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Local Lord Quest X

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Fri 06 Oct 2023 18:31:53 No.5785267 View View Reply Original Report

Salutations gentes dames et nobles seigneurs ! Welcome to you all fair ladies and noble gentlemen to the tenth edition of our glorious Local Lord Quest. Noble knights from all the realms are invited to carouse with us and joust together, but before everything let us give them the links to our ancient threads detailing the marvelous adventures of monseigneur Charles de Villeroi in the strange lands of India.

Thread I :
>https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/2022/5085315/
Thread II :
>https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/2022/5134375/
Thread III :
>https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/2022/5194246/
Thread IV :
>https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/2022/5314154/
Thread V :
>https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/2022/5422744/
Thread VI :
>https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/2023/5481110/
Thread VII :
>https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/2023/5561322/
Thread VIII :
>https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/2023/5624062/
Thread IX :
>https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/2023/5702984/

Now that those who are new were settled let us remind you that you were despite a light illness due to having fallen in the icy waters of a well, in the middle a charming and very sympathetic wining and dinner with your councillors. And at this dinner you promised that right after your recovery you shall hunt a boar to forget about this episode.
But, of course, before we could continue we shall have our traditionnal interlude and this time it will follow our brave little fellows of the Snaga Tribe that had received a vision during the prologue of episode V.

Local Lord

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Fri 06 Oct 2023 18:33:02 No.5785268 Report

Quoted By: >>5785269

>>5785267

Walking through marshlands was sometimes mortal, often dangerous and always unpleasant even for goblins. Contrary to popular belief goblins disliked marshlands as much as humans but, driven off the plains and forest by better armed elves, orcs and men they often had to hide there, even then, when they had the occasion they preferred to leave in caverns, forests or hills where they could avoid the stinking marshes. But for the snaga tribe there was no choice, they had to move undetected through marshlands because the main roads were controlled by the accursed imperials and other forces of the so called "good" and the underworld where agents of B'beg the terrible pursued them for their desertion. Of course B'beg considered them vermin and probably was not even aware of their fleeing but local orc chieftains, other goblins, dark elves and evil men who were deprived of their favourite snacks or torture victims must have complained to some middle managers in the colossal organisation of organised evil and those had decided to dispatch some scouts and warriors to kill the renegades. So the snaga tried to hide, ate rarely and some of them fell of exhaustion and were soon devoured by their comrades in true goblin fashion, some got lost in the marshes while following the instructions of their shaman who had his dreams more and more frequently about the location of their target but nothing more. Fortunately the main group survived and was ready to move on.

It was after many weeks, even months that they finally managed to get their hands on what they wanted, a lone shaman wandering in the wilds. Captured in his sleep he was brought before the leaders of the tribe. The old grizzled warchief Shitbag and his now enthusiastic shaman, Dumbgit. His visions guided him towards the faraway lands of Bifuria and precisely towards the place where the spirit of the boy king that their old master ordered to retrieve was hidden. And now they had it, they had the shaman containing the spirit, and it was time to act. Throwing a bucket of water on the green goblin they surrounded him and Shitbag began.

-Is it you who communicates with the boy king ?

The green shaman, realizing where he was looked at all of them and spat at the leader.

-I have nothing to say to you, snaga filth, release me or I shall burn you all with my magics and curse you and your brood ! Yours have no magical powers and displease even B'beg !

The fact that his people was reviled by even goblins that never saw them filled the snaga warchief with rage and he kicked the shaman in the ribs before grabbing him by the collar and telling.

-No, no, no... We have the favour of the Master now, so you will obey us or I shall burrow small holes in your chest and put man eater worms in it. I...

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Fri 06 Oct 2023 18:34:03 No.5785269 Report

Quoted By: >>5785275

>>5785268

The snaga shaman tried to stop his chief telling him in a timid voice.

-Warchief, maybe killing him is unwise, we need to throw him into a mushroom soup for him to become all possessed first, and then follow the instructions...

The leader nodded.

-Yes, yes, you need to do a ritual to absorb the spirit of the boy king at the place of the shaman, and I know that you never performed it because you had never magic before but we should...

-Actually... No warchief...

-What no ?

-I mean, I can now speak with the Master, but he is very powerful, he takes all the "places" in my possessions if you want, and if we need to absorb the soul of the boy king I will need to stop being able to speak with the Master...

The old goblin had a blank stare at this moment, by all the pointy sticks of goblinkind how could this be so complicated. Would they need to keep this green bastard alive ? He refused it. And even if the Master wanted two centuries of vacations not being able to communicate with him was akin to treason. So he told.

-And what solution do you propose ?

-We could... We could make someone possessed by it...

Some snagas looked around, wanting to be chosen for the task, some even began to tell "me me me, choose me" before being slapped around by their peers.

Shitbag thought, no, it was a bad idea, the position of warchief never existed in goblinkind, only the snagas had it, and it was because their shaman did not have visions and could not lead the tribe, as long as the Master was in vacation Dumgit would not have visions from him and so his position was secure but if another goblin was possessed he would be the new leader of the tribe, and it was to be avoided at all costs. Being possessed himself was out of the question too, being unable to control his own body freaked the old goblin so he decided to tell his tribesmen.

-Silence, you maggots, you think that a king would want to live in your shitty bodies... If we need a boy king we need to snatch the body of a boy, but what race is it ? Hah, no matter, we will try to find one suitable enough. Once he will be here he will lead us...

Of course having a stranger ruling will permit him to be his right hand, allocating the tasks for goblins, this thought made Shitbag smile at his own cleverness, but it was normal, a stupid goblin never lived as long as him, two full decades could you imagine ! The other goblins nodded and agreed with their old leader who was now thinking how to snatch a kid from a human village without being slaughtered by armed humans or adventurers while Dumbgit interrupted his train of thoughts by saying.

-Euuuum... Warchief, I... I think that while we fled the underworld caverns I forgot some mushrooms for the ritual and...

-Do not tell me we will have to come back to the regions that we tried to avoid for so long. That after we lost practically half our number fleeing this place we will have to go back ?

Local Lord

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Fri 06 Oct 2023 18:36:55 No.5785275 Report

Quoted By: >>5785277

>>5785269

The pained smile of his shaman comrade made him realize that maybe it was not only beasts, the elements, or illnesses that killed many goblins early, suicide from despair at their compatriots stupidity could be an important mortality cause.

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MEANWHILE IN LOCAL :

After your feast where you boasted about your will to best a boar and you decided that you would be ready to hunt it in three days. Effectively you were a solid man of stout build and of good frankish race, you would not be killed by a mere drop in some cold water. Hot wine, some days in your bed with reading lessons and the sweet attentions of Stacy would probably be not so boring when thinking about your next hunt.
Of course you should catch the boar "par force" by exhausting him with your hounds, all fifteen of them unfortunately since your keep was quite small and you were not a king who could afford several hundred hounds. With a bit of hope you thought that you could corner the beast and then finish it by dismounting your horse and fighting it. It would be beautiful, a true ritual.
This was the true difference between peasants who used traps and bows in their hunts (of small game and if they paid taxes for it of course) and noblemen, who knew that it was more interesting to leave a chance to the beast and take pleasure in the process itself. You still wanted to feel the wind in your hair, hear the hounds, push your horse to it's limits and blow your horn when you see the beast. But still, you had three days to prepare.
Of course you still had to plan your boar hunt, if Ancel could be relied upon to track the beast you would still need beaters to bring the game towards you and canalise the hounds on the good boar (it was not good sport to change the beast that you tracked), and some "piqueurs" with boarspears in case of disorder. Fortunately you had no noble ladies around so your hunt could remain a true hunt between men without the ladies asking for something softer like falconry simply to be included, women were of course the marvel of creation and proof of the existence of God but they were often asking for too much attention.
You could of course take some peasants and guards with you to serve as beaters and piqueurs effectively, even if they were probably not so good, while the servants in charge of your kennels will run with the dogs. Who could ride with you ? Of course Bohémond and Godefroi, Brother Louis has sworn to hunt only lions, as a brother of the Templar order and was delivering a message for you, but maybe some of your councillors would want to do it ? Captain Crumbling was not very good on a horse, Father François was too fat and probably would break the back of his trotter, while you feared for the health of your dear Oldfossil.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Fri 06 Oct 2023 18:37:55 No.5785277 Report

Quoted By: >>5785347 >>5785448 >>5785610 >>5785629 >>5785727 >>5785967

>>5785275

But still, you should ask them if they wanted to take part in the hunt, to be polite. Then you had a decision to take, if one boar was tracked per day you should maybe hunt for several days and feasts joyfully. With tents, cooks and everything that you needed to live well in the forest you could take three days or even a week off, to enjoy nature, eat well and kill something with a boarspear. Plus you were in early November, the beginning of boar's mating season, they were especially ferocious at this time.
All these decisions were in your hands. What shall you do ?

>Take some guards as piqueurs and some servants as beaters.
>Ask for young men of your lands to volunteer as beaters while your guards will serve as piqueurs.

>Order to prepare for a day of hunting, you slept outside enough with all your last travels.
>Three days of hunting would be jolly good !
>An entire week dedicated to the activity protected by Saint Hubert would be perfect.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Fri 06 Oct 2023 20:01:23 No.5785347 Report

Quoted By: >>5785448 >>5786305

>>5785277
>Take some guards as piqueurs and some servants as beaters.
>Order to prepare for a day of hunting, you slept outside enough with all your last travels.
Welcome back M’lord

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:f9mjnXY9 Fri 06 Oct 2023 22:17:14 No.5785448 Report

Quoted By: >>5786301 >>5786305

>>5785277
>Take some guards as piqueurs and some servants as beaters.
>Order to prepare for a day of hunting, you slept outside enough with all your last travels.
>>5785347
>"Lowborns say M'lord"
We've got peasants among our ranks, that is tragic.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Qt1kLg6h Sat 07 Oct 2023 01:13:13 No.5785610 Report

Quoted By: >>5786305

>>5785277
>Take some guards as piqueurs and some servants as beaters
>Order to prepare for a day of hunting, you slept outside enough with all your last travels.
Allons

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Sat 07 Oct 2023 01:22:15 No.5785629 Report

Quoted By: >>5786305

>>5785277
>Ask for young men of your lands to volunteer as beaters while your guards will serve as piqueurs.
>Order to prepare for a day of hunting, you slept outside enough with all your last travels.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:FsaWJykF Sat 07 Oct 2023 02:57:13 No.5785727 Report

Quoted By: >>5786305

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:SgjNjHWh Sat 07 Oct 2023 10:13:00 No.5785967 Report

Quoted By: >>5786305

>>5785277
Welcome back mon Seigneur!
>Ask for young men of your lands to volunteer as beaters while your guards will serve as piqueurs.
>Three days of hunting would be jolly good !
It will be a glorious hunt.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Sat 07 Oct 2023 18:24:20 No.5786301 Report

Quoted By:

>>5785448
Behind every lord is a hundred faithful peasants

Local Lord

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sat 07 Oct 2023 18:27:11 No.5786305 Report

Quoted By: >>5786307 >>5786634

>>5785347
Thank you my brave, how is the harvesting season.

>>5785448
Really ? This man is a commoner. His vote will not be counted for this time. If we begin to hear the voices of b*rghers, villeins and other manants our right and proper feudal society will become a fishmarket. (>>5785347 do not worry we are in a tie on your first choice so I choose for the other option, I can accept the advice of fat tuscan bankers when they pay well even if they are of common blood)

>>5785610
Certes.

>>5785967
Thank you good sir, I hope so, there is nothing better than a good boar hunt to raise every spirit in a keep.

>>5785629
>>5785727

You decided that you wanted your servants at work where you needed, you should ask for young men of your lands to volunteer as beaters. Oldfossil shall read an edict in the main marketplaces of your villages about it and encourage some people to come, the more people you could mobilise the easier it will be to catch a boar. You decided to hunt only for a day, you had enough of inns and sleeping outside for travel purporses, a lord must live in it's keep after all.

Speaking of Oldfossil you asked him, with the others, if he wanted to take part in the hunt, he seemed to be very enthusiastic about it and you wondered how he could do it ? He was a frail old man after all and if he rode well he feared the cold and many other things. How would he not lessen your chances of catching the beast, and if he was against a boar you feared for him. But, if he wanted to participate you would not forbid him, the man did so much for your seigneury that you had to admit him.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sat 07 Oct 2023 18:28:11 No.5786307 Report

Quoted By: >>5786309 >>5787001 >>5787232 >>5787351

>>5786305

Your three days of recovery were not so bad, with hot soup, copious amounts of alcohol and the tender care of Stacy you were good as new on the day of the hunt. Dressed in your best hunting clothes, all red and green, with your guardsmen in green to act as piqueurs and not be seen while the commoners dressed in brown tones. You saw, with interest, while you were walking in your courtyard with your men that the old centaur Tobias that lived in the edge of your domain, the fact that he wanted to hunt was a new dilemma for you. Normally he was a commoner, and commoners were not allowed to ride during hunts, they ran with the dogs and helped. But you could not ask him to part with his lower half ? Does a centaur was walking or riding ? Could not his parents choose to lie with man or horse instead of letting themselves caught in debaucheries worthy of the late Carolingians ? Before you could give an answer you were interrupted by Oldfossil who came to you merrily. Instead of his slaw and dignified walk he looked like an excited puppy, moved quickly and looked everywhere around him with an happy eye. He told you.

-Mylord ! I asked all the volunteers from the villages to join us ! It would be a great hunt ! Haha ! I am eager to run like I was a young man again ! It reminds me of the hunts with our good lord Random. Tobias wants to come too, to see how you hunt. Since we would be only four horsemen maybe he could come with us, he can run quite fast.

>Of course, he can come with us, we will need to be three at the center with one rider on each flank when we will begin to run after the boar.
>He can come, yes, but only with the beaters, he is no horseman, well technically he is a horse-man but it is not the same thing.
>Other (write in)

After your answer you decided to mount on your horse on a swift movement and remarked that Oldfossil managed to do the same without the help of a servant, you could not but demand him merrily.

-Oldfossil, it looks like you are twenty years old again ? How is it possible ? Is it the excitation of the hunt ?

-No my lord, it is the "potion of second youth", you know I always loved alchemy and before hunts we used to take this with Lord Random, even if we sleep a lot after it helps for being alert. Of course you should not abuse it and I would not recommend it at your age when you still can go without it my lord.

Intriguing ! You answered him while your other knights were mounting and Bohémond blew the horn to signal that you were leaving the castle like if he was Roland with his oliphant.

-Even in my old age, I will always be wary of alchemists, our family legends tell how my great grandfather was cured by some of them, it costed a lot, they even gave him a remedy made from emeralds pounded to powder but it did not arrange his stomach ache.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sat 07 Oct 2023 18:29:27 No.5786309 Report

Quoted By: >>5786311

>>5786307

The old man shook his head and perhaps even had a thought for your ancestor.

-My lord, there are a lot of charlatans in the profession, personnally I always take the recipies of respected people, for this potion of second youth I take it's recipy directly from the books of the great professor Meph Anfetamin. He invented it for the imperial army during attacks so the soldiers could stay alert for a week.

