Oh vassal, who is your lord? Be you Pict? Briton? Irish? Perhaps even a Northman? Are you a virtuous Christian or a Pagan fluent in the rituals and sacrifices?
You are a vassal lord in the realm of Britain around the late 7th early 8th century. Your duties include raising armies to fight when war comes and keeping peace around the realm, and by that it means brutalizing the peasants and killing bandits.
Name:Irish, Celtic, Breton, Welsh will work Age: Physical Desc.: Please know a lot of people (as in 90%) in the dark ages weren't tall or really muscled Bio: At least a paragraph People: (i.e. Germanic, Breton, Irish, Welsh, Pict, Scandinavian...) -------- Hand Weapons: Ranged Weapons: Armor & Possessions: ------- Condition: Nil
Name: Yannic Gwallter Cecil Age: 16 Physical Desc.: Brown-hair, pale, dark-brown eyes, 5'8, scrawny. Bio: No one really knows who Yannic was born unto. He was found as naught but a babe on the side of the road by a minor Nobleman who had business in Germany. One of his guards made a snarky comment about the "oor peasant child in the side of the road" and the Nobleman ordered the carriage to stop. A soldier brought Yannic forth, and he was wrapped in soft blankets with a House's symbol, too muddled to identify. The Nobleman returned to England, bringing with him a Fosterling. He rose Yannic as his youngest son, teaching him the ways of Honor, Chivalry, and the Code of Battle. People: Germanic -------- Hand Weapons: Small Axe Ranged Weapons: Armor & Possessions: Tunic, Small Round Shield Treasury: 2000 Scillingas Troops: 8/9 Kotselta Seaxe (Short spears, Bucklers, Tunics: Free men trained to defend their homes when needed) ------- Condition: Nil
I see. I hand back the note to the messenger. Likely it is from the king or someone of high stature, if they speak to me in a formal fashion such as this. "Tell the sender that he has my support."
In anticipation of this, would their be a way for me to gain more men without having to buy mercenaries?
Name:Bran Cynbel Age:17 Physical Desc.: Tattooed from head to toe with Celtic and Pictish designs. Wears both his hair and beard in braids. Bio: Born a pagan before being captured in a Christian raid. He was taken to serve for an Abbey which he later escaped. Since then he has returned to his people in Northern Scotland. People: Pict -------- Hand Weapons:Seaxe Ranged Weapons: Armor & Possessions:Pictish Shield, Cloak Treasury:150 Scillingas Troops: 8 Boaire (Axe, Pictish Shield) 4 Saiogdear Picti (Short Bow) ------- Condition: Nil
I look around and try to aid some of my companions.
Name: Yannic Gwallter Cecil Age: 16 Physical Desc.: Brown-hair, pale, dark-brown eyes, 5'8, scrawny. Bio: No one really knows who Yannic was born unto. He was found as naught but a babe on the side of the road by a minor Nobleman who had business in Germany. One of his guards made a snarky comment about the "oor peasant child in the side of the road" and the Nobleman ordered the carriage to stop. A soldier brought Yannic forth, and he was wrapped in soft blankets with a House's symbol, too muddled to identify. The Nobleman returned to England, bringing with him a Fosterling. He rose Yannic as his youngest son, teaching him the ways of Honor, Chivalry, and the Code of Battle. People: Germanic -------- Hand Weapons: Small Axe Ranged Weapons: Armor & Possessions: Tunic, Small Round Shield Treasury: 2000 Scillingas Troops: 8/9 Kotselta Seaxe (Short spears, Bucklers, Tunics: Free men trained to defend their homes when needed) ------- Condition: Nil
Well you can tour around the outer farms, and some of the more or less masterless villages, and buy mercenaries.
Name:Bran Cynbel Age:17 Physical Desc.: Tattooed from head to toe with Celtic and Pictish designs. Wears both his hair and beard in braids. Bio: Born a pagan before being captured in a Christian raid. He was taken to serve for an Abbey which he later escaped. Since then he has returned to his people in Northern Scotland. People: Pict -------- Hand Weapons:Seaxe Ranged Weapons: Armor & Possessions:Pictish Shield, Cloak Treasury:150 Scillingas Troops: 6 Boaire (Axe, Pictish Shield) 4 Saiogdear Picti (Short Bow) ------- Condition: Nil
you look around, and watch as one villein pins one of your men down and another beats him to death, gruesome sight.
you also see 1 more of yours dead and about 5 of theirs
Name:Bran Cynbel Age:17 Physical Desc.: Tattooed from head to toe with Celtic and Pictish designs. Wears both his hair and beard in braids. Bio: Born a pagan before being captured in a Christian raid. He was taken to serve for an Abbey which he later escaped. Since then he has returned to his people in Northern Scotland. People: Pict -------- Hand Weapons:Seaxe Ranged Weapons: Armor & Possessions:Pictish Shield, Cloak Treasury:150 Scillingas Troops: 6 Boaire (Axe, Pictish Shield) 4 Saiogdear Picti (Short Bow) ------- Condition: Nil
As he is preoccupied with the beating, I run at him and swing my blade towards his neck.
