling here and I am very interested in your rituals."

A bald male priest courageously said: "Just go around the fire tower and sing some songs. Then kill a few animals and throw them into the fire. We used to be like this."

"That's it? It's that simple?" Rurik felt the man was perfunctory.

"My lord, we...that's what we did, otherwise what else can we do?"

Rurik scratched his head and asked the goddess who were good at chalky faces to explain. But seeing these goddesses whining constantly, Rurik didn't even understand.

"Forget it." Rurik waved his hand. "It seems that you don't want to preside over the ceremony. It just happens that I intend to preside over it personally. As long as you continue to cooperate with me, you can continue to enjoy special treatment."

Since the White Tree Manor is a large traditional Slav commune, the small group of priests, priests and pharmacists in it are people who have received supplies from the people. This situation is very natural, but they have not been able to compete for the control of the manor.

Then the monarch who holds the power of the Rus Duchy's theocracy, military power, financial power and other powers will be a dimensional attack on the local Slavic priests.

The local priests and goddesses are very clever to express unconditional servants, and the respected prince is the high priest, so things are much easier.

Rurik nodded, and looked sideways at the wives and concubines of a group of generals who were sitting in jeopardy.

"Noren, as we arranged, I want you to play."

"Yes, as long as it is the music you have explained, my sisters and I can play it." She said confidently.

"Not only playing, but also singing."

"Which one is it?"

"That's it. "RossiaVithSvietaheimr" (Ross Our Holy Home)."

Nolan nodded: "Anything else?"

"Of course, this is the only song that represents our Ross Principality. Other people play the flute, and only you. Your singing is the most beautiful and can hit everyone's hearts directly."

"Ok."

Ross should have a song that represents her will, or the will of all Ross people. Rurik is not a musician, he naturally moved a well-known melody.

The melody originally belonged to Rose, and at the beginning was the standard classic tongue-in-cheek, succinctly and concisely calling Rose out.

As for the lyrics, Rurik made some magical changes to deal with the current situation. Therefore, it is also divided into two dialects, the Ross dialect of the Norse language and the Ilmen dialect of the Slavic language.

Singing and playing music are an important part of the ceremony, and Nolan will show his skills to the fullest here.

It’s just that the instruments are too limited. The only eagle-bone flute and leather drum can form a classic medieval music playing mode. Rurik currently has only these two instruments in his hands.

As for the harp, its volume is limited, and it is not suitable for a large audience. Not to mention, there is no one in stock in the hands of the Principality of Ross.

One's own wives and concubines can be priests, and most of the rituals are done in accordance with Roseburg's hometown.

The ceremony is logically divided into two parts, the first is the traditional Viking ceremony, and the second is the Slavs’ "fire tower in circles".

As soon as the local priest made the move to "give up the treatment", Rurik felt that he was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. He wants to get in contact with the spiritual level of the local Slavs through this ceremony.

He is convinced that anyone is willing to take the initiative to accept novel things. If it is just a circle around the fire tower, is this kind of ritual really lively and lack of entertainment?

Any sacrificial activity is a gathering opportunity that everyone loves to hear, and it essentially becomes an act of entertainment.

Then make it truly entertaining! Brand new music and songs must be delivered to the hearts of the people through this winter solstice rally.

Rurik successfully arranged the ceremonial regulations, and the ship-shaped altar built with wooden stakes in front of the wooden tower was also built.

As soon as the people of Ross come, they have to talk about pomp, and it is precisely because Prince Ross has the financial resources to talk about pomp!

Rurik had learned that Hafgen, the Danish chieftain who had been killed by him, had cut 111 slaves in public to sacrifice to Odin before deciding to retaliate against the newly-born Swedish kingdom.

This kind of human sacrifice was done by the Principality of Rus in the ancient tribal era. Obviously, it has not been done in the following decades. At least the "memory board" left by the deceased Veria is not described in the sacrifice record.

I think this kind of thing has something to do with the fact that the Ross people can't get slaves for a long time. Now that the Russ have walked out of the cramped fjord, an alien duchy has risen, and it is no longer necessary to plunder slaves, or there are smarter methods that do not need to be used in vain.

