Life of Geira

Geira, the daughter of Busislav, played an important role in history: she died. He death resulted in her husband, Olaf, King of Norway, becoming depressed and deciding to go on a raid. On this raid, he was converted to Christianity, and brought it back to Norway with him.

In this Alternative History, Geira does not die, and Olaf does not go on the raid. He stays a Norse Pagan, and does not attempt to convert the Norse People to Christianity. In fact, he does quite the opposite: he vents is sadistic torture/excecution methods on Christians, not Pagans.

Because this happens, Leif Erikson is not converted by Olaf. However, he does question Olaf about the religion that the King of Norway is persecuting so much against, and Olaf informs Leif more about it. Leif takes home this information to Greenland, and his mother decides that Christianity is right. She converts her son, and Leif decides to help Christians in Norway and the rest of Scandanavia escape to Greenland. This results in both larger Greenland Colonies, as well as the continuation of settlement in Vinland.