How to Deal With a Conqueror's Task List

The day dragged on and on. All those oaths and all that kidnapping really was taking a lot of time. So much time, in fact, that the records indicate that not all the hostages could be delivered when they were demanded. This would have been an absolute nightmare for the english aristocrats. And as for the norse, well, while it was vindicating and somewhat entertaining to see your enemies brought so low, it was also time consuming and boring. It's obvious it was going to take more than a few minutes to gather that many children, because in large part it was children who would have been seized and held as hostages. So eventually they ran out of time. The assembled