So, I've got an idea and what do you think?

I've been reading some of Michener's really long multi-generational epics, and it's got me thinking.
Doing some study of the Anglo-Saxons I found an old legend of "Nosex". The Brits probably know this, the yanks and aussies don't (well I didn't at least) but the southern area of the island was ruled by three distinct Saxon kingdoms, whose names survive in counties and shires today: the West Saxons' Wessex, the East Saxons' Essex, and the South Saxons' Sussex. There's medieval legends of a North Saxons' Nossex that died out in a single generation.

Due to obvious problems ("no sex" lol) I'd probably style it more archaicly/less abreviated, as "Norsaex", or maybe even "Nørsaex" for a really Scandinavian flavor (The Saxons were of course from part of Denmark)

I've already thought about a family tree and basic story arc:
The father character is a minor warrior-gentry in Scandinavia and comes to England with other raiders, just as the Anglo-Saxon invasion is beginning.
He brings his wife, who is pregnant during the voyage; they land just at the turning of the 7th century, the son being born on English soil but the mother dying in childbirth. The story really revolves around their son, his life and conquests. The father marries a native Briton (celt) and he is raised with two half-sisters and a half-brother who's always exceeding him despite being several years younger, probably ending in a good swordfight and his death.

It would follow the span of the children's lives, the kingdom the norse father builds, the transfer of power to the son, ethnic tension between the Anglo-Saxons, the Celtic Britons and the Romano-Britons (I know the Romans officially left Britian in the 400s, but there could always be a few villiages who didn't evacuate for sake of a good story, right?)

Probably the entire Nossex 'kingdom' is destroyed in a raid by the South Saxons, they became dominant in real history. I'm thinking the main son lives a little over 40 years, building one major town of the original pilgrims from the fathers' land and their children, Romans taken under protection (obviously they would hold a favored status), Celtic slaves/servants, outcasts from other Saxon holds, etc. No more than 500-1000 people, we're talking one generation in the 600s here. Stuff moves slowly.

I'm thinking one of the daughters becomes a nun and the story ends with her, the longest living, possibly as a missionary elsewhere, Ireland's a bit cliche but maybe.

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