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Orkneyinga saga, an Uncommon card
The Orkneyinga saga is a narrative of the history of the Orkney and Shetland islands and their relationship with other local polities, particularly Norway and Scotland, written in Old Norse.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 178
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 19,000
Power 178 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Orkneyinga saga quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Orkneyinga saga card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Peruvian protests. Peruvian protests 96 · History of Tennessee 87 · José María Zavala Castella 81 · Orkneyinga saga 78 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Orkneyinga saga. Orkneyinga saga 19,000 · Ernest II of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 10,000 · Plan Rubber 5,900 · José María Zavala Castella 1,300 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The saga has "no parallel in the social and literary record of Scotland" and is "the only medieval chronicle to have Orkney as the central place of action".
- The main focus of the work is the line of jarls who ruled the Earldom of Orkney, which constituted the Norðreyjar or Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland and there are frequent references to both archipelagoes throughout.
- The narrative commences with a brief mythical ancestry tale and then proceeds to outline the Norse take-over of the Norðreyjar by Harald Fairhair – the take-over is not in doubt although the role of the king is no longer accepted by historians as a likelihood.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Orkneyinga saga article was read about 19,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Orkneyinga saga
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Orkneyinga saga (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : See 'source' above. The actual handwriting is that of Magnus Thorhallson., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