You could only nod while you crossed the drawbridge towards the village where happy villagers joined your party and you were on the road again, but this time not for travelling but for fun. You looked at your kennel master, a discreet bald man who was solidly built and answered to the name of "haut". He held the leashes of many dogs and was helped by other servants who ran with them.
Haut's dogs were well behaved and even if they were less nurished during the last days to be kept agressive you could see that they obeyed all your orders. Contrary to popular belief hunting dogs were not evil, they were predators of course, that could kill like all beasts eating raw meat but they could behave. Not unlike chivalric warriors like you : ferocious in battle but well behaved at home. And you liked them, always throwing them a bone to chew during a feast or caressing one when you saw one. Haut's dogs were good boys.
Speaking of good boys you knew that Ancel had already been at work in the last days, identifying the dejections of some boars and trying to find them, once in the forest he shall lead the dogs to this place and make them train the beast, then you will try to divide into three groups with hunters, piqueurs, dogs and beaters in each one and try to corner the beast, using your horns to communicate if you saw it to call all the others on your position. It shall be glorious.

When on your way to the forest you drank a bit of wine from your flask and sung some merry songs about hunting. You began with French songs of course and then asked Oldfossil to sing something from India, he told the brave Cop, who had volunteered as a piqueur to sing with him since the man had a good singing voice and then, finally, wanting for more merriment Bohémond, who had heard him sing, asked your guelph spearman, Gardasil, to sing something about a hunt in Italian. The Guelph accepted and even if it was a strange italian dialect his "Guelph song about hunting" that he presented was very beautiful if a bit sad. Of course Orin and Florin, the two short scotsmen that you did not want to bring because of their short legs but who volunteered saying that they were "natural sprinters very dangerous in short distances". They sung something in their dialect too and it seemed joyful. To be sincere, since it was a very good day for early november you regretted that you had not brought Denarius and the Orcadian with you, but you decided to send them to scout the baronial lands during your illness instead. You need to know your enemies movements after all.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sat 07 Oct 2023 18:30:28 No.5786311 Report

Quoted By: >>5786312

>>5786309

So it was with songs, good wines, the caress of the wind on your faces and a beautiful landscape of great plains before an autumn forest dominated by the blue sky and a pale sun whose rays were not too hot on this season. So it was during this happy moment that you remarked a strange thing, your brave Ancel was not waiting you where the roads enter the forest, on the contrary, he was nowhere to be seen. You stopped your horse and tried to look arround you when you head his voice.

-All is rotten here messire ! Beware, in the trees !

You frowned while looking in the direction of the voice. Some kinds of vines were surrounding your brave Ancel and attaching him like ropes ! Tonnerre, who dared to do it ? It was when you heard the melodious voice of a man from a tree. Or more exactly a guelph, a guelph dressed in a tenue of leaves and pelts, who stood on a high branch of a tree and told you.

-Stop right there persecutor of nature ! You kill poor beasts not to feed yourself but to torture them ! Go back were you came from or I will curse you all !

You looked at the pointy eared fellow, and at the trees, and noted that he had many companions, even a female blonde guelph who was only dressed in leaves and very lightly at it. How could she stay warm by this time ? And what a sinful tenue, she should cover herself. But when you were looking at the female Oldfossil, all excited as he was told.

-It is customary to introduce yourself to our lord before speaking to him.

The man on his branch then told in a grave voice.

-I am Aspas druid of the Green Forests and this is Ava, a fellow druid, the rest are my companions. And in the name of the old treaties I tell you to stop.

You thought about throwing a boar spear in his belly to see if he would continue to dare stopping your joyful journey but when you were asking Gardasil for his weapon Oldfossil told you.

-Beware my lord, they are Druids of the Green Forest, protected by our queen, they can preach everywhere since the treaty of Tricked and protect nature, they travel from forest to forest and killing them would be highly illegal.

You looked at your councilor.

-They always try to stop hunts like this ?

He raised his shoulders, fortunately it was your guard, Gardasil that answered you, being a Guelph himself he knew maybe a bit more about these druids.

-These ones, the disciples of Aspas, are real fanatics, most of them are only seeing the forest kin but these, they are some of the worst that exist with the communities of the Hippi valley, but the valley elves are peaceful at least. Damned tree barbarians, they make a bad name for us proper civilised light elves.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sat 07 Oct 2023 18:31:31 No.5786312 Report

Quoted By: >>5786517 >>5787001 >>5787351

>>5786311

You understood that you would have to deal with hours of italian bickering about why all the other city states around them were only savages and decided to focus your attention a new on these pagan priests. You could not kill them ? It was the peak of injustice ! Exhorbitant taxes even on honest noblemen, you lived in France so you understood. Foreign leadership ? It was the case in many places in Christendom and even here in the Bifurian part of Indias with this Guelph rule but to stop an honest nobleman from hunting ! This was below the worst kind of oppression that you heard ! This witch queen was worse than the child killed Herod if she thought that she could oppress her people like this ! Hunting was a privilege of the nobility and you should not tolerate infrigements on your privileges. You looked around you, the peasants looked fearful but your brave Bohémond and Godefroi were scandalised.

>Take the boarspear and throw it right in the druid, he deserves it. (Combat roll)
>"I have nothing to say to pagan priests who sacrifice childs, release my man, disappear into the forest and I will let you live"
>"You try to supplant my justice on my lands ! Get them lads ! Montjoie let us begin the day by killing some pagans and finish with a boar !" (Combat roll)
>"Tell your Ava to cover herself, it is improper to walk half naked in my lordship if you do not want to have to pay a fee. And release Ancel before i impale you upon my spear !"
>"You talk against hunting but you wear animal pelts ? I shall not hear anything from you ?"
>"You captured one of my men and try to stop a hunt, surrender and you will be thrown into my dungeons, or resist and die !"
>Leave for today, you shall return tomorrow.
>Let the peasants leave for a moment, you need no witnesses before butchering this man.
>Other (write in)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:+SW+hM6Z Sat 07 Oct 2023 21:32:45 No.5786517 Report

Quoted By: >>5786634 >>5787462

>>5786312
>"You talk against hunting but you wear animal pelts ? I shall not hear anything from you ?"
>"I have nothing to say to pagan priests who sacrifice childs, release my man, disappear into the forest and I will let you live"

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Sat 07 Oct 2023 23:06:53 No.5786634 Report

Quoted By: >>5787462

>>5786305
the harvest is bountiful this year
>Of course, he can come with us, we will need to be three at the center with one rider on each flank when we will begin to run after the boar.
>>5786517
support the rest

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Sun 08 Oct 2023 02:43:26 No.5787001 Report

Quoted By: >>5787462

>>5786307
>He can come, yes, but only with the beaters, he is no horseman, well technically he is a horse-man but it is not the same thing.
Discrimination is wrong. A peasant is a peasant, not a noble, even if he is a horse. His soul is a commoner's soul.

>>5786312
>"You talk against hunting but you wear animal pelts ? I shall not hear anything from you ?"
>"I have nothing to say to pagan priests who sacrifice childs, release my man, disappear into the forest and I will let you live"

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:SSwEk86E Sun 08 Oct 2023 06:58:31 No.5787232 Report

Quoted By: >>5787462

>>5786307
>Of course, he can come with us, we will need to be three at the center with one rider on each flank when we will begin to run after the boar.

>"Tell your Ava to cover herself, it is improper to walk half naked in my lordship if you do not want to have to pay a fee. And release Ancel before i impale you upon my spear !"
>"You talk against hunting but you wear animal pelts ? I shall not hear anything from you ?"
>"I have nothing to say to pagan priests who sacrifice childs, release my man, disappear into the forest and I will let you live"

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Qt1kLg6h Sun 08 Oct 2023 09:04:02 No.5787351 Report

Quoted By: >>5787462

>>5786307
>>He can come, yes, but only with the beaters, he is no horseman, well technically he is a horse-man but it is not the same thing.

>>5786312
>>"You talk against hunting but you wear animal pelts ? I shall not hear anything from you ?"
>>"I have nothing to say to pagan priests who sacrifice childs, release my man, disappear into the forest and I will let you live"

Local Lord

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sun 08 Oct 2023 11:29:10 No.5787462 Report

Quoted By: >>5787463

>>5786517

>>5786634
Good to know, a good harvest means wealth and food for everyone ! Let us toast to it !

>>5787001
Wisely said, perhaps he could be considered as a very quick footman with a horn ?

>>5787232
>>5787351

You decided to keep the centaur with you, maybe he could be useful, and keeping him with the riders, even if was not allowed to finish the beast could be useful, after all he will be unable to be unhorsed ! Hah !
But despite all of this you decided to make this haughty druid, who probably sacrificed children like in the tales of the old romans that Brother Louis explained you one day, regret his words by ridiculing him and you told.

-You talk against hunting but you wear animal pelts ? I shall not hear anything from you !

The man on his branch seemed outraged, raising his finger in the sky and claiming.

-Earth mother forgive me, but I hunted only to feed myself and kept the pelts as a token of respect for the animals as prescribed by the scriptures of Algore the wise. What you are doing is animal cruelty !

His aides nodded to it and approved with cheers while you struggled to understand his logic.

-I am cruel because I make a boar... Run ?

-Yes ! And now begone from this forest !

Perhaps you misheard it. You were so astonished by his words that you failed to cut his tongue for his insolent tone. Was this guelph not only incredibly stupid but also mad as well ? How was making an herbivore run cruel ? They were running every time, when a deer saw a wolf he ran, when he wanted to move from a place to another he did it too. Why was the fact of making a boar running from dogs and hunters any different. It was nature, as intended by God when he gave men all the animals to reign over. You decided that you had enough and told.

-I have nothing to say to pagan priests who sacrifice children, release my man, disappear into the forest and I will let you live !

It was a generous offer, only because these knaves were protected by the queen you offered them a mercy that they didn't deserve instead of hanging them by their innards to the branches of their beloved forest. Hah, they would be able to talk about cruelty after that ! After your words the Guelph looked scandalised and proclaimed, descending from his branch by jumping gracefully from it right before you.

-Sacrificing children ? Me and my kin ! What is this superstition ! And this said by an animal abuser ! I shall report this to my superiors and to the queen !

His outrage could be used at your advantage. What shall you do ? While you were thinking you heard Ancel grumble.

-They talk, they talk and I am attached in a bush in the meantime....

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sun 08 Oct 2023 11:31:42 No.5787463 Report

Quoted By: >>5787580 >>5787622 >>5787669 >>5787767 >>5787850

>>5787462

>Gut him since he is right before you (combat roll).
>"You think that you are the only one to not have friends at high places, go tell Count Careless, the avid hunter, how much you dislike his ways, let us see how it will work !" (Intrigue roll)
>"Me ? Being mean to animals ? I am the only one in all the Indias who judges them according to frankish customs and let them have the right to be judged ! Your words lack any sense !" (Intrigue roll)
>"Enough ! Begone or I shall strike you down !" (rulership roll)
>Other (write in)

Remember good sirs, if you have a good choice or a good idea you shall have a bonus in your rolls (I do not reveal bonuses before the rolls like these ones since you do not really know much about the man with whom you are talking). Bad choices give maluses of course. We roll d100 and I take the average of the first three rolls.

Oh, and of course, before rolling let us see your stats :

Your new stats :

Charles de Villeroi

Class : Local Lord
Level : 4
XP : 580 (next level at 700)

Stats

Combat : 51%
Intrigue : 25%
Rulership: 36%

Piety : 67
Mudcore : 56

With 56 Mudcore you have a bigger field of gritty realism around you, in this field the most heavy magic will not work and supernatural abilities will not work, oh, and women will lose 4 pounds of strength of course, plus in the field the people that obey you will act more like they would be in a dark fantasy setting. You have chosen Blood of Mud and so your mudcore field will become a bit bigger and stronger but could be transmitted to your children.
Magic, even restorative, will become considerably weaker near you.
Next level at 60, your field will become more important and most magic will be impossible to cast near you by the weaker practitioners.

Talents
-Cavalry Commander : +20 to martial when you have to lead a cavalry charge or a cavalry attack. Works only when commanding shock or melee cavalry mounted on horses.
-Foreign Etiquette : You focus on learning Indian etiquette with Oldfossil, you gain a +10 bonus in intrigue in your interactions with the nobility of your duchy.
->Basic Literacy : Your lessons with Oldfossil and Lady Takable finally paid off and you can read and write, even if you write with errors and move your lips still when you read it is a great leap forward.

Traits :
Leader : Your magnetism on the masses is glorious and your learning of speech could encourage many men to follow you. You may choose the best of 3 rolls when you try to speak in public to convince an audience, be it the Council of Many or angry peasants.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:SgjNjHWh Sun 08 Oct 2023 15:02:35 No.5787580 Report

Quoted By: >>5787893 >>5788369

>>5787463
>>Gut him since he is right before you (combat roll).
Enough of this animal worshiping paganism! They interrupt our rightful hunt and claim us to be criminals? Preposterous.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:+SW+hM6Z Sun 08 Oct 2023 15:44:00 No.5787622 Report

Quoted By: >>5787893

>>5787463
>>"Enough ! Begone or I shall strike you down !" (rulership roll)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Sun 08 Oct 2023 16:20:28 No.5787669 Report

Quoted By: >>5787893 >>5788369

>>5787463
>"Me ? Being mean to animals ? I am the only one in all the Indias who judges them according to frankish customs and let them have the right to be judged ! Your words lack any sense !" (Intrigue roll)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Sun 08 Oct 2023 17:29:34 No.5787767 Report

Quoted By: >>5787893 >>5788369

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:wNF7lVJ7 Sun 08 Oct 2023 18:21:55 No.5787850 Report

Quoted By: >>5787893 >>5788369

Rolled 34 (1d100)

>>5787463
>>"Me ? Being mean to animals ? I am the only one in all the Indias who judges them according to frankish customs and let them have the right to be judged ! Your words lack any sense !" (Intrigue roll)

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sun 08 Oct 2023 18:47:23 No.5787893 Report

Quoted By: >>5787913 >>5787926 >>5788053

>>5787580
>>5787622
>>5787669
>>5787767

Good choices good sirs but roll please, roll dice when you choose to roll ! May fortune be with you (or buy a good luck charm to a gipsy woman before rolling I do not know what you generally do when you play knucklebones in a tavern good sirs.)

>>5787850
Since it is a good choice and you have a bonus this 34 is a pass, two more rolls and we will have the average, keep being lucky like this good sirs.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Sun 08 Oct 2023 18:55:48 No.5787913 Report

Quoted By: >>5788369

Rolled 12 (1d100)

>>5787893

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Qt1kLg6h Sun 08 Oct 2023 19:01:01 No.5787926 Report

Quoted By: >>5788369

Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>5787893

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:SgjNjHWh Sun 08 Oct 2023 20:27:11 No.5788053 Report

Quoted By: >>5788369

>>5787893
Do we operate on average of three with lower rolls being good?

Local Lord

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Mon 09 Oct 2023 00:46:15 No.5788369 Report

Quoted By: >>5788371

>>5787580
Well said good sir.

>>5787669
>>5787767
>>5787850

>>5788053
Exactly good sir, and in this case it is an average of 42, too much for your quite poor intrigue score. So it is a failure but a mild one since you rolled at 36.

>>5787913
>>5787926

You decided to answer directly his accusations, after all you were the only one who gave the animals a fair trial while the Indians simply butchered them.

-Me ? Being mean to animals ? I am the only one in all the Indias who judges them according to Frankish customs and let they have a right to be judged before they are punished. Your words lack any sense.

