I like 'em both - they should have a war somewhere in the past (if geographically possible).
A 'Viking' land sounds sweet, and I'm glad it will adhere closer to the origianl folklore, rather then the traditional D&D versions of stuff.
For anyone wanting a decent primer on some Viking gaming goodness, TSR put out a product entitled "Vikings" (what else?) in 2e, and it does a fair job of telling you how to run a Viking-based RPG.
Plus, its available HERE at Paizo as a $4 PDF download - for that price, its a no-brainer.
The bird-footed dwarves are very weird... but interesting...
Too bad Netflix doesn't seem to carry it. :(
You could always get a translation of the Icelandic saga(s) they're based on (can't for the life of me remember what it/they are called though, but they're actually set a bit after the height of the "Viking Age," closer to the 12th century than to the 9th (Sune Mangs playing a bishop is a bit of a give-away in that regard).
And on the topic of Icelandic sagas, if you do a viking-themed adventure path, make you stress that the warrior-NPCs should be rather stoic; a foot cut off - gets up, puts the newly shortened leg on a tree-stump or a rock and comments "that smarts a bit," unt so weiter.
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asia, ireland, lovecraft, england, and all those places get lots of love in fantasy, but sometimes it seems that no one cares for the swedes.I don't disagree, but I do think Celts and Norse get only the most superficial coverage in RPGs (apart from the Slaine RPG, but that's a bit unwieldily). I want proper Fairies that abduct mortals, Kings that are put to death after seven years so the Druids can read their innards for the future of the kingdom, I want warp spasms and an economy based on cattle and troves, where honor was a matter of life or death and the Otherworld was a shadow away.
What we tend to end up with are generic fantasy fare with a token pointy helmets or tartan. Please give us a bit more meat on the bone please, Paizo- a bit more viscera.
Anyway, we Celts gave the Norse the Horned Helmet- so we deserve some love too.
I always liked the tale in the Mabinogion where a Lord swapped kingdoms (and forms) with the Lord of the Underworld for a year. That could have turned out a lot worse :D