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: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:280 Scillingas Troops: 11 Boaire (Axe, Pictish Shield) 9 Saiogdear Picti (Short Bow) ------- Condition: Nil
This is the 7th century, the very beginning of the viking era.
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:280 Scillingas Troops: 11 Boaire (Axe, Pictish Shield) 9 Saiogdear Picti (Short Bow) ------- Condition: Nil
Oh no, thanks.
I clear the villagers out of town, and have them return when everything is safe. Then I wait with my men in the village keeping close watch towards the coast.
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:280 Scillingas Troops: 11 Boaire (Axe, Pictish Shield) 9 Saiogdear Picti (Short Bow) ------- Condition: Nil
The village isn't near the coast though, well not next to it. You had to travel a few miles out
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:280 Scillingas Troops: 11 Boaire (Axe, Pictish Shield) 9 Saiogdear Picti (Short Bow) ------- Condition: Nil
Okay. We try to get a view of the ships as they approach
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:280 Scillingas Troops: 11 Boaire (Axe, Pictish Shield) 9 Saiogdear Picti (Short Bow) ------- Condition: Nil
You watch from a hill, the ships land, men pile out of the ships, tall men with large shields and axes
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: 17 Kotselta Seaxe (Short spears, Bucklers, Tunics: Free men trained to defend their homes when needed), 7 Fian (Short Spears, Buckler, 5 Javelins) ------- Condition: Nil
Excellent. I'll send an emissary to the Irishman with 100 Scallingas, requesting that he train the newly-acquired men. Meanwhile, I'll send a courier to the sender of that message that I will be bringing 24 men to assist him after they are trained.
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: 1900 Scillingas Troops: 17 Kotselta Seaxe (Short spears, Bucklers, Tunics: Free men trained to defend their homes when needed), 7 Fian (Short Spears, Buckler, 5 Javelins) ------- 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:280 Scillingas Troops: 11 Boaire (Axe, Pictish Shield) 9 Saiogdear Picti (Short Bow) ------- Condition: Nil
We quickly try to find a better place to hide nearby and wait for them to pass.
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:280 Scillingas Troops: 11 Boaire (Axe, Pictish Shield) 9 Saiogdear Picti (Short Bow) ------- Condition: Nil
they saw you from the boat, the fact they didn't immediately move out to eradicate you must mean something
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:280 Scillingas Troops: 11 Boaire (Axe, Pictish Shield) 9 Saiogdear Picti (Short Bow) ------- Condition: Nil
I approach them peacefully, with my men standing a distance behind.
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:280 Scillingas Troops: 11 Boaire (Axe, Pictish Shield) 9 Saiogdear Picti (Short Bow) ------- Condition: Nil
Your bold intrigues them, one of them walks up to you, at least a head taller, and says something in a language you don't understand
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:280 Scillingas Troops: 11 Boaire (Axe, Pictish Shield) 9 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:280 Scillingas Troops: 11 Boaire (Axe, Pictish Shield) 9 Saiogdear Picti (Short Bow) ------- Condition: Nil
you don't just walk around with flagons of brew, you could bring them back to your village, but it's very VERY suspicious to walk through a ghost town, since you evacuated it
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:280 Scillingas Troops: 11 Boaire (Axe, Pictish Shield) 9 Saiogdear Picti (Short Bow) ------- Condition: Nil
I try to come across as friendly, and ask about their boats. I attempt to make use of simple hand gestures.