Five cows were selected as sacrificial offerings. Rurik actually bought these older cows with money, and the cattle owners were also very happy to sell the cows. Cows are old and unable to produce milk and calves. Being slaughtered is destiny. Nowadays, sacrifices are also very suitable.

In addition to the old cow as a sacrifice, there are fifty chickens killed in the last few days, and one hundred perch that has been frozen hard.

This is an animal sacrifice, there is also a sack of oats as a food sacrifice, and a roll of patterned cloth as a special sacrifice.

The strength of this sacrifice has never been seen by local Slavs, and Rurik also knows that this is a wasteful act, and he feels it is necessary to do it on special days.

Everything is ready!

The people of the entire White Tree Manor walked out of their homes, out of the wood wall of Novgorod that sheltered them, forming a mighty army of torches, and walked along the frozen Volkhov River to the shore of Lake Ilmen.

A cone-shaped giant wooden tower stands in front of you, and the setting sun turns it into orange.

It is a huge red tower!

Slavs like red, but Krivic Slavs do it even more outrageous. Blood, flame, and sunset are red, so the Krivic clan name is derived from this.

This group of Irmenslavs also called themselves Slavines, the so-called "Honorables", and now they are beginning to regard themselves as Neoross again.

Now the merger means being strong. The Slavic people of the White Tree Manor, who have tasted the sweetness for several years, not only accept the winter solstice ceremonies of Varyag, they are also looking forward to seeing the world.

Rurik has released the news, the so-called sacrifices used in the ceremony, and some necessary and fresh procedures...

Thousands of people gathered by the lake, they were very thick and shaggy. They stepped on extremely thick leather boots and stood in the snow, stomping them into ice.

Otto is holding two-year-old Velika, and Niya is holding Regrav, who was only ten days old. Young children must participate in this ceremony. Because he is not only a ritual, but also the heart and soul of the Ross people.

Bonfires were lit in many areas, illuminating the entire site. When the moon rises, the snow-covered world has become clearly visible.

Rurik has been waiting for the time, and it is best to start the ceremony at midnight, but unfortunately he still can't determine the time through the Big Dipper.

No problem, when the moon rises high enough, the sacrifice begins.

The base of the city of Novgorod is indeed the White Tree Manor. She has indeed become a city in various senses. Now the population has expanded to 7,000 due to the first batch of Varyag permanent residents.

Seven thousand pairs of eyes saw a fantasy team.

Rurik was dressed in white and furry, followed by a group of girls dressed in plain clothes and covered with precious stones (stained glass). The girls played flutes or drums, and the sound of music was very beautiful.

They are not others, they are the wives and concubines of the princes! Rigus’ youngest daughter Sweet Lana is here too, she is actually playing the flute!

Alas? The Governor's sister, Rigus' youngest daughter, she actually became a priest! Is this also a priest? ! Without chalky faces, they intervened in the ceremony like fairies.

Indeed, Rurik couldn't feel the slightest sense of sacredness from the local group of chalky priests. The ghost knew why they wanted to do this and made themselves ugly.

Since it is a sacrificial ritual, any clergy involved in it must at least be kept clean.

Behind them are some people who are holding oxen and pushing and pulling two-wheeled vehicles. Cows and vehicles carrying goods are sacrifices.

The group deliberately slowed down and walked into the wooden boat altar very swagger.

It is wonderful that there is no wind tonight. Oil lamps are lit on each stake, and Lurik stepped into it.

Noren took the other girls into the altar and began to play those ballads.

The roaring crowd at first quieted down very strangely almost for an instant. This is not the power of music, but their awe of the gods.

The current situation can be seen by fools, and the formal ceremony has begun.

Nolen's voice is melodious, with a three-dimensional face and blonde hair. She is the most typical Viking, like an elf born out of ice and snow.

The song "Rose Our Sacred Homeland" was sung loudly by her, and the accompaniment of flutes and drums further enhanced the atmosphere.

The local people could not understand the songs in Gnostic, until Noren began to sing in Slavic.

