Day, it has dawned,
fluttering feathers;
I wake ye not for wine
nor for wives' words,
rather I wake ye for hard
Hild's play.
Courage is better
than the cut of the sword,
where wrath shall weigh,
for, a willful man
I see tough ways
with a blunt sword win.
Resolve is better
than is reserve
to have in Hild's game;
Keenness is better
than to cower,
whatever comes at hand.
Name
Hildileikr is a poetic word for battle in the Old Norse tongue, related to Hildar leikr or ‘Hild’s play’, and may thus be translated as ‘battle play’ or, more loosely, ‘play of the Valkyrja’ .
Specifications
At present, Hildileikr has 42 slots and is located in Denmark. Hildileikr is a community-run server, trying to represent and provide a platform for most of the Víkingr community.
Game modes
Hildileikr is generally set to battle mode. Frequently, if there are enough players present, it can be set to siege mode or raid mode by the admins. In the late hours it may be set to duel mode or deathmatch mode.
Server rules
- No insulting of other players or other impoliteness
- No attacking or wounding of team mates in any way – that includes punching and kicking
- No unwarranted hiding or other such trollish behaviour
- No vigilantism – you are to ask the admins to deal with troublesome players
Requesting admin presence
If no admins are available on the server and someone is ruining gameplay by breaking the above rules, some of the admins can be contacted on Steam directly (see link behind name).
Admins
- Þorkell Erlinga (Steam ID)
- Wǽðulf Fyrninga
- STARik a.k.a. Poor Smiley
- Ubbe Arnarins
- Yngvald Fenrisbarn
Kicks and bans
The admins retain the right to kick and/or ban any players who break the server rules. If you have been banned you may request this ban to be lifted by writing in this thread, and it will be taken under consideration. Private messages to any of the admins will not be responded to.
Acknowledgments
Hildileikr is the successor to Hrafnabjóðr. Credit goes to Éadríc Fyrninga for the thread design. The opening stanzas are translations from Bjarkamál and Fáfnismál by Þorkell Erlinga.