Guild Wars 2

Norn are (to me) obviously heavily influenced by historical and mythological Norse/Viking culture.

I found a website recently that seems very historically accurate that deals with Viking weaponry and fighting techniques and other aspects of Viking life. The website has many interesting combat related stories from various Norse sagas.

http://www.hurstwic.org/

Specifically the sections I liked the most were http://www.hurstwic.com/history/articles/manufacturing/text/arms.htm and http://www.hurstwic.com/history/text/history.htm

Nice links, tons of nice info.

GW2 Norn culture is a mix of Norse and Native American cultures. We get the hunt and the path to the glory from the Norse culture and the shamanistic “religion” and beliefs from the Native American culture.

It is kinda sad that in game norns have a very detailed culture but a very shallow lore of their origins.