Grim Up North: Difference between revisions

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''Few can stomach how harsh it is''<br />

''In the woods lies a [[Eldritch Abomination|Great Old One]]''<br />

''Who'll tear the flesh, right off your bones...''|'''[~~http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/~~Main/~~ptitlenswzn65z~~ 3 Inches Of Blood]''', ''[[An Ice Person|God of the Cold White Silence]]''}}

''Who'll tear the flesh, right off your bones...''|'''[[Main/ptitlenswzn 65 z|3 Inches Of Blood]]''', ''[[An Ice Person|God of the Cold White Silence]]''}}

Whenever [[The Dark Lord]] rises to gather his armies and bring destruction upon the lands of men, elves, dwarves and the race of funny midgets, he always, always, ''always'' does this from a stronghold built in the most [[Evil Is Deathly Cold|frigid]], dark, frigid, remote, [[Rule of Three|frigid]], ''[[Department of Redundancy Department|cold]]'', benighted corner of the wasteland that in most cases is simply called "the North".

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== Fanfiction ==

* Tarandroland in the [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]] fanfic [http://www.fimfiction.net/story/877/Under-The-Northern-Lights Under The Northern Lights]. It is populated by dour and violent reindeer, one of whom describes the climate as ice four fifths of the year, with the fifth part being mosquitos. While the ponies of Equestria may have to actively [~~http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php~~/Recap/~~MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E11WinterWrapUp~~ wrap up winter] every spring, the reindeer have to literally ''fight'' winter to make it go away. The story kicks off when [[Horny Vikings|reindeer in dragonships]] get back into their old habit of plundering northern Equestria. On the other hand, following the [[Anachronism Stew]] of the original show, this trope is heavily mixed with [[Norse By Norsewest]], and the reindeer follow many stereotypes of modern Scandinavians (the author being Swedish).

* Tarandroland in the [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]] fanfic [http://www.fimfiction.net/story/877/Under-The-Northern-Lights Under The Northern Lights]. It is populated by dour and violent reindeer, one of whom describes the climate as ice four fifths of the year, with the fifth part being mosquitos. While the ponies of Equestria may have to actively [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E11 Winter Wrap Up|wrap up winter]] every spring, the reindeer have to literally ''fight'' winter to make it go away. The story kicks off when [[Horny Vikings|reindeer in dragonships]] get back into their old habit of plundering northern Equestria. On the other hand, following the [[Anachronism Stew]] of the original show, this trope is heavily mixed with [[Norse By Norsewest]], and the reindeer follow many stereotypes of modern Scandinavians (the author being Swedish).

== Films ==

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== Real Life ==

* Hadrian's wall and the Antonine Wall were built by the Romans to keep marauding <s>Scots</s> Picts out of <s>England</s> [[Please Select New City Name|Britannia Inferior.]]

* The fortified [~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/Limes_Germanicus~~ Limes Germanicus] was build to keep the northern German tribes from doing raids in the roman empire.

* The fortified [[wikipedia:Limes Germanicus|Limes Germanicus]] was build to keep the northern German tribes from doing raids in the roman empire.

** Because of that it runs north/south.

** But even further north from them: ''[[Horny Vikings|Vikings.]]''