Oswin's Colours / Oswin's Banner

This standard gets its name from King Oswin I, who defeated Odin’s Triumvirate in the battle of Yelksagard, part of The Great Northern Holy Wars. Originally his standard was white with a lion and grey cross, but at the battle of Narvath, many of his banners were stolen and drenched in the blood of his captured soldiers. When he got them back at the battle of Karölin Bridge he did not order new ones to be made, and then commanded all of his flags to have a red background instead of a white one. At Yelksagaurd Castle the flag would get it’s final change. When The 3 Lords of Valhalla were captured at the end of the battle, before they were executed, Oswin revealed the current standard. It featured the Lion of God standing over 3 letters in The Old Tongue. Each letter is the first one in the names of the Lords of Valhalla. After this was shown to the public, the Lords and their entire families were executed, thus ending the Karsink Line, and the Valhallan Line of Lords. However, each Lord did have one daughter spared, and they married the sons of Oswin.