This made the Guelph pause for a bit, he seemed maybe lost, yes, lost was the word. Looking at you he began to tell.

-What do you mean, judge them accordingly ?

-When a beast breaks the law it has the chance to be judged and heard before a tribunal to determine if it is guilty.

The Guelph seemed to consider it and opened his eyes like he discovered how to make steel for the first time.

-You... Oh, it is unexpected, that is... Very civilised of you, I did not suspect that humans had so much advanced on the path to civilisation. I...

He was cut off by his half naked lady friend before he could finish complimenting you.

-Can you speak to animals to hear them ?

-Of course not, but their gruntings can be very expressive !

How to explain that inquisitors sometimes managed to interrogate them, you had heard tales about it. But it displeased Aspas who began to raise his voice telling.

-You... You mocked me you bastard... Fellow friends of nature us punish these arrogant...

He tried to raise his baton to hit you but you were faster, he maybe was quicker but you were an experienced warrior and saw him coming. With a powerful blow of your boar spear you opened his chest ! Haha ! One less ! Before the druids could recover Florin, one of your Scotsmen, had shot Ava in the neck with his crossbow. You generally forbade to use it against animals, it was not good sport, and the church prohibited it against Christian but using it against a pagan witch could be acceptable. Others tried to jump on your men, one on Oldfossil to take him down but Godefroi, who was nearby, struck him with his spear and impaled him while he fell. The other managed to unhorse Bohemond and try to slice his throat with a knife but after a bit of wrestling your knight stabbed him multiple times with his dagger and finished him.
The last opponent to your pleasant afternoon jumped near cop but was soon beaten up by your guardsmen and put down. Ancel, free from the vines that imprisoned him once you killed the druid took his long knife and began to menace him.

-Give me your jewel... Hum yes you have nothing you vile beggar... Give me your mushrooms, funny man !

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Mon 09 Oct 2023 00:48:31 No.5788371 Report

Quoted By: >>5788388 >>5788613 >>5788620 >>5788699 >>5788777

>>5788369

You preferred not to think about what the mushrooms did. The prisoner emptied his purse quickly once under the menace of a cutlass. But what to do with him ? You had killed four pagan priests protected by the queen, but it was in self defense. It was what you reminded to your beaters when they began to be terrified of being cursed by "nature's magic" or other peasant superstitions. Only God could curse something and they should believe only in Him (and in the nobility that represent him on earth of course). Once reassured they began to loot the corpse while you inquired if you could continue hunting. Ancel answered you positively.

-Yes messire ! I have spotted a big black boar ! Hehe ! It will make for a fine hunt, I could track him if I wasn't annoyed by these imbeciles.

Yes, the imbeciles, they were all dead no, Ava had fallen from a branch and Aspas, the disciple of this Algore, was lying dead in a bush. One of them was still alive, what to do with him... And what of the corpses ?

>Let the dogs eat the corpses
>Order some peasants to bury the corpses
>Order to keep the corpses, they will be given back to someone of their order and you will explain your confrontation.
>Other (write in)

And for the prisoner, the Guelph seems to be young, as they all are, and is terrified of your men :

>Let the dogs tear him apart, we need no witnesses
>Let's hang him as an outlaw
>Keep him in our dungeons, he could be useful. Maybe he can speak to animals since these Guelphs believe that it is possible ?
>Release him.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:+SW+hM6Z Mon 09 Oct 2023 01:01:25 No.5788388 Report

Quoted By: >>5789117

>>5788371
>Let the dogs eat the corpses
>Let's hang him as an outlaw
He's a male. Useless to us.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Qt1kLg6h Mon 09 Oct 2023 05:45:40 No.5788613 Report

Quoted By: >>5789117

>>5788371
>Let the dogs eat the corpses
>Let the dogs tear him apart, we need no witnesses

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Mon 09 Oct 2023 05:51:21 No.5788620 Report

Quoted By: >>5789117

>>5788371
>Let the dogs eat the corpses
>Let's hang him as an outlaw

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:SSwEk86E Mon 09 Oct 2023 08:07:22 No.5788699 Report

Quoted By: >>5789117

>>5788371
>>Let the dogs eat the corpses
>Let the dogs tear him apart, we need no witnesses

This never happened, and the dogs go home with a full belly.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:+xIvX+lU Mon 09 Oct 2023 13:06:54 No.5788777 Report

Quoted By: >>5789117

>>5788371
>>Let the dogs eat the corpses
>>Let's hang him as an outlaw

Local Lord

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Mon 09 Oct 2023 20:15:10 No.5789117 Report

Quoted By: >>5789118

>>5788388
Hon hon hon.

>>5788613
>>5788620

>>5788699
Of course, you simply took these people for brigands since they were agressive and poorly dressed. You released the dogs and they ate them before you could do anything. What a pity !

>>5788777

Seeing the Guelph surrounded by your men and imploring you to spare him made your hearth harden. He was a pagan and a witch and he obeyed to a criminal who wanted to attack you. You then ordered.

-Hang this man to a branch as the common criminal that is. And you, Haut, let your dogs eat the rest, it is only just that they become useful to nature after their death.

Of course your dogs will be a bit slower after having eaten but these Guelphs were all skin and bones and probably would not feed the beasts enough to make them want to take a nap and have their bellies rubbed instead of wanting to pursue a boar. You decided to watch the hanging and since you lacked the proper gallows your men simply put a rope around his neck and pulled on it, raising the criminal from the ground, he kicked for two good minutes before becoming purple and stopping to move, it was not a clean hanging, but hey, you did with what was disponible. Besides, these guelphs deserved it, people who ate too much vegetables and greens, since they hunted only when they needed to survive, made naturally poor neighbourgs : they were green with rage and envy at sympathetic peoples with normal hobbies like the nobility who hunted joyfully in the woods and forests of their domains.

Speaking about the pursuit you began of course by adopting a large formation and letting the dogs track the beast before it was seen, the beaters screamed and some decided to beat on drums and tinpots to try to make the beast afraid. A lot of beasts were effectively afraid, a female boar and even a deer were amongst them when you ran. But you were not tracking them, it would not be sporty so you let them leave, you acted only when you heard one of your lads scream and jump while your boar that you finally tracked, charged him. He only had some times to jump somewhere to avoid the charge before the beast, a black blurr bypassed him and began to flee, the dogs barking and turning towards it before running. You turned your horse towards the sound and ordered Haut to run with you while you began to take some speed. At your left was Bohemond who tried to come back after you and at your right, so closer to the source of the noise was Godefroi who launched his horse at full speed towards the source of the noise. Yes, it was time to begin the pursuit of the beast. You rode like a madman, dodging branches seeing that your shorter help was lost while others ran with zeal on foot or put their horses to a gallop. The dogs barked intensely, wanting to be released, it was one of the most exciting moments, and a moment that could last for hours as the beast will have to be completely ran out of energy before being killed.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Mon 09 Oct 2023 20:16:14 No.5789118 Report

Quoted By: >>5789225 >>5789270 >>5789613

>>5789117

During the pursuit you decided to :

>Hug the beast close you do not want it to disappear in a bush
>Try to lead the boar somewhere by bypassing the dogs and trying to cut one of the ways, it is a risky tactic but it can be worth it. (choose where to lead him, deeper into the forest or out of the forest and un the plain for exemple).
>Let the dogs go first and follow without giving everything, it will be a long pursuit and your horse will have to furnish a long effort. If you lose sight of the beast the dogs will still smell it and you could always hear the horns of those who will be closer to the beast.
>Other (write in)

And more importantly : ROLL 1d100 for a combat roll for the beginning of this hunt, some choices are harder than others but could be rewarding in the long run.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:SSwEk86E Mon 09 Oct 2023 21:49:48 No.5789225 Report

Quoted By: >>5789226 >>5789270 >>5789387 >>5789682 >>5790195 >>5790585

>>5789118
>>Try to lead the boar somewhere by bypassing the dogs and trying to cut one of the ways, it is a risky tactic but it can be worth it. (choose where to lead him, deeper into the forest or out of the forest and un the plain for exemple).
I say we coral it into the plains, so we dont have to doge branches every 5 seconds, and we can see farther.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:SSwEk86E Mon 09 Oct 2023 21:50:49 No.5789226 Report

Quoted By: >>5790585

Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>5789225

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Mon 09 Oct 2023 22:30:00 No.5789270 Report

Quoted By: >>5790585

Rolled 17 (1d100)

>>5789225
Supporting

>>5789118

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:cA+6Z4U0 Tue 10 Oct 2023 00:33:08 No.5789387 Report

Quoted By: >>5790585

Rolled 15 (1d100)

>>5789225
Supporting

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:wNF7lVJ7 Tue 10 Oct 2023 03:16:14 No.5789613 Report

Quoted By: >>5790585

>>5789118
>>Hug the beast close you do not want it to disappear in a bush

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Qt1kLg6h Tue 10 Oct 2023 03:52:10 No.5789682 Report

Quoted By: >>5790585

Rolled 70 (1d100)

>>5789225
+1

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:+SW+hM6Z Tue 10 Oct 2023 15:08:59 No.5790195 Report

Quoted By: >>5790585

>>5789225
Support

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Tue 10 Oct 2023 20:42:11 No.5790585 Report

Quoted By: >>5790590

>>5789225

Wise words good sir, it will bring a swift end to the hunt since a boar on open terrain is not as fast as hunting dogs or horses. With your excellent rolls of an average of 38 you managed to do it so congratulations !

>>5789226
>>5789270
>>5789387
>>5789613
>>5789682
>>5790195

You decided to send the beast to the plains, it would not be easy and require all your talents at horsemanship to manage to get it. You ordered Bohemond to follow you while you tried to cut the way to the left for the powerful boar. You hit the flanks of your mare with your spurs and ran as fast as you can, your horse jumping over fallen trees and running quickly. You dodged a branch who would probably have taken off your eye and reached for your horn, scratching your knuckles on another branch on the way . Once the horn in your hand you acted by blowing into it with all your strength and this sound, plus the sight of a hunter, made the black pig turn toward the right.

It ran mightily, fortunately you managed to push him into a good direction and saw it leave towards the north. Several minutes and many exhaustions from your servants on foot later you finally saw that the beast had left the forest a bit dazed by the sudden light. You needed to rest your horse so you left Bohemond come first while you continued to pursue. The dogs had been released by Haut a long time ago the kennel master lacking any capacities to run with horses, only Ancel was there and continued to try to run after the animal.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Tue 10 Oct 2023 20:43:37 No.5790590 Report

Quoted By: >>5790594

>>5790585

But it was more the beasts than the men who did the work, without the constrained ground of the forest the supple ran right towards the boar to devour him. But the black boar was not to be trifled with, against his agile adversaries he did what he must do : he charged ! With a mighty "huiiiiii" the mighty 210 pounds beast threw itself on the dogs, two houds managed to bite on it's leathery skin, making it bleed a small bit and tearing some black fur of it but they had to release him because it did not stop it's charge. One dog was not quick enough to dodge it, the brave hunting hound still trying to bite on the pure muscle of the pig's neck and receiving a mighty tusk in it's belly. Oh it was harsh to see, the nice beast trying to make this charging mass bleed while it continued forward, dispersing the mass. Finally it fell under the boar being trampled by it in a crunching sound and lying there, mortally wounded but still wanting to fight. The other dogs began to pursue, to encircle the boar but stayed at a distance or tried to harass it biting at it's behind but you reminded focused on the one who was still bleeding here. He looked at you with love, then at Haut who finally arrived and who, looking at it with sadness did not knew what to do. Yes, it was a good dog, you knew that some wise men said that good beasts go to heaven, just like good people and seeing the pained big eyes of your hound, his look and still moving tail trying to tell "have I done my duty, master ?", while he was immobile on the ground with a broken leg and a gaping would in the belly, you wanted to reassure him, to tell him that yes, he will still run happily with his friends after Judgment's day, pursuing some quarry. You then made a sign of your head to Ancel and with a swift blow from his cutlass he stopped the suffering of your furry companion.

You then turned your attention towards the boar, he was cornered, and harrassed by dogs who now used their superior agility to hit him from behind, the clever beasts understanding what his mass meant for them, of course he managed to charge again throwing a dog around, fortunately without goring him, but they reformed back, encircling him. What a beast, he continued to fight even at one against fifty and you understood why so many families used this beasts as a symbol, what power, what strenght it was ! Heh, you heard that the ancient gauls worshipped the beast and you could still see imitation of this kind of demeanour on the fair lands of France. You decided to stop it now. Grabbing your whip you made it crack and the impeccably trained dogs immediately stopped attacking, knowing the signal from their master. You wanted to thank Haut one more time for this. You then let Ancel take your horse's reins while you dismounted.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Tue 10 Oct 2023 20:45:59 No.5790594 Report

Quoted By: >>5790995 >>5791083 >>5791090 >>5791117 >>5791340 >>5791677 >>5792819

>>5790590

The boar looked at you, exhausted, wounded and surrounded but not vainquished, his eyes two pearls of malice peeking at your face. You were not unscathed neither, you were panting a bit and a branch had opened the skin on your right hand, fortunately it was not a serious wound and you did not feel it so you were confident, your movements slow but sure of yourself. Over you, only a blue-grey sky lit by a pale November's sun, no trees, not a lot of clouds, as if God himself wanted to see this duel on the plains. The black beast continued to fix you, by Saint Denis he wanted blood, he probably recognized you for the man that blocked his path and drew him to this plain where he was far slower than the dogs that pursued them. Good, it will make the fight more interesting. Since your men ran not very fast in this terrain compared to horses, only Ancel, one of Cop's sons, Gardasil (who was remarkably fast and agile as a guelph) and two exhausted peasants were around, plus the raiders. Oldfossil making sign to one of the piqueurs to give you a boar-spear. It was the time of the coup de grâce, the time to finish the boar cleanly. Everyone was watching you, it was your duty after all, as a lord, to finish the prey on your first hunt of the season, and your first hunt in India. You could of course let the dogs do the job but one part of you wanted to fight this pig, at least to show him respect for the formidable fighter that he was. And sincerely, you were in a good shape and even if it was dangerous, believed in your chances, unlike your uncle Robert on it's last hunt, the greatest boar hunter that you saw, you were not drunk when attempting to kill the beast. When Fed, Cop's youngest son, held his spear's handle towards you so you could take it you decided to :

>Order the hounds to attack and once the beast is on the ground finish it with the spear/your dagger. (Move for old men and lords who do not hunt often enough)
>Take the spear, it will be useful, and fight the beast one on one. (Normal option to prove your worth)
>Your hunting dagger will suffice, it will be harder of course but it will make the fight more personnal. (Riskier option for brave lords)
>Other (write in)

And roll a combat roll of course, the fact that you managed to bring the beast on the plains finished the hunt quite early, you were very effective and quickly exhausted your prey.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Qt1kLg6h Wed 11 Oct 2023 02:10:36 No.5790995 Report

Quoted By:

Rolled 79 (1d100)

>>5790594
>>Take the spear, it will be useful, and fight the beast one on one. (Normal option to prove your worth)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:FjJbhOXf Wed 11 Oct 2023 03:01:43 No.5791083 Report

Quoted By: >>5793022

Rolled 47 (1d100)

>>5790594
>>Take the spear, it will be useful, and fight the beast one on one. (Normal option to prove your worth)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Wed 11 Oct 2023 03:06:39 No.5791090 Report

Quoted By: >>5793022

Rolled 18 (1d100)

>>5790594
>Take the spear, it will be useful, and fight the beast one on one. (Normal option to prove your worth)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Qt1kLg6h Wed 11 Oct 2023 03:21:08 No.5791117 Report

Quoted By: >>5793022

Rolled 8 (1d100)

>>5790594
>>Take the spear, it will be useful, and fight the beast one on one. (Normal option to prove your worth)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:+SW+hM6Z Wed 11 Oct 2023 06:15:43 No.5791340 Report

Quoted By: >>5793022

>>5790594
>>Your hunting dagger will suffice, it will be harder of course but it will make the fight more personnal. (Riskier option for brave lords)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:wNF7lVJ7 Wed 11 Oct 2023 16:07:08 No.5791677 Report

Quoted By: >>5793022

>>5790594
>>Take the spear, it will be useful, and fight the beast one on one. (Normal option to prove your worth)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Thu 12 Oct 2023 16:14:43 No.5792819 Report

Quoted By: >>5793022

>>5790594
>Take the spear, it will be useful, and fight the beast one on one. (Normal option to prove your worth)

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Thu 12 Oct 2023 20:08:40 No.5793022 Report

Quoted By: >>5793025

>>5791083
>>5791090
>>5791117
>>5791340
>>5791677
>>5792819

And it was time to fight the beast. Taking the spear from your guardsman you prepared to face it and advanced slowly. A boar of course was a mass of muscles and hide that had to be stricken precisely to be killed in one go. You were experience in these kinds of hunts and had felled many great beasts like a really big brown boar in the Ardennes forest, even bigger than this one. So you advanced slowly and when you saw that the powerful animal eature was about to charge you you stopped, right foot behind yours, knees lightly bent as if you were about to be charged by a a cavalryman, but a cavalryman far smaller than you that will try to get your legs, make you fall and gore you to death with it's tusks. You aimed for the left flank of the beast, using the specially crafted blade to get it's hearth to kill it in one go, with a bit of chance it's own weight and the power of it's charge could be used against it. As your father told you when he taught you to hunt "let the boar do the work for you".

