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Historical Setting: The Great Skellig, 924 C.E.  The abbot and I are considering the changing nature of Viking attacks.      “So,” I ask, “They chose to raid this place, as hard to approach as it is, simply to take the abbot, prisoner? No offense, but an abbot would hardly make a marketable slave.”      “TheContinue reading “#85.5 Tuesday, October 13, 2026”