Where to start on Norse Empire?

[The Woolly Viking]

This is my first playthrough of the game, I've watched a few let's plays. And I decided I wanted to create a Norse Pagan Empire, I'll be starting in the year 867 and my goals are
-To take over territory and reform the Germanic faith immediately.
-Take all of De Jure Scandinavia, Germany, the British Isles, and Russia
- Make the Norse/Germanic faith the largest spanning religion in the game world if possible.
Where should I begin?

[Neshamah]

The only time I've ever done something like what you are talking about, I started as 'Dyre the Stranger' (Oskyldr), in Kiev, 867.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=178310176
As you can see, it was an insane game.

No matter where you start, you will have to get 'lucky' too. There's a reason you don't see Norse Empires in the late middle ages (historically). It isn't a cake-walk.

[The Woolly Viking]

Originally posted by Neshamah:

The only time I've ever done something like what you are talking about, I started as 'Dyre the Stranger' (Oskyldr), in Kiev, 867.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=178310176
As you can see, it was an insane game. :guardian:

No matter where you start, you will have to get 'lucky' too. There's a reason you don't see Norse Empires in the late middle ages (historically). It isn't a cake-walk. :mortis:

True, A shame too, the Vikings had so much potential too, they needed a Viking equivalent to someone like Genghis Kahn to unite them, what a sight that would have been. I have decided to go with Uppland, it would seem I would be playing as Bjorn Ironside, what luck since I was worried the only decendant of Ragnar Lodbrok would be Ivar the Boneless, and I don't want to start the game already in the middle of a war. Not to mention that 3/5 of the Norse Holy sites are still owned by Norse characters by this point and I just need to 50% Moral Authority and I'm already at 30, how's that for luck.