Spring 954: it shouldn't come as a big surprise that another region was set on fire.
Nor as to which Power was responsible for deploying the Scorched Earth strategy this time.
Toulouse, region between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, and once the prosperous center between France and the Arab Caliphates, reduced to smoldering fields and villages. Caught between the Arabs and Burgundians the French army backed up until they were driven into the sea. No French survivors were reported. So now the French civilization and its future rest upon the shoulders of its armies in Tours and Nantes.

The Romans and the Slavs have reported heavy fighting in the Khazar Empire; all neighboring regions seem to have been involved and the Romans managed to hold their position.
Heavy fighting also in the Sea of England: the Danes with the support from Burgundy outnumbered the attacking Norse and drove them back.
The Slavic army in the mountainous region of Tirol was completely surprised by the overwhelming force the Burgundians had deployed; no survivors.
The army of the independent city of Alexandria was no match for the Roman forces and has surrendered. So after the independent city of Jorsal, now Alexandria has fallen too.

ArabCaliphates:
A Asturias - Burgos
A Burgos - Toulouse
F Cordoba - Gulf of Cadiz
F Lisboa Supports F Cordoba - Gulf of Cadiz
A Sevilla Supports F Lisboa
F Tunis - Serkland

Burgundy:
A Avignon Supports A Burgos - Toulouse
A Bavaria Supports A St. Gallen - Tirol
F Berber Coast Supports F Cordoba - Gulf of Cadiz
A Catalonia Supports A Burgos - Toulouse
A Champagne - Tours (*Fails*)
F Dogger Bank Supports F Sea of England
F Gulf of Lyons Supports A Catalonia
A Koln - Flanders
A Lombardy Supports A St. Gallen - Tirol
A Paris Supports A Champagne - Tours
A Savoie - Auvergne
A St. Gallen - Tirol
F Strait of Sicily Supports F Berber Coast
A Verdun Supports A Savoie - Auvergne

Danmark:
F Bruges Supports F Sea of England
F English Channel - Hastings (*Fails*)
A Hedeby Hold
F Mecklenburg - Bornholmer Sea (*Bounce*)
F Oerne - Kattegat (*Bounce*)
A Rouen Supports A Paris
F Sea of England Supports F English Channel - Hastings (*Cut*)

EasternRomanEmpire:
F Athinai - Aegean Sea
F Cypriot Sea Hold
F Eastern Mediterranean Sea - Alexandria
A Graz Hold
A Jorsal Supports F Eastern Mediterranean Sea - Alexandria
A Khazar Empire Hold
A Macedonia - Beograd
A Miklagard Hold
F North Black Sea Supports A Khazar Empire
F Palermo Hold
A Spalato Supports A Venezia
A Thessaly - Paristria
A Trebizond Supports A Khazar Empire
A Venezia Supports A Graz

France:
A Nantes Supports A Tours
A Toulouse Des Toulouse (*Disbanded*)
A Tours Supports A Nantes (*Cut*)

SlavicNations:
A Aldeigjuborg - Holmgard
A Brandenburg - Hamburg
A Burta Supports A Kaffa - Khazar Empire
A Holmgard - Gardarike
A Kaffa - Khazar Empire (*Fails*)
A Praha Supports A Ruthenia - Pest
A Przemysl - Ruthenia (*Fails*)
A Rostov Supports A Aldeigjuborg - Holmgard
A Ruthenia - Pest (*Fails*)
A Tirol - Graz (*Disbanded*)
F Vladimir Supports A Kaffa - Khazar Empire

Norge:
A Bjarmaland - Lapland
F Gulf of Cadiz - Mid Atlantic Ocean
F Hafrsfjord - Skagerrak (*Fails*)
F Irish Sea - English Channel (*Fails*)
A Jylland - Hedeby (*Fails*)
F Lindisfarne - Jorvik (*Bounce*)
A London Supports A Wales - Hastings
F Mid Atlantic Ocean - Bay of Biscay
A Noirmoutier - Maine
F North Sea - Sea of England (*Fails*)
F Skagerrak - Kattegat (*Bounce*)
A Skegness - Jorvik (*Bounce*)
A Wales - Hastings

Sverige:
F Baltic Sea Convoys A Birka - Jomsborg
A Birka - Jomsborg
A Breslau Supports A Birka - Jomsborg
A Goteborg - Kalmar (*Fails*)
F Gulf of Finland Supports A Ingermannland - Aldeigjuborg
A Ingermannland - Aldeigjuborg
F Kalmar - Bornholmer Sea (*Bounce*)
A Memel - Gdansk
A Vitebsk Hold

Independent:
A Alexandria Hold (*Disbanded*)
A Buda Supports A Pest
A Pest Supports A Buda (*Cut*)

No retreats, so we have arrived at Fall 954.
Deadline is set at Wednesday Sep 24 at 23:00 GMT.

And as usual, aside from the Viking GIF maps and the DPY, also a new .MAP and .BMP file to save to the RP Viking Variant folder.
Frank