And you did, you received the charge and struck true not even recoiling against such might even if it demanded a tremendous effort. The boar had a strong "huiiiiiii" and stopped in it's tracks. You continued to thrust into it's flesh and it stayed immobile, looking at you with his evil eyes. You continued to thrust it and then saw that he tried no more to push towards you. You then extracted your spear and looked at the work, the beast was dead, but it hasn't fallen, staying solidly still as many boars do. What an animal ! It was because of such boars that young men grew into good fighters, as strong and stubborn as them. You hoped to find other beasts of this quality in your forest. You pushed it down to make it fall while everybody in your suite clapped at your victory. And you told joyfully.

-I am in great thirst. Ancel, bring me my gourdasse !

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Thu 12 Oct 2023 20:10:15 No.5793025 Report

Quoted By: >>5793026 >>5793064 >>5793182 >>5793212 >>5793234 >>5793456

>>5793022

When you drank good wine and were congratulated by everyone you had still to decide what to do with the beast. You could of course remember your young days and cut it open and separate the hide from the meat with your good friends like you did when you were a squire since you had no squire here. Thinking about it you will need to have a squire soon, it would be proper. Maybe you could take the son of a nearby nobleman... It was to be seen. But before all of this you had to decide about the boar. In the absence of young boys who need to know how to quarter a beast you could give it to your servants and eat it. Since it is the first boar of the season it would be customary to eat it but generally and quite often generous noblemen gave the carcass of a boar to one of their villages or to an abbey. You could give it to Father François (who is fat enough to eat it alone but he will probably give a bit to the poor) or to the villagers of Local, or even to the brave volunteer who came to help you as beaters. It will make more people want to join your hunts, especially after the rumours about "terrible curses from the druids" that will arise from superstitious peasants.

Once you answered to the congratulations of Godefroi by saying that he himself has felled the biggest boar that you have seen in the southern Ardennes.

>Cut the boar open yourself with your knights and eat it.
>Leave this task to the servants, you will remember your youth another day.µ
>We will see it later, the hunt was finished early, we can continue to hunt until dusk !

>You deserved the prise, it will be a good meal to share with your knights and councillors who hunted it with you.
>Give the beast to Father François, let us be pious. The best way to absolution is trough the belly of your fat priest.
>Give it to villagers of Local as a symbol of generosity.
>Give it to your beater, they will thank you for many years to come.
>We will see it later, the hunt was finished early, we can continue to hunt until dusk !
>Other (write in)

Thank you good sirs and sorry for the delay, you gain 20xp too for your victory over this black boar, he was a powerful, and probably very tasty opponent.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Thu 12 Oct 2023 20:11:25 No.5793026 Report

Quoted By: >>5793966

>>5793025

Your new stats :

Charles de Villeroi

Class : Local Lord
Level : 4
XP : 580+20 = 600 (next level at 700)

Stats

Combat : 51%
Intrigue : 25%
Rulership: 36%

Piety : 67
Mudcore : 56

With 56 Mudcore you have a bigger field of gritty realism around you, in this field the most heavy magic will not work and supernatural abilities will not work, oh, and women will lose 4 pounds of strength of course, plus in the field the people that obey you will act more like they would be in a dark fantasy setting. You have chosen Blood of Mud and so your mudcore field will become a bit bigger and stronger but could be transmitted to your children.
Magic, even restorative, will become considerably weaker near you.
Next level at 60, your field will become more important and most magic will be impossible to cast near you by the weaker practitioners.

Talents
-Cavalry Commander : +20 to martial when you have to lead a cavalry charge or a cavalry attack. Works only when commanding shock or melee cavalry mounted on horses.
-Foreign Etiquette : You focus on learning Indian etiquette with Oldfossil, you gain a +10 bonus in intrigue in your interactions with the nobility of your duchy.
->Basic Literacy : Your lessons with Oldfossil and Lady Takable finally paid off and you can read and write, even if you write with errors and move your lips still when you read it is a great leap forward.

Traits :
Leader : Your magnetism on the masses is glorious and your learning of speech could encourage many men to follow you. You may choose the best of 3 rolls when you try to speak in public to convince an audience, be it the Council of Many or angry peasants.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:mWqB93i2 Thu 12 Oct 2023 21:09:45 No.5793064 Report

Quoted By: >>5793981

>>5793025
>>Leave this task to the servants, you will remember your youth another day.µ

>>Give it to your beater, they will thank you for many years to come.

I am sure they have worked up a ferocious appetite, and we should reward good peasants that understand their duty to their lord.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Thu 12 Oct 2023 23:12:34 No.5793182 Report

Quoted By: >>5793981

>>5793025
>Cut the boar open yourself with your knights and eat it.
We are still young!
>Give it to villagers of Local as a symbol of generosity.
We are a good lord who feeds his commoners. Besides, if video games have told me anything, a surplus of food always means more population growth in the future.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:SSwEk86E Thu 12 Oct 2023 23:47:46 No.5793212 Report

Quoted By: >>5793981

>>5793025
>Leave this task to the servants, you will remember your youth another day.
>Give it to your beater, they will thank you for many years to come.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:yKCdfWLJ Fri 13 Oct 2023 00:27:57 No.5793234 Report

Quoted By: >>5793981

>>5793025
>Leave this task to the servants, you will remember your youth another day.

>Give it to your beater, they will thank you for many years to come.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Qt1kLg6h Fri 13 Oct 2023 03:43:34 No.5793456 Report

Quoted By: >>5793981

>>5793025
>Cut the boar open yourself with your knights and eat it.
>Give it to your beater, they will thank you for many years to come

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:hLFHXupP Fri 13 Oct 2023 15:36:38 No.5793966 Report

Quoted By: >>5793982

>>5793026
>>Cut the boar open yourself with your knights and eat it.
>>Give it to your beater, they will thank you for many years to come
Setting a personal example in both butchery and generosity.

Local Lord

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Fri 13 Oct 2023 16:05:11 No.5793981 Report

Quoted By: >>5793985 >>5794002 >>5794012 >>5794143

>>5793064
Well said good sir, but if you feed them before you they shall not remember the good feudal hierarchy.

>>5793182
We are 27 years old, older than many but we will still have 15 or 20 years of good life before the gout strikes.
Video Games ? What is this ? Is it games were you empty (vider) some tankards of wine or some latin terms that only clerics could understand.

>>5793212
>>5793234
>>5793456

You decided to let your servants do the job of peeling the beast or even better, to let the beaters have it. Joyfully you declared to your men.

-I give the boar to those who helped us during this hunt, they deserved it. Let the beaters carry it and cut it.

Godefroi was a bit taken aback, telling you.

-But monseigneur, it is the first boar of the season.

Oldfossil, who looked really excited after taking his potion and who had ridden probably as fast as you told you.

-It is really generous my lord but will it not be wasted by humble peasants, besides, after coursing it it would be just that we eat it. Our food reserves are not very important and it will be winter.

You reassured them all by saying kindly.

-Do not worry my brave companions, we will feast today maybe but we will hunt during the next weeks. The next boar will be ours, I can promise you.

But before you could say something the young Bohémond asked you.

-We are still at noon monseigneur, I say that we must continue the hunt and find a true boar or something else to hunt, I do not wish to eat some farm animals after a hunt, it would be ludicrous.

You had to agree that the man spoke true and he was upset, in his youth that you will not gain anything. Maybe you should try to hunt a second boar after an hour, or at least something, the forest did not lack any boar at all and your dogs could try to find something, of course it would be difficult to find a beast in such a short amount of time but you had Ancel and you were motivated. What do you answer to your young bannerman ?

>We shall hunt during the next week, no need to hunt today.
>We still have a few hours, with a bit of luck we shall find a boar or something.
>Other (write in)

====

You loose 1 mudcore with your kind decision giving the first boar to your servants instead of your bannermen... Tsss, they will think that they are entitled to it now. Dreadful !

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Fri 13 Oct 2023 16:06:22 No.5793982 Report

Quoted By:

>>5793966

It seems that I have forgotten you when I answered so I shall mention you here good and very generous sir.

====
Your new stats :

Charles de Villeroi

Class : Local Lord
Level : 4
XP : 600 (next level at 700)

Stats

Combat : 51%
Intrigue : 25%
Rulership: 36%

Piety : 67
Mudcore : 56-1 = 55

With 55 Mudcore you have a bigger field of gritty realism around you, in this field the most heavy magic will not work and supernatural abilities will not work, oh, and women will lose 4 pounds of strength of course, plus in the field the people that obey you will act more like they would be in a dark fantasy setting. You have chosen Blood of Mud and so your mudcore field will become a bit bigger and stronger but could be transmitted to your children.
Magic, even restorative, will become considerably weaker near you.
Next level at 60, your field will become more important and most magic will be impossible to cast near you by the weaker practitioners.

Talents
-Cavalry Commander : +20 to martial when you have to lead a cavalry charge or a cavalry attack. Works only when commanding shock or melee cavalry mounted on horses.
-Foreign Etiquette : You focus on learning Indian etiquette with Oldfossil, you gain a +10 bonus in intrigue in your interactions with the nobility of your duchy.
->Basic Literacy : Your lessons with Oldfossil and Lady Takable finally paid off and you can read and write, even if you write with errors and move your lips still when you read it is a great leap forward.

Traits :
Leader : Your magnetism on the masses is glorious and your learning of speech could encourage many men to follow you. You may choose the best of 3 rolls when you try to speak in public to convince an audience, be it the Council of Many or angry peasants.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:SSwEk86E Fri 13 Oct 2023 16:07:54 No.5793985 Report

Quoted By: >>5794182

>>5793981
>>We still have a few hours, with a bit of luck we shall find a boar or something.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:SgjNjHWh Fri 13 Oct 2023 16:22:12 No.5794002 Report

Quoted By: >>5794182

>>5793981
>>We still have a few hours, with a bit of luck we shall find a boar or something.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:wNF7lVJ7 Fri 13 Oct 2023 16:29:07 No.5794012 Report

Quoted By: >>5794182

>>5793981
>>We still have a few hours, with a bit of luck we shall find a boar or something.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Qt1kLg6h Fri 13 Oct 2023 19:32:00 No.5794143 Report

Quoted By: >>5794182

>>5793981
>>We shall hunt during the next week, no need to hunt today.

Local Lord

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Fri 13 Oct 2023 20:04:11 No.5794182 Report

Quoted By: >>5794187 >>5794712

>>5793985
>>5794002
>>5794012
>>5794143

Truly the hunt must continue. You ordered Ancel to go back to work and he bowed and was happy about it. You then ordered the beaters to go back to work and one of them said.

-What ? After all that we have ran already m'lord...

He got a punch from cop immediately for his insolence. Brave Cop, he hit him before even being ordered too. The guardsman was panting too but he knew that you would never tolerate this insolence. First you gave your beaters an entire boar and then they wanted to stop hunting because they had their boar and did not even think of their lord. This is typical of many commoners, unable to grasp the principles of generosity and the satisfaction in the act of service. That was a loss of the feudal spirit, understandable in a land so devoid of serfdom as India. If many generations were necessary to create a safe, civilised and godly society only one was needed to revert to barbarism, and your act of giving before taking could be seen as turning back to it. You promised yourself to be generous but authoritative the next time.

While you were thinking about it and riding back into the forest you heard your brave Ancel coming happily.

-Messire, messire, I found the fumets of another male boar, they must be trying to find mates in these parts of the forest.

He told it by showing you one part of the dejections that he took in his glove.

-Wonderful news my brave Ancel, but you can show it to the dogs, not to me. Let us go good sirs, let us find that beast ! Haha !

It was with joy and glory that you decided to go back towards the forest, you were extremely lucky (maybe fate has rolled it's dice on your favour somewhere) and you wanted to continue the hunt as fast as possible. You still had some hours of course before dusk one of them was needed to track the beast. The dogs began to bark and your beaters began to make all sorts of noises to make it leave. Once more you saw a stag and even a fox and a doe fleeing you, but you had to concentrate on your boar.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Fri 13 Oct 2023 20:05:25 No.5794187 Report

Quoted By: >>5794193 >>5794499 >>5794556 >>5794635 >>5794866

>>5794182

This time you heard the horn at your right, it was Oldfossil's side and he blew his horn with zeal launching himself after the beast with the help of the dogs. Apparently they choose to stay in the forest and you had to duck some branches while pursuing. You were far from the best position to do so but you began to catch up with the others. Since you had the best horse you managed to pass before Godefroi and you had only Oldfossil before you when you saw that he was trying to blow his horn once more while his horse jumped and his sleeve got caught in a branch. You tried to scream to him to be careful but it was useless. With an agility unnatural for his age he tried to grab the branch who retained him once it was clear that he would not be able to stop his horse it before inevitably falling. He fell upon the ground on his flank and you stopped, of course, to see if he was well, fearing for the fragile old man, while his horse continued to flee. But the man was an avid hunter and even when in pain and on the ground, trying to get up, he screamed to you.

-My lord ! Do not lose the beast my lord ! It runs towards the river we cannot lose it ! Tobias will get my horse and the servants will take care of me do not worry...

Of course he seemed to be well, but it would be painful to lose one of your councilors. What do you do ?

