After the Great Northern War, the Swedish Empire was greatly weakened militarily and politically. This temporary recession gave rise to a briefly independent kingdom which subjugated the southern most part of Sweden.
The Kingdom was named "Arendelle" after the Norwegian city of Arendall. The kingdom attempted to politically integrate them in Denmark-Norway. However the Duchy's monarchs and policies became increasingly corrupted in the 1780s. In fact, one of its former Queens was responsible for causing an Ice storm.
By 1787, Swedish Empire invaded the territory. Every single individual was captured; the entire kingdom was completely destroyed by the Swedish army. The Empire then proceeded in destroying the entire terrain (houses, castles, businesses, etc) and landscape.
When the destruction program ended, the Swedish Empire began a swift and complex restoration program. The landscape was remodelled, houses were built, and churches were established. The land was renamed "Belkinge".
The Swedish Empire wanted to make sure that the word "Arendelle" would never be mentioned again. So they killed every single person from Arendelle (men, women and children alike). Once complete, they brought in Swedish settlers in Belkinge to rewrite its history and pretend as if nothing happened.
Fast forward one year, Denmark launched a full scale invasion on southern Sweden. Among the soldiers present in the war was a man named Andor, who seemed to have plans of his own.
The Norwegians constituted most of the soldiers in the Danish army. As peculiar as it seemed, it seemed like the Swedes didn't even trey to fight back
"Why are we here again?" asked one of the soldiers
"Well…uh…" stuttered another soldier "You know, I don't know anymore."
"Apparently we were supposed to fight Swedes" responded a third soldier "But this is just BAD. I mean we're 10 000 Norwegians and only like 2, literally fucking two of us died. Is this really the Swedish Empire? "
"Man I'll do anything to get out of this dump." Replied the first
Upon overhearing the soldiers' conversation, Andor precipitated to the scenario
"You know we can do something more interesting." He said
Andor was wearing a Danish military uniform, a very rare uniform in the present army.
"What is it Andor?" A soldier asked
"This war here is meaningless." Andor explained "Our stock provision is down low and the Swedes aren't even fighting. It'll only be a matter of time before we die of hunger"
"We can see that." one of the soldiers said "What's your point."
Andor continued "Instead of wasting our time here, we should go to the Österland and attack the empire from the inside."
"Hmm, while I do find this plan of yours plausible, your eyes indicate an ulterior motive" one of the soldiers noticed "Why do you really want to go there?"
"Alright you got me." Andor confessed "The truth is that I used to be an imperial guard along with my most trusted comrades. 5 years ago, we were ambushed by a group of occultists, I barely escaped with my life while everyone else was killed on spot or executed by Sweden. The people responsible for this are living in Northern Finland, and I want them dead !"
"You want us to ditch King Christian VII's direct orders just so that you could have revenge against like two people that disappeared from your life?"
"Not just revenge" Andor said "If we play this right, we can take down the empire. What do you say?"
"Meh!" one soldier expressed "Seems legit."
Persuaded, the soldiers accepted Andor's proposition. And so that day, 1000 Norwegian soldiers deserted the army of 10 000 in order to follow a Danish sociopath Andor in his quest to kill people. No one noticed because they were just so goddamn bored.