Hey MTM, nice screenie's you posted back there! satiated my hunger for Medieval Europe .. for now!
Also, is the viking ship just a placeholder or will there be Norse merchants etc? and what type of guild will there be? Mercenerarys?
Thanks

Well it's an appropriate ship for this time.
There will be the hanseatic league in cities around the baltic sea, the hashashins (a guild of muslim assassins, I'm not sure if they'll be present in england however), they sure will be dangerous in the holy lands though, especially if you're christian and got a high reputation. There will also be some secret guilds, heretic associations, witches and of course knighthoods.