Random Vikings thought

[oneiriad]

Where does Floki (and Helga) get their kohl? Or is it even kohl? I mean, it looks like kohl, but where would Floki be getting a steady supply?

Comments

[kabal42]

The secret Viking trade route to Egypt? Or they use actual kohl - coal ;) (Wouldn't want that in my eyes, though.)

[oneiriad]

Of course, the funny thing is that the Vikings did have trade contacts with the Arabs, so a little kohl finding its way north to Magical Viking Land isn't really that impossible, once you think about it.

[kabal42]

True… it's more the steady supply I was wondering about. I wonder if kohl was a major trade, is all :)

[oneiriad]

Well, we don't actually know that it's a steady supply - the series hasn't covered that lengthy a time frame yet. Maybe some kohl meandered its way north along the same routes as silk and Floki picked it up at a market - and one of these days he's going to run out and be inconsolable. Now there's a thought...

[kabal42]

LOL!
The sad thing of course is that if he cries because he's out, he can't even have dramatic lines on his face from tears running through it!