>Do as he told, run after the boar. You will see if he is wounded after the hunt.
>Try to take care of Oldfossil, the man is precious.
>Other (write in)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:zyd3eb8V Fri 13 Oct 2023 20:10:43 No.5794193 Report

Quoted By: >>5795395

>>5794187
>>Try to take care of Oldfossil, the man is precious.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:mWqB93i2 Sat 14 Oct 2023 02:27:32 No.5794499 Report

Quoted By: >>5795395

>>5794187
>Try to take care of Oldfossil, the man is precious.

We shant trade our dear Oldfossil for all the game in India!

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:oA/2GaPK Sat 14 Oct 2023 03:12:06 No.5794556 Report

Quoted By: >>5795395

>>5794187
>>Try to take care of Oldfossil, the man is precious.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Sat 14 Oct 2023 04:44:53 No.5794635 Report

Quoted By: >>5795395

>>5794187
>Do as he told, run after the boar. You will see if he is wounded after the hunt.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:cA+6Z4U0 Sat 14 Oct 2023 07:04:35 No.5794712 Report

Quoted By: >>5795395

>>5794182
>Try to take care of Oldfossil, the man is precious.
Even though he might be fine, if oldfossil passes then we lose our most useful servant. We really need to find him someone to take his place.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Qt1kLg6h Sat 14 Oct 2023 10:40:49 No.5794866 Report

Quoted By: >>5795395

>>5794187
>Try to take care of Oldfossil, the man is precious.

Local Lord

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sat 14 Oct 2023 20:55:45 No.5795395 Report

Quoted By: >>5795398

>>5794193

>>5794499
Well said, our dear friend is dearer than a boar even if the boar is very tasty indeed.

>>5794556
>>5794635

>>5794712
Of course, searching some replacement when you will have some time would be very useful.

>>5794866

You decided to stop your horse and go help Oldfossil despite his protests. He tried again to tell you to go track the beast but it was useless. You screamed to Bohemond and Godefroi to continue to pursue the boar and while they left you helped your councillor to stand up. When he moved you heard a "aaaaargh" from him and asked.

-Are you allright, Oldfossil, have you broken something..

-No.... No... Let me sit please, right there aaaaargh... By the heavens I can't...it is... It is the coccyx...

You wondered what he meant but he seemed to not be able to sit so it was probably a bone un the lower back. It was of course beyond your non existant competences as a healer and you tried to call some servants while saying.

-Shall I send some of them to bring you back ?

-No... No, nothing that a healing potion could not heal my lord.

-A potion healing a broken bone ? Allons-donc... You will need to rest I shall order some guards to carry you, you cannot ride in this condition.

Finally seeing that he was carried away by Cop and Orin you decided to watch how the hunt was going. Unfortunately for you everything had already ended, Godefroi and Bohémond had cut the boar's access to the river and the beast was surrounded by dogs. You gave of course, as politeness dictated you, the honor of ending it to Godefroi, your eldest knight, and he finished the work quickly and efficiently. It was a good day, and a good time to return to your castle and feast gloriously. You said farewell to the beaters that you knew like Tobias who gave some of his excellent liquor to his old friend Oldfossil. Of course you invited Father François who would be probably very happy to eat a part of the boar (and would probably be invited by some beaters for the other one. Speaking of the boar he was very tasty, roasted on a stake and served with apples and many other vegetables (mainly squashes and gourds), and of course a chervil tart, your favorite, at dessert. With this you decided to order your household to open a very old barrel of wine who, if not as good as a burgundian wine, was tasty enough to accomodate your palate.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sat 14 Oct 2023 20:57:08 No.5795398 Report

Quoted By: >>5795402

>>5795395

You were a happy man, you had done everything that you wanted in your first days in the keep and you had still one week to wait before a decision would be known about baron Crook, well, one week and a few days because of course, especially in a place as isolated as local, news traveled slowly.

You passed the next few days joyfully, hunting more, some rabbits with your dogs and then a third boar, you wanted to wait a little for your first stag hunt. You trained every day in the courtyard and decided to give justice to the people, unfortunately, so you could not behead anyone, or fortunately since your people became more obedient there was no criminals to punish. Only a widow was dividing the inheritance of her husband with her sons. You applied the Champagne customs and gave her a douaire, the part of the goods and a number for the pension that children will have to pay her since she took care of their father until his last breath while they would keep his farm. You assisted to the mass too, of course, at the first rank and received communion. It was when you leaved the mass that you were accosted by Brother Louis, he rode with a tired expression and began to tell you.

-Monseigneur ! Monseigneur !

-You have news from lord Neutral ?

-Yes, but I have too from the Baron ! He has been summoned to court, he is travelling but I learned from an agent of the Neutral Lord that he is preparing a river boat to make some people sail the Queste and leave Bifuria. Amongst them lady Takable monseigneur....

Rose ? The bastard had tried to steal Rose from you and was ordering someone to carry her on a boat. Brother Louis had a letter too that he gave you, of course you would have trouble reading it if it was poorly written so you would have to consult Oldfossil just in case. But you focused on your first issue.

-Where is she ? When will the boat leave ?

-She must be travelling towards the boat escorted by some baron's men, you will not have time to stop her before she reaches the boar, I learned that it is ready to sail on a river called the Sideplot, the river then flows into the Queste in the forest to our south.

-The forest of Gump ?

-Yes monseigneur.

Hundreds of thoughts raced into your mind, you hated treachery, felony, vileness, but what to expect from this satanical sorcerer who consorted with demons. With a prayer on your lips and your sword in hand you decided to.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sat 14 Oct 2023 20:58:10 No.5795402 Report

Quoted By: >>5795460 >>5795477 >>5800278

>>5795398

>Immediately leave for the forest with your knights and riders and ambush the riverboat when he will come towards the Queste.
>Take some time to assemble a more numerous party to prepare your ambush, maybe even take some men on foot.
>Do nothing, someone will catch them after all and you will not be taken as killing your liege lord's men even if he will no more be your liege in a few days.
>First read the letter, important informations could be within.
>Talk to Oldfossil, he knows the region and will probably know where to make an ambush and what beasts lurk into the forest.
>Talk to Captain Crumbling about the dangers of this forest who is unclaimed by any of the nearby lords.
>Other (write in)

Choose as many choices as you want as long as they do not contradict themselves, and you gain +1 piety for assisting to the mass.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Sat 14 Oct 2023 21:42:45 No.5795460 Report

Quoted By: >>5795477 >>5795614 >>5796019 >>5796162 >>5796194 >>5796352

>>5795402
>First read the letter, important information could be within.
this first of course, it will only take a couple of minutes
>Talk to Oldfossil, he knows the region and will probably know where to make an ambush and what beasts lurk into the forest.
>Talk to Captain Crumbling about the dangers of this forest who is unclaimed by any of the nearby lords.
With these two we can gain enough information to figure out a plan
>Immediately leave for the forest with your knights and riders and ambush the riverboat when he will come towards the Queste.
Though this is a bit more reckless I think time is not on our side. Also, where is our favourite bard and ork? Are they the ones who got our information?

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Sat 14 Oct 2023 21:49:44 No.5795477 Report

Quoted By: >>5796352

>>5795460
I support this approach.

>>5795402

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:oA/2GaPK Sat 14 Oct 2023 23:08:44 No.5795614 Report

Quoted By: >>5796352

>>5795460
Very big brained approach. +1

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:K9xqoN7b Sun 15 Oct 2023 02:43:06 No.5796019 Report

Quoted By: >>5796352

>>5795460
+1

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:mWqB93i2 Sun 15 Oct 2023 05:04:46 No.5796162 Report

Quoted By: >>5796352

>>5795460
Support

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Qt1kLg6h Sun 15 Oct 2023 05:39:55 No.5796194 Report

Quoted By: >>5796352

>>5795460
+2

Local Lord

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sun 15 Oct 2023 11:50:41 No.5796352 Report

Quoted By: >>5796353

>>5795460
What an unanimous support, and it is an excellent choice indeed. Our dear Bob and "Da masked cucumber" are unfortunately still scouting the lands of Darkplace and learning about weak spots in it's defenses, be assured that they do important things.
It was a man of Lord Neutral who informed Brother Louis of the presence of this barge, he was probably a spy present on baronial lands.

My (still unfinished) map of the Barony will be useful for understanding the rest of the context.

>>5795477
>>5795614
>>5796019
>>5796162
>>5796194

You had to take care of the letter first. Thanking Brother Louis and ordering some converted servants who were leaving the church with you to give him something to eat and drink you left towards Oldfossil's quarters. He was still recovering, his potion had not worked (of course), and you wanted to visit him in his bed so he could help you with the message. On your way you ordered your servants at the stables to saddle all the horses. You regretted very much at this moment the absence of your brave Orcadian and of the mercenary Denarius, they would have been good blades for hire, but they were still scouting the lands of Darkplace and will eventually return with useful information.
Bringing him the letter and reading a bit of it you noted that the letters made no sense at all, they were not making words. The first word "Ucnwv" sounded like the name of one of those place in the English possessions of Wales who were impossible to pronounce, you needed your brave councillor to make everything clear. After saluting him and some polite inquiries about his health you gave him the letter and told.

-What does this means Oldfossil ? It doesn't make any sense at all ? Is it some kind of jest ? Or is there a hidden message ?

-It is clearly a secret code, I think that the letters have been replaced in alphabetical order, I remember that he used this kind of code for many messages. The Neutral lord is a very prudent man, my lord.

-You mean that some people use already incomprehensible letters for the common mortal man who is not a monk to make them even more complicated ?

-So it seems my lord.

-By Saint Denis, may the pest take all those learned men. Traduce it my brave Oldfossil, traduce it.

-My lord, it will take time.

-We don't have it, they have taken Lady Rose prisonner and are moving her on a barge on the Sideplot river to join the Queste and leave the Barony, and even the Duchy ! We cannot let this happen, my men are saddling the horses, we will try to ambush them in the forest.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sun 15 Oct 2023 11:52:29 No.5796353 Report

Quoted By: >>5796354

>>5796352

The old man opened his eyes in shock, and tried to raise to simply grimace because of his broken tailbone, he fell once again on his bed.

-My lord ! Going into the forest is most unwise, I know that I will not probably manage to stop you in your chivalric endeavour but losing you would be most unwelcome. Lady Takable may be found and...

-My decision is taken Oldfossil, I need no lessons, I need advice. Where to prepare an ambush ? And what is so dangerous in the forest ?

-Without a boat my lord you will probably not be able to travel longer than to the place where the Sideplot flows into the Queste. If you stay on the left bank you will probably be able to get to the Sideplot, it is narrower than the Queste and it would be easier to ambush a boat, and the forest there is a bit less dangerous than the rest even. But your enemies will probably still be weary since the river is narrow, of any ambush by beasts or forest creatures. While if you go to the right bank of the Queste you will be able to take your enemies unaware but it will be hard to get them on such a large river. You will have to swim longer to get on their boats...

You nodded to Oldfossil and decided to thank him.

-Thank you for your words, I will order someone to give you a feather and some parchment to traduce the words of lord Neutral, while you do it I will speak with Captain Crumbling, I shall need his advice.

You finally managed to get your guard's captain who seemed to still be taken aback by all the agitation that you made around.

-Ah, captain, I needed you, I want all the horses ready and all the men who can ride. Lady Rose Takable has been taken by baron's men who are travelling on the Sideplot river on a barge. We must ambush them before they leave the county. We need to go deep into the forest of Gump, tell me about it's dangers.

The very old man scratched his head and tried to bark some orders at his subordinates but decided to answer you first, yes, first the lord, then his subordinates. In an hesitant voice he told.

-My lord, it is... It is most unwise to travel in the forest, even with all your riders.

-Time is of the essence, we cannot lose time with any infantry.

-Of course, but might I suggest your lordship and his knights to mount on their warhorses, and leave their palfreys for some "mounted infantry" and the roussins, the pack horses, they could be charged with some other mounted infantrymen, if we attack a barge we will not fight on horses anyway. And in the forest of Gump safety is in numbers.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sun 15 Oct 2023 11:53:37 No.5796354 Report

Quoted By: >>5796387 >>5796401 >>5796532 >>5796685 >>5796759

>>5796353

You frowned, the man was right about the men, but on the other side if these men were not able to ride fast you will lose precious time. What will be your decision ?

>We shall take with us only our three knights, plus our six riders on palfreys, the rest of our horses are already used and we need people who can act quickly. And Ancel will run with us, he knows how to keep up. (Party of 4 knights including you, the guard's captain, Ancel who will run, 6 men at arms with spears, axes and shields) We cannot afford to come here too slowly.
>We shall take all the horses and mount them with infantry, it is six more horses, if we even manage to take a second rider on some of the strongest horses we can double take eight more men at arms. (Party of 4 knights including you, the guard's captain, Ancel who will run, 11 men at arms with spears, axes and shields, 3 men at arms with crossbows) We must be numerous enough to win even if there is a risk of coming too late at the river junction.
>Other (write in)

Then after giving your orders you asked.

-So, tell me about the region, what is here that makes you so afraid to travel with less than twenty good men ?

-Everything my lord, not only goblins and trolls as you have already seen but forest spirits, gnolls, ogres, water-drakes, shadowbeasts, owlbears, ghouls bugbears and more, it is said that there is even a Manticore or two in these woods. And I have only given some names.

You did not understand practically all those names but you had no time to lose, you had to arm yourself. Damned time, you had of course to do battle on a Sunday, that, even if it was against infidels, was a bad thing but they left you no choice.

-I understand, I understand... We shall at least travel in our chainmail until we are at the river where we will need to remove our armors to swim. Order the men to prepare captain.

-It will be done my lord.

While you were helped by servants to don your armor you still thought about where to begin your ambush

>Travel on the left bank of the river, it is the safest place and the easiest to ambush even if the enemy will be probably ready for an attack.
>Travel on the right bank, it is more dangerous and it will be harder to ambush your enemies but they will probably not wait an attack there. Plus, even if you do not catch the ship from there you will be able to follow it on your horses, even if it will be faster it will need to stop at a moment or another and you could have the occasion to catch up with it.
>Other (write in)

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Anonymous ID:mWqB93i2 Sun 15 Oct 2023 13:56:55 No.5796387 Report

Quoted By: >>5797571

>>5796354
>>We shall take all the horses and mount them with infantry, it is six more horses, if we even manage to take a second rider on some of the strongest horses we can double take eight more men at arms. (Party of 4 knights including you, the guard's captain, Ancel who will run, 11 men at arms with spears, axes and shields, 3 men at arms with crossbows) We must be numerous enough to win even if there is a risk of coming too late at the river junction.

>>Travel on the left bank of the river, it is the safest place and the easiest to ambush even if the enemy will be probably ready for an attack.

We shall be a bit slower, but take the easy path, sounds like it will balance out.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Qt1kLg6h Sun 15 Oct 2023 14:37:25 No.5796401 Report

Quoted By: >>5797571

>>5796354
>We shall take all the horses and mount them with infantry, it is six more horses, if we even manage to take a second rider on some of the strongest horses we can double take eight more men at arms. (Party of 4 knights including you, the guard's captain, Ancel who will run, 11 men at arms with spears, axes and shields, 3 men at arms with crossbows) We must be numerous enough to win even if there is a risk of coming too late at the river junction.