Name:Bran Cynbel Age:17 Physical Desc.: Tattooed from head to toe with Celtic and Pictish designs. Wears both his hair and beard in braids. Bio: Born a pagan before being captured in a Christian raid. He was taken to serve for an Abbey which he later escaped. Since then he has returned to his people in Northern Scotland. People: Pict -------- Hand Weapons:Seaxe Ranged Weapons: Armor & Possessions:Pictish Shield, Cloak Treasury:150 Scillingas Troops: 6 Boaire (Axe, Pictish Shield) 4 Saiogdear Picti (Short Bow) ------- Condition: Nil
You go up and stab your shortsword into his ned, leaving a bloody maw where it use to be, as he falls forward dying from the wound. His friend quickly unburies his pitchfork and stabs at you, catching your leg, knocking you down and pinning you.
Name:Bran Cynbel Age:17 Physical Desc.: Tattooed from head to toe with Celtic and Pictish designs. Wears both his hair and beard in braids. Bio: Born a pagan before being captured in a Christian raid. He was taken to serve for an Abbey which he later escaped. Since then he has returned to his people in Northern Scotland. People: Pict -------- Hand Weapons:Seaxe Ranged Weapons: Armor & Possessions:Pictish Shield, Cloak Treasury:150 Scillingas Troops: 6 Boaire (Axe, Pictish Shield) 4 Saiogdear Picti (Short Bow) ------- Condition: Nil
From my pinned position I try to stab up through his stomach.
Name:Bran Cynbel Age:17 Physical Desc.: Tattooed from head to toe with Celtic and Pictish designs. Wears both his hair and beard in braids. Bio: Born a pagan before being captured in a Christian raid. He was taken to serve for an Abbey which he later escaped. Since then he has returned to his people in Northern Scotland. People: Pict -------- Hand Weapons:Seaxe Ranged Weapons: Armor & Possessions:Pictish Shield, Cloak Treasury:150 Scillingas Troops: 6 Boaire (Axe, Pictish Shield) 4 Saiogdear Picti (Short Bow) ------- Condition: Nil
Name:Bran Cynbel Age:17 Physical Desc.: Tattooed from head to toe with Celtic and Pictish designs. Wears both his hair and beard in braids. Bio: Born a pagan before being captured in a Christian raid. He was taken to serve for an Abbey which he later escaped. Since then he has returned to his people in Northern Scotland. People: Pict -------- Hand Weapons:Seaxe Ranged Weapons: Armor & Possessions:Pictish Shield, Cloak Treasury:150 Scillingas Troops: 6 Boaire (Axe, Pictish Shield) 4 Saiogdear Picti (Short Bow) ------- Condition: Nil
Then his leg, but I thought you said people in the dark ages were short.
Name:Bran Cynbel Age:17 Physical Desc.: Tattooed from head to toe with Celtic and Pictish designs. Wears both his hair and beard in braids. Bio: Born a pagan before being captured in a Christian raid. He was taken to serve for an Abbey which he later escaped. Since then he has returned to his people in Northern Scotland. People: Pict -------- Hand Weapons:Seaxe Ranged Weapons: Armor & Possessions:Pictish Shield, Cloak Treasury:150 Scillingas Troops: 6 Boaire (Axe, Pictish Shield) 4 Saiogdear Picti (Short Bow) ------- Condition: Nil
yeah, that too.
You start jabbing at his leg, but he dodges back from you, keeping you distracted, you look up and see a man with a knife about to reave you
Name:Bran Cynbel Age:17 Physical Desc.: Tattooed from head to toe with Celtic and Pictish designs. Wears both his hair and beard in braids. Bio: Born a pagan before being captured in a Christian raid. He was taken to serve for an Abbey which he later escaped. Since then he has returned to his people in Northern Scotland. People: Pict -------- Hand Weapons:Seaxe Ranged Weapons: Armor & Possessions:Pictish Shield, Cloak Treasury:150 Scillingas Troops: 6 Boaire (Axe, Pictish Shield) 4 Saiogdear Picti (Short Bow) ------- Condition: Nil
I swing at his fore-arm and try to knock the knife from his hand before focusing on the pitch fork guy.