Those who only found the melody to be beautiful and interesting immediately straightened their bodies, and the otherwise quiet scene was agitated for a moment.

People with sullen faces began to smile, even if those who stood far away could only hear a general idea, some key lyrics were still heard.

Prince Ross is praising this land! Although the prince is an outsider, the prince does not want to be an outsider!

The young Prince Rus made a promise to everyone that Novgorod would become better.

Rurik expresses his will through a series of ballads, which are far better than the short folk songs of the locals. The melody is tactful and the lyrics are also very profound.

This is like a concert, Nolan's home stadium!

Rurik noticed that his wife and concubine really enjoyed this much-anticipated scene, and she was a singer at this moment.

Her voice finally had a limit, and Rurik didn't want the canary to sing her voice.

When the music stopped, Rurik opened his arms and drew his sword high.

The most important sacrifice was brought to the altar, and he cleanly slit the cow's throat.

The blood of five cows melted into this land, and they gradually became quiet and cooled.

The joyous atmosphere became suffocating again. The Slavic people saw the young prince personally slaughter the cow. That technique is really sophisticated!

"Pull the cow to the wooden tower and prepare to light it!" Rurik stretched out a hand full of blood, and ordered his subordinates to act quickly.

The carcass of the cow is still hot, and some cows are not dead yet. The cow was pulled under the tower, and other sacrifices were thrown directly into the tower.

The finale is now!

At this time, the local priests and goddesses painted with chalk appeared.

Rurik roared Viking prayers in the altar, and now it was these Slavic priests shouting some words.

However, people’s eyes were sharp, and the local priests were muttering. As a result, the people kept whispering, making the whole scene noisy. This was not the case in the past. When the local priests shouted prayers, the people kept quiet.

Rurik was very satisfied with all this. He knew that he had become the point of intersection of the whole ceremony, and the high torch attracted everyone's eyes.

The torch was thrown onto the wooden tower. At first it was just a small flame. It was slowly becoming violent...

The fire burned more and more, Rurik, who was nearby, consciously felt the power of the sun. The night was illuminated, and the people who approached were sweating. Their faces were burning hot, and many people took off their thick clothes and spontaneously retreated. .

A red fire tower was born, this is the largest torch in the history of Lake Ilmen!

The manors around the lake were celebrating festivals, but they noticed a burning sky in the north one after another.

Rurik chose to be at the riverside, which is a bit away from the city. He just wanted to let other people take a good look at this fire tower.

His plan has indeed achieved the expected results. The few farms that are not far away see the most real, it is a huge flame, it must be the incarnation of Peron!

Has Peron descended? It must be so. But the **** Peron was in the northernmost part of the lake, and the flame war **** chose Novgorod! Just because Prince Ross is there?

Some farmers began to chew their tongues: Prince Ross has been approved by the **** Peron, and he will be punished if he violates the will of the prince.

On the other side, the Varyags and Slavs have formally started a substantial reunion!

Six to seven thousand people gathered together and circled the fiery red tower~www.NovelMTL.com~ They turned and roared, one by one, concentric circles appeared. Everyone enjoyed the hotness that shouldn't be felt in this severe winter, as if midsummer was coming... …

In such a warm atmosphere, the Ross people followed in madness, and children of all ages followed the adults and yelled in circles, including infant children.

They have their own plans, and the Slavs hope that they will continue to receive the blessing of the power of Peron, so that there will be no disaster in the future. The Ross people are also turning around, each eager to look at the sky, looking for traces of the Valkyrie parade.

This crazy joy did not end until the second night, only because the fire tower burned out and naturally collapsed and turned into a scorched earth.

Rurik slept in a camp in the snow all night. Many people have already spontaneously walked back to the city by horse-drawn sledges, but he couldn't walk.

The sun on the winter solstice is very meaningful, most of the Ross people did not leave, they are here waiting for the magical ice lake sunrise, many people see the sun on the winter solstice for the first time.

This was also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Leaving a shadow, his wife and concubine immediately recorded the data.

The precise latitude of Novgorod, Rurik, was directly calculated, which is of great significance to the military. It's just this kind of celebration that is completely submerged in the festival.

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