Vinlands' End hiking boots
Vinlands' End hiking boots
Plural: Unknown
Part of the Erik the Red line of outdoors gear, these biking hoots ... er, hiking boots ... are generally only available through mail-order and internet shopping.
The misplaced apostrophe in the company's name is an interesting story. Apparently the founder was under the mistaken impression that there used to be two separate Vinlands, back in the day. This misconception was later cleared up, but it was too late to change company marketing. To this day the owner continues to blame his mistake on a skraeling.
Boots
Power: 17
Level Required: 16
Autosell value: 105
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+3% Intellect
+10% dodging ability
How Obtained
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References
- Refers to the clothing retailer Lands' End, the name of which is based on a typographical error which was too expensive to correct.
- Refers in several ways to Greenland:
- The items name bears resemblance to Greenland.
- Erik the Red was the founder of Greenland.
- The story in the description refers to some of the theories on the source of the name Greenland, from 'grunt' ("ground") or 'hron' ("whales"), in any way, "green" being a misconception.
- Skræling is the name the Norse Greenlanders used for the Thule people whom they encountered in Greenland.