Name:Bran Cynbel Age:17 Physical Desc.: Tattooed from head to toe with Celtic and Pictish designs. Wears both his hair and beard in braids. Bio: Born a pagan before being captured in a Christian raid. He was taken to serve for an Abbey which he later escaped. Since then he has returned to his people in Northern Scotland. People: Pict -------- Hand Weapons:Seaxe Ranged Weapons: Armor & Possessions:Pictish Shield, Cloak Treasury:150 Scillingas Troops: 6 Boaire (Axe, Pictish Shield) 4 Saiogdear Picti (Short Bow) ------- Condition: Nil
you swing at him helplessly, bt he simply smiles and stamps a foot on your sword arm, you are about to meet your end, but a few arrows in the knife wielders leg and in the pitchfork's back end the debacle.
Name: Yannic Gwallter Cecil Age: 16 Physical Desc.: Brown-hair, pale, dark-brown eyes, 5'8, scrawny. Bio: No one really knows who Yannic was born unto. He was found as naught but a babe on the side of the road by a minor Nobleman who had business in Germany. One of his guards made a snarky comment about the "oor peasant child in the side of the road" and the Nobleman ordered the carriage to stop. A soldier brought Yannic forth, and he was wrapped in soft blankets with a House's symbol, too muddled to identify. The Nobleman returned to England, bringing with him a Fosterling. He rose Yannic as his youngest son, teaching him the ways of Honor, Chivalry, and the Code of Battle. People: Germanic -------- Hand Weapons: Small Axe Ranged Weapons: Armor & Possessions: Tunic, Small Round Shield Treasury: 2000 Scillingas Troops: 8/9 Kotselta Seaxe (Short spears, Bucklers, Tunics: Free men trained to defend their homes when needed) ------- Condition: Nil
Hm, I'll take a contingent of four men and move out to the uncontrolled villages. I believe you said something earlier about recruiting from my own village would lead to production problems. Anyways, when we get to the villages, I'll make my rounds and see who is interested in serving me.
Name:Bran Cynbel Age:17 Physical Desc.: Tattooed from head to toe with Celtic and Pictish designs. Wears both his hair and beard in braids. Bio: Born a pagan before being captured in a Christian raid. He was taken to serve for an Abbey which he later escaped. Since then he has returned to his people in Northern Scotland. People: Pict -------- Hand Weapons:Seaxe Ranged Weapons: Armor & Possessions:Pictish Shield, Cloak Treasury:150 Scillingas Troops: 6 Boaire (Axe, Pictish Shield) 4 Saiogdear Picti (Short Bow) ------- Condition: Nil
I try get up quickly and finish the both of them while they're down.
Name: Yannic Gwallter Cecil Age: 16 Physical Desc.: Brown-hair, pale, dark-brown eyes, 5'8, scrawny. Bio: No one really knows who Yannic was born unto. He was found as naught but a babe on the side of the road by a minor Nobleman who had business in Germany. One of his guards made a snarky comment about the "oor peasant child in the side of the road" and the Nobleman ordered the carriage to stop. A soldier brought Yannic forth, and he was wrapped in soft blankets with a House's symbol, too muddled to identify. The Nobleman returned to England, bringing with him a Fosterling. He rose Yannic as his youngest son, teaching him the ways of Honor, Chivalry, and the Code of Battle. People: Germanic -------- Hand Weapons: Small Axe Ranged Weapons: Armor & Possessions: Tunic, Small Round Shield Treasury: 2000 Scillingas Troops: 8/9 Kotselta Seaxe (Short spears, Bucklers, Tunics: Free men trained to defend their homes when needed) ------- Condition: Nil
You round up 15 men, you have 15 recruits ready to be equipped however you feel fit.
Name:Bran Cynbel Age:17 Physical Desc.: Tattooed from head to toe with Celtic and Pictish designs. Wears both his hair and beard in braids. Bio: Born a pagan before being captured in a Christian raid. He was taken to serve for an Abbey which he later escaped. Since then he has returned to his people in Northern Scotland. People: Pict -------- Hand Weapons:Seaxe Ranged Weapons: Armor & Possessions:Pictish Shield, Cloak Treasury:150 Scillingas Troops: 6 Boaire (Axe, Pictish Shield) 4 Saiogdear Picti (Short Bow) ------- Condition: Nil
You finish both of them off, the others finding their near future being worse off then before drop their weapons, yelling "We yield, we yield!"
