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Queen Imaira of Dub-Lin in Dub-Gael and of Fin-Gael
"The Ui Imair (sons of Ivar), Princes of Waterford and Dublin were the descendants
of Ivar (the Boneless?) Ragnarson, the Irish son of Ragnar Lothbrok and they
were followers of the Raven Banner (of Ragnar Lothbrok fame)."
Brian Howard Seibert
(Circa 810 AD) When the war fleet of King Ragnar of Denmark landed on the eastern coast of Ireland, it was at a town midway down, called Dub-Gael and they began trading with the locals immediately, Ragnar not wanting to admit he was lost. Ladgerda continued vomiting and it was apparent that her pregnancy was not progressing well. Queen Imaira came down from the town to welcome the traders and King Ragnar introduced himself and Princess Ladgerda and he asked the queen if there was a healer in the town. "I am the main healer in our land," she told him. "I could have a look at her if you wish." Queen Imaira examined Ladgerda under the awnings of their ship and determined that rough sailing had affected the pregnancy. "She can no longer sail and it would be best if she came to my palace and rested more comfortably." So, Ragnar and some men escorted the queen and Ladgerda to the Dub-Gael palace and the healer queen examined Ladgerda further. "She cannot sail," the queen again said, "and she must refrain from any sex or other activity that might stir her up further inside. She could lose her baby."
King Ragnar thanked the queen for her hospitality and he began asking her about Dub-Gael. The town and her surrounding land of Fin-Gael had just finished an inconclusive war with a northern clan and the town had lost a lot of their men folk, including their king. When Ragnar asked her if she thought a trading station would help the town, she was all ears. Ragnar told her about his travels in Scythia and that he was considering establishing trade routes to Constantinople in the east. He wanted to build a number of trading stations in Ireland, England and Frankia to promote this eastern trade. Queen Imaira was very excited by the idea and she offered to let some land to Ragnar on the coast by the River Poddle where it formed a great pool. It made for a good harbour. As winter approached, Ragnar took the gold the Irish had given him for the goods he had purchased from Jarl Arthor and he and Brak began melting it down and combining it with the red gold of Byzantium until it was no longer red and they spent this gold having a long fort constructed along the coast south of the Black Pool and their trading station was called Dub-Lin, the Lin meaning pool in the Irish tongue. The slaves they had freed were paid gold to work on it and the Roman soldiers they had captured worked on it to gain their freedom.
Because there were many widows in the town from lives lost in the recent war, many women came down to the beach to watch the construction and soon many of the freedmen that were working on the longfort were living in the town. Many Roman soldiers were soon asking permission to join them in living with the women of the town because the women found the Christian Romans particularly attractive. But there were two kinds of monotheism being practiced in Ireland at that time. Many of the Irish had been practicing the one true god religion of the Prophet Zoroaster for over a thousand years and others of the Irish followed the one true god religion of the Prophet Jesus that the Romans had brought to Ireland and that the Angles and Saxons and Welsh of Britain now followed. So the Roman marines tended to fraternize with the Christian Irish women and the rowers, who had been allowed no religion, tended to align themselves with the ladies that followed the teachings of Zoroaster. The Danes were left out of the mix, except for Ragnar, who, being a king, was of a station that fit well with the religion of royalty that Queen Imaira followed. She often visited with King Ragnar and Princess Ladgerda in the royal suite and she pleasured Ragnar on Ladgerda's behalf and she pleasured Ladgerda because only penetrating sex was forbidden in her condition.
