Just to make it clear I do know there are no such things as Vikings in the Conan Universe, however it is the closest IRL type reference I can give to mirror the same building styles, armor styles etc.
Just to point out this was quoted in the original post, but thank you for the comment anyway.
They arenât vikings, in the traditional sense. But itâs clearly that he used vikings as frame of reference when creating them. Not many people at all are going to look at the Nordheimerâs the way they are designed and go âOh wow, those are Scandinavian/Germanic people, right there.â
They are going to assume they are like vikings, and treat them as such. Those who want to push for Vikings, as they full existed in our real world, are going to probably be shot down. Because there are already more than enough races available in Howardâs world. There is literally no reason at all for them to add in custom races from our world, to pacify some players.
Thus the reasoning behind using Nordheimer in the topic title, since anything Viking related is going to have to be attached to that race.
And more than likely next year when the Nordheimer DLC is released, it is going to prominently feature Viking architecture and armors, and either some placeables, or else pets given a Viking theme.