viking settlement solved fast forge empire

The hints and the message are written in a way to raise your suspicion whether the Vikings might become a problem for you later on, but that is misleading. Meanwhile you will see the Vikings start their invasion, and they will offer alliance to you. Your town walls are more of a hindrance than of any real value, so you might want to delete them right away. There is no stone in your vicinity and not much gold (no way to trade anyhow either), so you need to expand your farming business so you can sell lots of food. So leave away any expensive techs that are not needed for knights. You will need good knights, but everything else is not that important, just a bunch of archer cavalry against spearmen might come handy, but you can even use the fully developed Paladins to break through gates and raze towers and castles. Apart from that, it is best to just rake in resources and develop properly. Any defensive buildings are way too expensive, given your small stone budget and the long coastline, so just let them come to you. They usually consist of a bunch of 2-Hand-Swordsmen, Huskarls and Rams, so it is best to keep a couple of knights on standby. What you do need to watch are landing parties of the red enemy (Saxon Navy) that will land around Calais and try to reach your town center. On your continent, the yellow enemy (Harold's Raiders) is scattered around in all directions, but they do not attack, you can chew them up group by group later on as you see fit, no need to worry. You start at a place situated approximately in Belgium. The map depics roughly the area of the English Channel, the southeastern part of England and the European coast between Normandy and Norway (however between Belgium and Norway it becomes quite unrealistic).

Viking settlement solved fast forge empire