The two countries England and Araluen have similar conflicts, but the manner the conflict is fought is different. Araluen, at the time, was at war with a country called Picta, that is almost exactly Scotland. England was also at war with a country called Scotland for centuries. But when England and Scotland had many frequent major battles which cost hundreds of thousands of …show more content…
When the Vikings attack England they come in small raiding parties, this is because a large raiding force would be hard to move across the oceans to get to England. Skandians also land in small raiding parties, attacking out city at a time. One exception to this occurred in book 2, The Burning Bridge. During this installment in the series the Skandians assembled a large army of troops to attack Araluen. The Skandians were being bankrolled by an evil warlord named Morgarath. Although, they have not assembled that many large armies to sail over the oceans. One more thing Araluen did is that they made a treaty with the Skandians. England never employed such a diplomatic