>Travel on the left bank of the river, it is the safest place and the easiest to ambush even if the enemy will be probably ready for an attack.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Sun 15 Oct 2023 17:18:01 No.5796532 Report

Quoted By: >>5797571

>>5796354
>We shall take all the horses and mount them with infantry, it is six more horses, if we even manage to take a second rider on some of the strongest horses we can double take eight more men at arms. (Party of 4 knights including you, the guard's captain, Ancel who will run, 11 men at arms with spears, axes and shields, 3 men at arms with crossbows) We must be numerous enough to win even if there is a risk of coming too late at the river junction.
This forest really spooks our mooks.

>Travel on the left bank of the river, it is the safest place and the easiest to ambush even if the enemy will be probably ready for an attack.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Sun 15 Oct 2023 19:39:25 No.5796685 Report

Quoted By: >>5796693 >>5797571

>>5796354
>We shall take all the horses and mount them with infantry, it is six more horses, if we even manage to take a second rider on some of the strongest horses we can double take eight more men at arms. (Party of 4 knights including you, the guard's captain, Ancel who will run, 11 men at arms with spears, axes and shields, 3 men at arms with crossbows) We must be numerous enough to win even if there is a risk of coming too late at the river junction.
It is best to listen to the experienced counsel
>Travel on the left bank of the river, it is the safest place and the easiest to ambush even if the enemy will be probably ready for an attack.
So gentlemen, how exactly shall we ambush the boat?
Since apparently the river they travel on is narrower than the Queste may I suggest chopping down a tree and clogging the river?

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Sun 15 Oct 2023 19:47:24 No.5796693 Report

Quoted By: >>5797571

>>5796685
Makes sense. Damn them all, and dam the river if need be!

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:wNF7lVJ7 Sun 15 Oct 2023 20:59:42 No.5796759 Report

Quoted By: >>5797571

>>5796354
>>We shall take all the horses and mount them with infantry, it is six more horses, if we even manage to take a second rider on some of the strongest horses we can double take eight more men at arms. (Party of 4 knights including you, the guard's captain, Ancel who will run, 11 men at arms with spears, axes and shields, 3 men at arms with crossbows) We must be numerous enough to win even if there is a risk of coming too late at the river junction.
>>Travel on the left bank of the river, it is the safest place and the easiest to ambush even if the enemy will be probably ready for an attack

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Mon 16 Oct 2023 10:55:45 No.5797571 Report

Quoted By: >>5797572

>>5796387
It seems, good sir, that your decision has gained the approval of all.

>>5796401

>>5796532
Yes, they are like those celts from Britanny who think that every wood is infested with fairies and magicians. Fortunately as a knight from a good frankish bloodline you know that God protects against all these pests.

>>5796685
>>5796693
Really your idea is good, I shall add it once you will be there.

>>5796759

You ordered to send all the men and the horses disponible and to travel on the left bank of the river. Of course assembling the men, having them equipped and armed and saddling the horses took some time but you were ready.
Fortunately, during this time a servant told you that Oldfossil had finally managed to traduce lord Neutral's letter. So you entered his chambers, already in arms and with your helmet in your hands. He gave you the letter and you remarked that it was as cryptic as the first message.

"Salutations, lord Charles. I have effectively understood your issues with finding the poetry of Goldveyn, he is a major author but not many copies of his work have been produced and let us say that they can only be found on the darkest places of the most forgotten libraries. Speaking of books your koboldic tales seem to have amused the count and will probably delight the royal court as much as the baron.
Let us say that when everyone will be delighted and joyful after such discovery you will ask for me to have an access to the baronial library who is said, for it's small size, to contain many interesting tomes. In exchange, once there, I could help you reach for these dark places and corners of it for your satisfaction.

Your sincerely,

Lord Swiss Neutralsson."

The man talked in riddles in plus of using a code. Why could he not simply send a trusted man with brother Louis and explain everything to you. You looked at Oldfossil and your councillor told.

-It seems, my lord, that the Neutral Lord wants us to support him to succeed Baron Crook for the Barony of Someplace once Crook will be deposed. In exchange he will help us deal with the lord of Darkplace and probably grant military access to our forced to attack his fortress.

You could not refrain from telling.

-Pompous idiot, he is not a bad man of course but he is more pompous and full of his learning than a rector of the university of Paris. Why trying to make a message look innocent when you already write it in a code that makes it look suspicious, it makes no sense at all !

-I have no idea, my lord.

-Well, it is not so important, first we must think and act. Who are the other candidates who could become barons. And can lord Neutral be appointed at this post ?

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Mon 16 Oct 2023 10:57:07 No.5797572 Report

Quoted By: >>5797573

>>5797571

It took the Old man a few seconds of thoughts to answer.

-Probably lord Neutral has a good chance to be appointed since he has a good relationship with Count Careless, who will make the final decision, and he is the most powerful landowner of the Barony. Of course lord Salty Rival will probably try to compete for the post too and ask to be made baron, he is too from an old lineage of the region and is second in power only to lord Neutral in the Barony.

-But he hates us and hated lord Random. We must not have him as a baron, he is maybe not a dealer in black magics but replacing an hostile liege lord who does witchcraft with an hostile liege lord who does not is only a marginal improvement.

-Of course my lord, then we can have a candidate coming from the Count's family, of course, probably a second son.

-Isnott Careless ? The boy could not even lead troops on a battlefield without consulting a book first ! He is too frail to rule.

-Maybe the count will consider that ruling lands will make him more suited to his future duties my lord.

You rolled your eyes and deposed your helmet on a coffer before raising your hands to the sky.

-May the Lord preserve us from this. And who else ?

-Probably some less likely candidates my lord, the Queen might want to force a candidate of her own of course, but our barony is small and it is not very likely even if since the uncle of baron Crook was her chancellor she might be interested in it. And knowing her Lady Mary Sue might want to become baroness, only for the prestige of the task, she is of princely lineage.

-She is bastard born ! Her place is in a convent ! We will not be ruled by a woman who dresses as a man, I do not wish to be the laughing stock of all the Indias.

Oldfossil slowly nodded his head in his bed.

-Fortunately I suppose that your thoughts about Lady Sue are shared by the nobility of the county. As for the Queen's potential candidate I do not know if there will be one and if there will be one if it will be an elf or a human.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Mon 16 Oct 2023 10:58:09 No.5797573 Report

Quoted By: >>5797734 >>5797776 >>5798033 >>5798172

>>5797572

Hmmm an unknown Guelph or Lord Neutral, that was an easy choice, despite his oddities lord Neutral was an ally of lord Random so he should be a better choice. But still. You decided to answer while the men were still preparing for your expedition.

>Tell me, dear Oldfossil, what will my support weight if it is the Count who decides ?
>I need to think about all of this, saving Rose first, then we will decide.
>And what about me, I am of high lineage, related to Lord Random and even if I am a stranger I will be married to the daughter of the most powerful landowner of the barony, before his lands were unjustly confiscated. I could be a good baron of Someplace.
>Could I bargain more than support against the lord of Darkplace ? Could I ask for the return of Lady Takable's lands to her, her father was an ally of lord Neutralsson after all. Once ruling these lands as baillistre, as her husband, I shall be the most powerful landowner of the region after baron Neutralsson.
>What do you think Oldfossil, should we support the Neutral lord ?
>Other (write in)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Z7KTVIWu Mon 16 Oct 2023 15:19:59 No.5797734 Report

Quoted By: >>5798798

>>5797573
>>Could I bargain more than support against the lord of Darkplace ? Could I ask for the return of Lady Takable's lands to her, her father was an ally of lord Neutralsson after all. Once ruling these lands as baillistre, as her husband, I shall be the most powerful landowner of the region after baron Neutralsson

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:lpDtC+Dd Mon 16 Oct 2023 16:45:30 No.5797776 Report

Quoted By: >>5798798

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:oA/2GaPK Mon 16 Oct 2023 21:24:15 No.5798033 Report

Quoted By: >>5798798

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Tue 17 Oct 2023 00:29:19 No.5798172 Report

Quoted By: >>5798798

>>5797573
>Could I bargain more than support against the lord of Darkplace ? Could I ask for the return of Lady Takable's lands to her, her father was an ally of lord Neutralsson after all. Once ruling these lands as baillistre, as her husband, I shall be the most powerful landowner of the region after baron Neutralsson

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Tue 17 Oct 2023 12:57:57 No.5798798 Report

Quoted By: >>5798799

>>5797734
>>5797776

>>5798033
It is very probable, the man is clever you have to give him that. But do you have a choice ?

>>5798172

You decided to ask your good councillor if it would be wise to demand more. The possibility of feudal war was normal, to support someone you needed something too.

-Could I bargain for more than support against the lord of Darkplace ? Could I ask for the return of lady Takable's lands to her, her father was an ally of lord Neutralsson after all. Once ruling these lands as a baillistre, as her husband, I shall be the most powerful landowner of the region after baron Neutralsson.

Oldfossil seemed to reflect on the possibility and nodded slowly.

-It is... It is possible, the Neutral lord is a clever politician and will demand more, even loyalty from you, but since the count loves lady Rose you will probably have leverage, and since lord Salty Rival is an enemy of lord Neutral he would probably prefer to have a powerful loyal vassal than an unruly one. But then your lands are separated of Lady Takable's land by those of Lord Hostil, and some baronial ones. Of course Lord Hostil is dead and his possession in absence of heir came back to the baron. It is probable that the new Baron will try to regulate this issue, maybe with exchanges of lands.

You agreed with it, exchanging land or buying it was common and if you were against losing your Local holdings you could always try to see if you could have continuous lands in exchange of some villages on the border of the lands of Lady Takable. Yes, definitely, it would be a good solution. But a solution that would demand more thought than what you could afford today. It was at this moment that you heard from a servant that everything was ready. Saying goodbye to Oldfossil you began to go to war.

You decided to ride your powerful warhorse, in longer journeys you would prefer your palfrey but since he was taken to serve for another soldier you choose to take the one horse who would be useful if you were engaged in combat even in the forest. Ordering Ancel to blow the horn you left the keep with your best men.

Once outside you did not cross the bridge to the village but stayed on your side of the river, travelling on fields instead. You were approached by Godefroi who rode near you and asked you.

-Monseigneur, tell me, what do you intend to do to ambush the ship ?

-I intend to bring down a tree to dam the river my good Godefroi, it is said to be smaller than the queste.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Tue 17 Oct 2023 12:59:14 No.5798799 Report

Quoted By: >>5798801

>>5798798

The man nodded and told.

-That is a good idea monseigneur, I have thought that you would do that it is why I ordered to charge some woodcutter's axes and saws on some horses.

-Thank you Godefroi, you are a holy man !

-I have taught you the art of war, with some help from your father. I know what you would do hehehe... But even then, we do not know what does the landscape looks like, maybe there will be only small trees near the river, or maybe it will be on the contrary full of huge and hard trees that will be too long to fell, or the river will be too great to be dammed. We must see. And then see if we could attack in armor or on the contrary if we will need to swim and so to remove them. It will be a bloodbath in the later case.

The last thought made you frown, of course attacking without armor will be a slaughter but if only you could do it silently.

-I agree, but with some luck we should be able to take them by surprise. Once the first men will die and the panic sets we will know who will be victorious. By the way we do not even know how many men the baron has in that barge. Brother Louis, come here, I need your counsel, it is you who heard about it !

The templar was sleeping on his saddle, the man had ridden quickly all the morning and now he was trying to recover before entering this dangerous forest, you hoped that he would manage it. He had already eaten, he only needed to sleep.

The man gave a kick to his horse to make it advance right at your left and asked you, still sleepy.

-My counsel, about what ?

-How many men do you think that they have on that river barge. I hope that they do not have thirty well armed guardsmen.

-Thirty ? No, monseigneur, it would be unwise for them to have such an armed equipage even if the baron could afford it. The agent of Lord Neutral who gave me the information about their departure told me that they did so discreetely so I do not think that they would be that numerous. But since it was a secret mission I think that they would be loyal men and well trained. I would have choosen such kind of men if I was in his place. And with an experienced leader, maybe even his guard's captain.

That was reasonable, you met the man, a huge mountain of muscles who towered over you. And since you spoke with him you knew that he, contrary to many in India, really had gone to war.

-Brutus Enforcer ? Yes, it is probable. I met the man, he seems to be a competent fellow, and if I remember well he was knighted, the man is not as honorable as our Captain Crumbling but competent enough. He seemed to have no ill feelings towards me when we met but he was probably the scoundrel who burned our good village of Otherone.

This made the young Bohémond react, he asked you, overhearing.

-And what to do if we take him prisoner, what to do with him ? If he is a knight we must ransom him but could we apply this rule to infidel knights ?

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Tue 17 Oct 2023 13:01:01 No.5798801 Report

Quoted By: >>5798896 >>5798937 >>5799116 >>5799177 >>5799714 >>5799862 >>5800006

>>5798799

This was an important question, what to do if you captured your enemy, burning villages or not this was part of war, and the man was not too cruel with your peasants. You had burned villages too on behalf of your liege lord and of the king. But at least you had the decency to raise your banners high and not do it in the night like some brigand. You decided to ask Brother Louis who had fought infidels during the crusades.

-Brother Louis, what did you do with infidel knights and nobles during the crusades ?

-We allowed them to surrender and to pay ransom, just like they imprisoned ours.

Captain Crumbling, who was at the head of the column and heard this agreed.

-In Bifuria we do this with all prisoners.

This made you all very astonished.

-What ? You do not slaughter the footmen ?

-B... But my lord it is awful...

-But you do not pretend to feed them.

-But if they surrender my lord.

-If they surrender with their commander we can spare them, as agreed with him, but once in battle it is battle, they must flee or be caught and killed. They are worth nothing anyway, especially if they are infidels.

-My lord.. With all due respect it would be seen as orcish or even barbaric in practice.

-It is war Captain, it is war... Besides I do not remember you being so merciful to the Ghibellines that we fought !

Hah ! You caught the old man, it was his time to look shocked.

-But, my lord, those are goblins, they are not human, they are pests they must be killed on sight.

-Hah, I can understand that these ghibellines were particularly malnourished by vegetables that turned them all scrawny and green but saying that they are not human being with a soul would be an exaggeration. But let us see what can we do.

>We shall spare the prisoners if they surrender with their leader. If they choose to fight, kill them all.
>Kill everyone, we want no witnesses, besides they have captured Rose.
>We will let Rose decide, she has been abducted after all and she knows best if they have not treated her as a lady. (You suppose that it will end like the precedent option, maybe in an ever more violent way).
>We will do as in France, ransom the noblemen who surrender, kill the rest if they resist. If they agree to surrender they shall be spared.
>In India act as an Indian, we shall spare every soldier who surrenders to us.
>We shall decide once on the field. For now let us concentrate on our journey, we will be in the woods soon.
>Other (write in)

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Anonymous ID:wNF7lVJ7 Tue 17 Oct 2023 15:57:52 No.5798896 Report

Quoted By: >>5800266

>>5798801
>>We will do as in France, ransom the noblemen who surrender, kill the rest if they resist. If they agree to surrender they shall be spared.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:6jrQxlFZ Tue 17 Oct 2023 16:36:09 No.5798937 Report

Quoted By: >>5800266

>>5798801
>>We will do as in France, ransom the noblemen who surrender, kill the rest if they resist. If they agree to surrender they shall be spared.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:SgjNjHWh Tue 17 Oct 2023 19:50:01 No.5799116 Report

Quoted By: >>5800266

>>5798801
>>We will do as in France, ransom the noblemen who surrender, kill the rest if they resist. If they agree to surrender they shall be spared.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:oA/2GaPK Tue 17 Oct 2023 20:52:01 No.5799177 Report

Quoted By: >>5800266

>>5798801
>>We will do as in France, ransom the noblemen who surrender, kill the rest if they resist. If they agree to surrender they shall be spared.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Wed 18 Oct 2023 03:01:54 No.5799714 Report

Quoted By: >>5800266

>>5798801
>We will do as in France, ransom the noblemen who surrender, kill the rest if they resist. If they agree to surrender they shall be spared.
Vive la France!

