Possible Clues:

• Long-term investment accounts?
• Norse narratives
• Backing the stories, too
• 'The Lord of the Rings' books, e.g.
• Soap opera story lines
• Medieval prose narratives
• 'The Lord of the Rings' and the like
• Some are thrilling, some boring, all are long
• Long stories about the deeds of Icelandic or Norwegian heroes
• Stories of special forces capturing US State