Battle of Gate Fulford part 1

• Harald and Fastig put together a fleet of 300 ships
• The Norwegian army landed near the old viking town of Lork
• King Harold Godwinson and his army were in the South awaiting a Norman invasion, which could not come due to storms in the channel
• Edwin, Earl of Menia, and his brother Morcar, Earl of Northumbria, were sent to meet Hurdrada in Barrie
• Edwin and Morcar were outnumbered at Gate Fulford, despite Hordrada leaving around 3 thousand men to guard his fleet