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Wed 18 Oct 2023 06:01:05 No.5799862 Report

Quoted By: >>5800266

>>5798801
>We will do as in France, ransom the noblemen who surrender, kill the rest if they resist. If they agree to surrender they shall be spared.
How does one accept the surrender of a man who is trying to stab you currently? If we beat them then they surrender, does that count? Very odd.

Either way, regarding my thoughts on who should become Baron, the only real choices (that are good for us) are Neutral, Isnott and our Frenchman himself. Neutral may be a scheming bastard but he also appears to just keep to himself mostly and disregard greater politics which is fine by us as that would mean he would no longer really affect us.

Isnott, weak as he may be is still well learned and he would be a good administrator and we do have a good enough relationship with him, though we could always teach him to fight like a Frenchmen. If malnourished, illiterate peasants can fight then so can he.

Last is us. Though we have the blood of Random, it may not be considered ‘strong enough’ to fully utilize its effects in this case. If we want to make a better case for ourselves we kinda need Lady Takeables land back as by combining both fiefs we would become a great choice by land ownership alone. The Kobold book could also be used to justify ourselves. Also Careless likes us compared to the others so that helps. Only thing I can think of that could further bolster our claim is of our economic plans come to fruition before the judgement is made so we can show just how great of a governor we are by making the big coins.

If any other anons got ideas I think it would be best to figure it out soon before we wack the Baron.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:6kY31QyN Wed 18 Oct 2023 09:48:09 No.5800006 Report

Quoted By: >>5800266

>>5798801
>>We will let Rose decide, she has been abducted after all and she knows best if they have not treated her as a lady. (You suppose that it will end like the precedent option, maybe in an ever more violent way).

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Wed 18 Oct 2023 19:24:44 No.5800266 Report

Quoted By: >>5800267 >>5800342

>>5798896
>>5798937
>>5799116
>>5799177

>>5799714
Et pour que vive la France, vive le Roy ! Montjoie Saint Denis !

>>5799862
Normally we offer the ennemy leader a chance to surrender to spare his men. (It generally works when you are far more numerous than the enemy on the field or on a fortress after a long siege right before you order the assault the defending commander will agree to surrender if you spare his men). But once in battle every peasant will be killed, knights can be spared if they raise their gauntlet and ask for mercy, they then surrender to one of the victorious knights (not always the commander of the army) and pay a ransom to him to be freed. If you are between gentlemen you can authorise him, if he swears on his honour to pay back, to go back to his holdings to assemble the sum.

Your political analysis is very wise by the way, unfortunately your apple trees will not grow some years even if the boat will probably be finished by the end of the year. The only unknown factor is the relationship between the Neutral Lord and Count Careless, maybe he is appreciated too. But you have really made the best political analysis of the situation and the only thing that I can say is that you deserve 10xp to be as wise as King Philippe IV.

>>5800006

Your decision was clear, you shall proceed as in France. If before the fight the enemy surrendered, all will be spared, if they try to resist only the knights and noblemen shall be kept alive for ransom, of course by the knights whom they would have surrendered to. It is what you told to your men and most of them agreed. Only Captain Crumbling was grumbling.

You continued until you saw the forest and if at the beginning the woods seemed not so different than those in France, because you were, after all, not far from civilization, you even saw some trees felled by lumberjacks, the more you advanced the more the woods were dense. Only the river guided you and you saw that it was one of the rare lit places of the land. Fortunately many leaves had already fallen and you could see through the branches but still, the woods were dark. And sometimes strange, you saw markings clearly made by intelligent hands in it, and then a human skull, hung from a tree. You made the sign of the cross and seeing your men hesitating you ordered them to advance. But if they spoke between themselves while in the plains they were now occupied to look around them and spoke in whispers, before falling completely silent when they heard some kind of screech that almost made your horse panic. What kind of beast was that. You decided that it was nothing that could stop a knight from saving a damsel in distress and continued. It was almost exciting, you were like Lancelot, Galahad or other valiant knights of the Arthurian Cicle seeking danger in an old forest. But if your knights seemed motivated by such danger, like true french noblemen it was not the case of everyone in your company.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Wed 18 Oct 2023 19:25:45 No.5800267 Report

Quoted By: >>5800276

>>5800266

Your simple soldiers seemed dour and afraid in the forest and you frowned upon them, what was that ? You ordered your men to sing a song to keep them merry when the ambiance, after half an hour of complete silence, only punctuated by some animal noises was too heavy. Only the two short scotsmen began to sing. Something about an ancestor called Gurdil who was sent to dig "Mitrile" in the Forest. You were at the part when he was chased by guelphs with stone who were bad neighbors because they ate greenery when you were stopped by a powerful voice, coming from above.

-Who dares trespassing in my demesne.

Your men began to panic, some trying to turn their horses, but fortunately you had put Bohémond at the back of the column and the menace of his sword was stronger than the one of ethereal voices. You did the sign of the cross and told.

-Who are you, show yourself ! I do not speak with what I do not see !

The voice began anew, more grave and stronger than ever.

-I am sent by the king of these woods ! Leave his lands immediately or face his wrath !

You looked around you and you saw Ancel trying to look everywhere in great agitation.

-I do not see anything ! It is diabolical messire ! We better go back before he changes us all into goats, into frog spit, into nun's asses !

-Be silent, maraud, I am negociating.

You ordered your men to try to form something more akin to a battle formation even if they remained on their horses.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Wed 18 Oct 2023 19:29:23 No.5800276 Report

Quoted By: >>5800278 >>5800280 >>5800323 >>5800335

>>5800267

>Show yourself, envoy of the king of the woods, before we speak, or is your kingdom too afraid of a simple party of twenty good men ? (Intrigue roll)
>I am not here to fight you, or invade the demesne of your king, I simply need to cross it to reach those who have, against all laws of chivalry, captured my beloved. I think that the king of those woods, as garant of our right and proper feudal order, would not mind. (Rulership roll)
>I demand the right to cross your border to save the woman that I love. Show yourself, mysterious envoy, and if you are a knight we shall break a lance in a meadow for my right of passage (Combat roll)
>I must pass for important matters, dear guardian of the wood. Tell your king that I am ready to pay for my right of passage.
>I am no king of those woods, but I am a lord, and you shall treat me with respect. I demand to pass on these lands to stop an horrible machination from devil worshippers.
>There is no "king" in these woods, not any king that I recognise at least, he is even probably not of Christian faith and not recognised by our Queen and Emperor. It means that you are leaderless people, only good enough to be beaten with sticks by my sergeants. If you agree to pay tribute and swear fealty to me I shall make your taxes lower. For now, while you think about it I shall cross these woods, if you attack us it will be war and we will burn this forest to the ground.
>I know not any king in these woods. But I am Charles de Villeroi, lord of Local, and you are on my lands, nobody can tell me were I pass, now disappear forever or show yourself and excuse yourself for having talked to your lord without respect.
>Simply order to continue to advance, ignoring the invisible man who threatens you, if he looked dangerous he would show himself.
>Other (write in)

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Wed 18 Oct 2023 19:30:35 No.5800278 Report

Quoted By: >>5810276

>>5800276
====

You gain +10 xp for the analysis of your comrade and 1 mudcore for choosing the medieval way of dealing with prisoners. And I have to add you 1 piety for this time >>5795402

Your new stats :

Charles de Villeroi

Class : Local Lord
Level : 4
XP : 600+10= 610 (next level at 700)

Stats

Combat : 51%
Intrigue : 25%
Rulership: 36%

Piety : 67+1 = 68
Mudcore : 55+1 = 56

With 55 Mudcore you have a bigger field of gritty realism around you, in this field the most heavy magic will not work and supernatural abilities will not work, oh, and women will lose 4 pounds of strength of course, plus in the field the people that obey you will act more like they would be in a dark fantasy setting. You have chosen Blood of Mud and so your mudcore field will become a bit bigger and stronger but could be transmitted to your children.
Magic, even restorative, will become considerably weaker near you.
Next level at 60, your field will become more important and most magic will be impossible to cast near you by the weaker practitioners.

Talents
-Cavalry Commander : +20 to martial when you have to lead a cavalry charge or a cavalry attack. Works only when commanding shock or melee cavalry mounted on horses.
-Foreign Etiquette : You focus on learning Indian etiquette with Oldfossil, you gain a +10 bonus in intrigue in your interactions with the nobility of your duchy.
->Basic Literacy : Your lessons with Oldfossil and Lady Takable finally paid off and you can read and write, even if you write with errors and move your lips still when you read it is a great leap forward.

Traits :
Leader : Your magnetism on the masses is glorious and your learning of speech could encourage many men to follow you. You may choose the best of 3 rolls when you try to speak in public to convince an audience, be it the Council of Many or angry peasants.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:+SW+hM6Z Wed 18 Oct 2023 19:32:17 No.5800280 Report

Quoted By:

Rolled 83 (1d100)

>>5800276
>>I demand the right to cross your border to save the woman that I love. Show yourself, mysterious envoy, and if you are a knight we shall break a lance in a meadow for my right of passage (Combat roll)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:oA/2GaPK Wed 18 Oct 2023 20:17:55 No.5800323 Report

Quoted By: >>5800354 >>5801292

>>5800276
>>I am not here to fight you, or invade the demesne of your king, I simply need to cross it to reach those who have, against all laws of chivalry, captured my beloved. I think that the king of those woods, as garant of our right and proper feudal order, would not mind. (Rulership roll)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Z7KTVIWu Wed 18 Oct 2023 20:38:23 No.5800335 Report

Quoted By: >>5801292

>>5800276
>>I am no king of those woods, but I am a lord, and you shall treat me with respect. I demand to pass on these lands to stop an horrible machination from devil worshippers.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Wed 18 Oct 2023 20:51:28 No.5800342 Report

Quoted By: >>5800354 >>5801105 >>5801292

>>5800266
I tried my best with the information given but I don't think we should be worrying about the Baron afterwards so we should be good.

>I am not here to fight you, or invade the demesne of your king, I simply need to cross it to reach those who have, against all laws of chivalry, captured my beloved. I think that the king of those woods, as garant of our right and proper feudal order, would not mind. (Rulership roll)

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Wed 18 Oct 2023 21:06:25 No.5800354 Report

Quoted By: >>5800357 >>5800496 >>5800505 >>5800589

>>5800323
>>5800342

Roll for rulership since you have chosen a roll option good sir.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Wed 18 Oct 2023 21:09:07 No.5800357 Report

Quoted By: >>5801292

Rolled 35 (1d100)

>>5800354
oh noes

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Cxxvf9nN Thu 19 Oct 2023 00:14:48 No.5800496 Report

Quoted By: >>5801292

Rolled 37 (1d100)

>>5800354

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:oA/2GaPK Thu 19 Oct 2023 00:29:01 No.5800505 Report

Quoted By:

Rolled 64 (1d100)

>>5800354

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Thu 19 Oct 2023 01:52:30 No.5800589 Report

Quoted By: >>5801292

Rolled 56 (1d100)

>>5800354
>I am not here to fight you, or invade the demesne of your king, I simply need to cross it to reach those who have, against all laws of chivalry, captured my beloved. I think that the king of those woods, as garant of our right and proper feudal order, would not mind. (Rulership roll)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:wNF7lVJ7 Thu 19 Oct 2023 13:31:35 No.5801105 Report

Quoted By: >>5801292

>>5800342
+1

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Thu 19 Oct 2023 19:00:40 No.5801292 Report

Quoted By: >>5801294

>>5800323
>>5800335

>>5800342
Of course, you will have other things to do like giving back her locket to the Duchess and celebrating your marriage to Lady Rose.

>>5800357
>>5800496
>>5800589
>>5801105

You decided to answer with subtlety.

-I am not here to fight you, or invade the demesne of your king, I simply need to cross it to reach those who have, against all laws of chivalry, captured my beloved. I think that the king of those woods, as garant of our right and proper feudal order, would not mind.

The voice in the trees became silent for a moment. Then, after some time it answered in a powerful voice.

-You may pass, valiant knight, your cause seems to be just, but swear on your word as a nobleman to not cause trouble or ill to our king's subjects on your way to your destination.

You smiled a half smile. And swore solemnly.

-On my honour as a nobleman I swear to you that I will not cause trouble, despite maybe trying to find a way to block a river barge, while trespassing on your lands. If I lie may I be changed into frog's pit and be taken with purulent fever.

Since you swore according to the old customs found in many contracts you were free to go. And your superstitious guardsmen thanked you for "saving their life" against an invisible voice ! Hah ! But it remained strange so while you rode you asked your brave Ancel.

-Tell me Ancel, you had your eyes open, what did you saw ?

-Nothing messire, it is what makes me afraid. I saw no trace of beasts or even moving trees as we saw when tracking the half naked Guelph. Hah she was terrible as a slut this one and had a tight cunt like a nun and...

A hit on the head with your shield made him silent.

-Do not imply nuns of our Holy Church in your ramblings Ancel.

-Sorry messire, but was it wise to tell about the barge's coming to the forest denizens ? They might ambush it ?

-If they do so it will weaken the defenders, or they may try to ambush it after us and we will be dead or victorious and with lady Takable at this moment.

You still worried about if Lady Rose would be abducted by some forest denizen but knowing the awful Crook Wickedson you knew that it could not be worse. And the forest, dangerous or not, was near your lands while a barge traveled faster than your horses so it would be easier to get her back. You continued to ride to the darkest places of the forest. While travelling you stayed silent, thinking about trusting an unknown voice, but the voice spoke like a nobleman and you knew that a gentleman will never betray another one. After about three hours of riding you came before a small river who flowed in the Queste, that was it, the Sideplot was before you.

Local Lord

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Thu 19 Oct 2023 19:01:41 No.5801294 Report

Quoted By: >>5801302 >>5801304 >>5801424 >>5802374

>>5801292

There were many bushes and high trees near the river and you clearly will have to let the horses somewhere before preparing your ambush. You ordered two men to guard them while you looked at the river. You posted Gardasil, who ran fast and was weak as the Guelph he was so not useful for manual labor, higher up in the Sideplot to see if any barge was coming. Clearly your first idea was to dam the river but even the trees near the river would not be tall enough to dam it, it was, even if a short river, a rather large one. You had to order the men to prepare the trap. According to a rapid analysis of the situation you had a simple choice :

>Dam the river by felling a tree from your side of the river it will force the barge to move to the other side and you could use the tree as a platform for a man to climb on it.
>Dam the river by sending two of your best swimmers on the other side of the river, it they fall a tree it will force the barge to move to your side of the river and you could attack it easily in numbers, but the current is swift and there is a risk that your lumberjacks will drown.
>Other (write in)

Then there was the question of the strategy to adopt. Of course the most obvious choice for you would be to place your archer (Ancel) and crossbowmen high up in trees to kill everything on the barge but then you will need to know how to attack the barge. In armor ? With the risk of drowning if you fail to climb on it or without any armor knowing that it should be a bloodbath. Of course if a barge is near a side of the river you could directly jump on it but if not you will need to advance on the tree that you would have felled or to swim.

