33. 34. 35. June 3, 793, the wrath of Satan is unleashed on a house of God in northern . In the Village of Lindisfarne, a barbaric band of heathens is tearing apart the local monastery. They're on a hunt for treasure and they have no qualms about slaughtering anyone who is in their way. It marks a giant setback for mankind. The has begun and the dark ages are about to get a whole lot darker. The raiders had sailed from where overpopulation had begun forcing young drifters out onto the high seas in a hunt for new land and high adventure. With each big score, the monasteries to the south looked more and more like banks waiting to be robbed. The defenses were weak. In the early ninth century, during the last years of reign as emperor, the Vikings began terrorizing vulnerable villages. As the raiders became more and more brazen they set their sights on the heart of the . In an attempt to fend off the Vikings, Carolingians began to pay off the Vikings for protection. This was a significant setback for the recovery of Europe