Originally posted by Undeathical:

If you have abandoned villages, the game can have some villages not totally abandoned. The can be confused on where they are and whats going on, sort of like not knowing if they are dead, or they land they live on, but banded together to survive. I am not sure if there is a story for the abandoned villages, I might not have made it that far. (PS I know its an old topic haha)

Yeah, reading this necro'd thread and the "no other NPC's in vikingr afterlife" is lame. Look at all of the abandoned farms and buildings.