>We will fight in armour.
>We will remove our armour and try to swim towards the barge.
>Other (write in)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Thu 19 Oct 2023 19:06:50 No.5801302 Report

Quoted By: >>5802489

>>5801294
>Dam the river by sending two of your best swimmers on the other side of the river, it they fall a tree it will force the barge to move to your side of the river and you could attack it easily in numbers, but the current is swift and there is a risk that your lumberjacks will drown.
What worthy man would not drown for love, and for his lord, and for justice?

>We will fight in armour.
Step across the felled trees if we can!

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:+SW+hM6Z Thu 19 Oct 2023 19:09:23 No.5801304 Report

Quoted By: >>5802489

>>5801294
>Dam the river by felling a tree from your side of the river it will force the barge to move to the other side and you could use the tree as a platform for a man to climb on it.

>We will remove our armour and try to swim towards the barge.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:mWqB93i2 Thu 19 Oct 2023 21:56:11 No.5801424 Report

Quoted By: >>5802078 >>5802489

>>5801294
>>Dam the river by sending two of your best swimmers on the other side of the river, it they fall a tree it will force the barge to move to your side of the river and you could attack it easily in numbers, but the current is swift and there is a risk that your lumberjacks will drown.
>>Other (write in)

We have ropes I must assume, we should attach them to our brave volunteers that they may be reeled in should the current be too strong, should they succeed Ancel and our crossbowmen should then use the rope to cross the river so that they are shooting into the backs of the foe, should it come to violence.

>>We will fight in armour.

As a bonus, should any man fall into the river there will be a rope that he may be able to grab.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Z7KTVIWu Fri 20 Oct 2023 08:21:10 No.5802078 Report

Quoted By: >>5802489

>>5801424
Supporting

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:wNF7lVJ7 Fri 20 Oct 2023 18:12:15 No.5802374 Report

Quoted By: >>5802489

Local Lord

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Fri 20 Oct 2023 21:09:03 No.5802489 Report

Quoted By: >>5802491

>>5801302
>>5801304

>>5801424
Excellent idea, really excellent. Very wise to have chosen it. You deserve 10xp for this.

>>5802078
>>5802374

After a small moment of thought you came to an original conclusion. With some luck you could be able to use some ropes, that fortunately Godefroi had taken, and bind your soldiers to them before they swim so the current does not take them.
It was a wonderful idea indeed and after choosing two good men, one of cop's sons and Dummy, one of your most loyal guardsmen.

They managed to cross the river quite efficiently attached their ropes to a tree on the other side of the river. Dummy almost drowned but three men pulled the rope and he began to swim again and managed to get to the other side.Then, using their heavy woodsmen axes they began to try to cut a big tree. It will probably take time so you told Brother Louis, who had ridden all day, to sleep while you began contemplating the river. You thought about your beloved one while some men used the ropes to get to the other side of the river and began to climb the trees to harass the enemy. You wondered if she thought about you, and if she waited to be freed. She probably thought that you will never come in time since she had no means to know that she was abducted. Or maybe in her hearth full of love and poetry she would think that you will help her even without knowing it ? This made you smile, whether she would be expecting you or not you were certain that she wull be full of joy and mirth at your sight, while your enemies will panic.

It was during this meditation that you were disturbed by Godefroi who asked you.

-So, should we fight in armour, or not ?

-We should, we should, in armour yes.

Nodding and understanding that you were thinking about something important, in this case the taste of your lady's lips once you would have saved her. And other interesting attributes, but decency forbids it of saying too much. Of course you would probably not be able to enjoy the carnal company of your lady before marriage but there was nothing wrong in hope ? Isn't it ? You let the river flow a bit much before you heard the sound of a falling tree. With a great splash of water it dammed a part of the river accompanied by the cheers of your men. Well, you only had to wait. You ordered Dummy and his comrade to come back and don their armor, the waiting shall come. With your crossbowmen on the trees on the other bank of the river, two men guarding the horses that will become only one once the fight begins, and the rest of your men around you.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Fri 20 Oct 2023 21:10:26 No.5802491 Report

Quoted By: >>5802513 >>5802821 >>5802845 >>5802864

>>5802489

After half an hour of waiting you saw Gardasil, who was sent higher up on the river as a scout return to you. With a simple sign of his head you understood that it will be time to fight. You ordered your men to hide in the bushes and you saw, in the distance, the river barge approaching. It had a sail fortunately, instead of a mass of burly rowers, and a small equipage not dressed to fight but you saw guards too. They were as all the guards in India, with norman helmets and swords, but maybe there were archers, you could not see in the distance, their black and red tabards differencied them of the brown and blue of your own men, just like the kettle helmets of your men helped to distinguish them. Unfortunately the sail, that was quite large like the barge, stopped you from seeing anything that was not in the forward part of the barge.
You knew that you had to wait for your men to be at crossbow's range from your enemies before you could order an attack but maybe you could order your men to hold their fire for the moment when your men would have already jumped on the enemy ship. What was sure that the enemy will see the ropes and the tree and understand that you wanted to ambush them.

The barge would probably try to approach your side of the river to avoid the tree. Your first crossbowman hidden in the trees, you had given him a crossbow because of his Genoese sounding name : Rollforini Tiativ,

>Order Rollforini Tiativ to hold his fire until you are ready to jump into the melee from the bushes.
>Order Rollforini Tiativ to fire when he can, with a bit of luck he would kill the ship's captain or someone and make the boat run aground.
>Other (write in)

Your party consists of :
-You, the Local Lord.
-Godefroi de Trifouillis, Knight (experienced)
-Bohémond d’Autrelieu Knight (enthusiastic)
-Brother Louis de Pierredargent, Templar Knight (lucky)
-Captain Crumbling, Guards Captain (Old)
-1 Experienced scout and tracker (Ancel le Purineur)
-10 human spearmen (amongst them Cop and his sons Swat and Fed, Dummy, Bread and Butter and Carius) equipped with spears, swords/axes and shields, mail armor and kettle hat helmets.
-1 elven spearman (Gardasil)
-1 human crossbowman (Rollforini Tiativ)
-2 dwarven crossbowmen (Orin and Florin)

You gain +10 xp for your good idea of using ropes (and gain to know the fact that you would have lost one guardsman if you had not found this solution).

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:mWqB93i2 Fri 20 Oct 2023 21:34:28 No.5802513 Report

Quoted By: >>5802533 >>5802821 >>5803083

>>5802491
>>Order Rollforini Tiativ to hold his fire until you are ready to jump into the melee from the bushes.

It would be foolish to make them aware too early.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Fri 20 Oct 2023 21:58:43 No.5802533 Report

Quoted By: >>5803083

>>5802513
Support
Wait for the perfect moment and hit them all at once, shock and awe and hopefully none of our men will die because of it.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:cA+6Z4U0 Sat 21 Oct 2023 05:32:00 No.5802821 Report

Quoted By: >>5803083

>>5802491
>>5802513
>supporting

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Z7KTVIWu Sat 21 Oct 2023 06:21:51 No.5802845 Report

Quoted By: >>5803083

>>5802491
>>Order Rollforini Tiativ to hold his fire until you are ready to jump into the melee from the bushes.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:oA/2GaPK Sat 21 Oct 2023 06:51:34 No.5802864 Report

Quoted By: >>5803083

>>5802491
>>Order Rollforini Tiativ to hold his fire until you are ready to jump into the melee from the bushes.

Local Lord

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sat 21 Oct 2023 15:16:18 No.5803083 Report

Quoted By: >>5803098 >>5803228 >>5803424 >>5803473 >>5804076

>>5802513
Well said.

>>5802533
Your shock and awe ambush tactics must be inspired by the famous Sir Georges who loved to hide in a bush.

>>5802821
>>5802845
>>5802864

You decided to wait a bit before sending the signal to attack, if the enemy was caught unaware by a charge and crossbow bolts falling in his backs it would be a slaughter. So you decided to wait, and watched, from the bushes, how some forms on the barge pointed at the tree. Soon you saw some guards looking from the prow of the barge, they were led by a huge man in armor, the guard's captain. But right near him there were two other figures. An elegant man with pale features and black hair who moved with grace and a blonde woman in a red dress with a baton decorated with a blue gem. You recognized them, they were Crueail Degeneret, the black Guelph who advised your baron like Oldfossil advised you, and Elsa, his court witch ! You made the sign of the cross, there would be wizardry afoot. But you stayed hidden, true to your plan, when you felt a pat on your shoulder, turning around you saw Captain Crumbling who whispered you.

-My lord, they have an ice mage !

-And ?

-It changes everything, if we do not take her out before storming the ship she could rain death upon us ! The baron's court witch is quite skilled, probably more than our Rollarion was. May his soul find peace... You need to end her now !

Yes, the deceased court mage that served lord Random. You disapproved of witchcraft and had banished it in your lands so it was fortunate that he was dead before your coming but should you believe your captain ? On one side God protected the faithful against the devilries of magicians but what about your men that were still pagans ? What will your decision be ?

>Order your crossbowmen to attack now.
>Let's stay hidden, the crossbow bolt in the witch's skull will comme right before your charge.
>Other (write in)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Z7KTVIWu Sat 21 Oct 2023 15:42:42 No.5803098 Report

Quoted By: >>5803474 >>5804233

>>5803083
Which one is the ice mage again? Elsa?

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:+SW+hM6Z Sat 21 Oct 2023 18:00:10 No.5803228 Report

Quoted By: >>5804233

>>5803083
>>Order your crossbowmen to attack now.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:mWqB93i2 Sat 21 Oct 2023 23:24:35 No.5803424 Report

Quoted By: >>5804233

>>5803083
>>Let's stay hidden, the crossbow bolt in the witch's skull will comme right before your charge.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Sun 22 Oct 2023 00:37:38 No.5803473 Report

Quoted By: >>5804233

>>5803083
>Order your crossbowmen to attack now.
God protects! Like Emperor Constantine's sign in the sky, let this be the battle that teaches our heathen men to convert or perish beneath foul devilries!

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Sun 22 Oct 2023 00:38:39 No.5803474 Report

Quoted By: >>5804233

>>5803098
Yes. She should cease her spellcraft, but cannot seem to let it go.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:b51E7Pgl Sun 22 Oct 2023 10:38:03 No.5804076 Report

Quoted By: >>5804233

>>5803083
>>Order your crossbowmen to attack now.

Local Lord

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sun 22 Oct 2023 15:59:53 No.5804233 Report

Quoted By: >>5804237

>>5803098
Who else.

>>5803228
>>5803424

>>5803473
Dieu le Veut ! God will's it ! Yes ! And our fight shall be a righteous crusade against paganism !

>>5803474
You are a man full of wit, you made me laugh even better than a jester juggling while walking on his hands.

>>5804076

You decided to order to attack now, right here, at the moment, with a bit of luck your Rollforini would manage to hit the unarmoured witch with a crossbow bolt, her red dress made her an easy target, so you made him a sign to begin to loose.
You then saw that your man aimed and fired. Unfortunately firing on a moving boat was not easy and he missed a bit, his bolt going right into the wood of the deck instead on one of the ennemies. You heard them screaming from here while at very long range you saw that Orin and Florin, who had climbed on trees with great difficulty, tried to put bolts on other miscreants trying to travel here. Ancel, who has only a shortbow and was the farthest away from the ship was not able to reach it so he remained hidden.
If Orin's bolt fell into the water Florin's managed to get one of the sailors, not the soldiers, right in the shoulder and you could see that the man fell and screamed while his friends tried to evacuate him somewhere safe. The black bearded Scotsman cheered on his victory. While your crossbowmen were still reloading their weapons that sacrificed rate of fire for power there was some agitation on deck and the enemy made some manoeuvers.

Of course, we know here, noble gentlemen, that I tend to write our battle stories in the manner of the Franks, trying to insuffle the epicness of the tales of Roland and Charlemagne into these battles. But since we are at an ambush, I decided, for this time, to describe the battles as the minstrels do in India. That means that it would be done in what they call "Turns" or "Tours" in good french (yes like a tower or the famous city), it means a short couplet when one moment of the battle is described from one side of it. Bohémond, always the musician, supposes that it comes from the french term "Ritournelle" that means a refrain that is sung by those minstrels during their tales and probably between each "turn". Your narrator hopes that this exotic style will be pleasant for you, dear readers.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sun 22 Oct 2023 16:00:56 No.5804237 Report

Quoted By: >>5804246 >>5804384 >>5804411 >>5804468

>>5804233

Turn 1 of the vile scoundrels serving an unjust cause :

Let us say that after this crossbow barrage and some reloading the impression dominating the "turn" on the barge was surprise. A man was wounded, others screamed, all those who tried to do something were screaming different things and running everywhere. Crueail Degeneret, the dark elf, tried to look everywhere while hiding behind the taffrail. Elsa the magician tried to look everywhere around her while the guardsmen tried to find something, one of them even accused the wind. Seeing this Brutus Enforcer, captain of Baron Crook's guard and veteran of many wars thought that he was the only sane man on board and made a dismissive sign towards the ship's captain who screamed about an ambush not being agreed on their contract. Before another bolt could fly he took the ice mage by her neck and forced her to bend low. It made her yell angrily.

-R... Hand's off me ! You bastard, the baron will...

-Yes, yes, I know that you have a "close" relationship... But I do not want to lose you for this reason. Every man knows that they fire at the mages first. And I need you to cast.

Understanding that the shots came from the right the guard's captain thought that probably the enemy would be on both sides of the river, or were on only one side to bluff him, he needed to understand where they were before ordering a counter attack. Looking at Crueail who was trying to say something he told.

-Stay in the cabins councillor, try to guard the prisoner, keep her here, take a man with you.

Before he could say more Elsa, who had a dislike for Lady Takable since she criticized her singing during a night in the baron's custody told.

-And do not be afraid to slap the brat if she is insolent.

This made the guard's captain sight, but he focused on his task instead. Indicating to a grey skinned dark elf lady with white hair and a man who both were dressed in the baron's livery.

-Shotya, Robin, go fetch your bows in the ship's hold instead of standing here like idiots. I want you to shoot anything that move in these trees !

====

Turn 1 of the brave men serving the Local Lord :

In the meantime you were still on your position, waiting for your crossbowmen to reload. The ship was still in the middle of the river but it will probably try to turn to avoid the tree after some time. You maybe could try to anticipate it's movements.

>Advancing in the cover of trees to where the ship would turn will risk you being detected but if it works you could manage to engage the ennemy in melee earlier.
>Staying where you are with your men will help you focus the enemy attention to your crossbowmen before you litteraly jump on them from the other side with a numerous party.
>Leave the trees and chivalrously yell your ennemies to surrender before more blood is spilled, their cause is unworthy and already lost anyway.
>Other (write in)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:mWqB93i2 Sun 22 Oct 2023 16:09:58 No.5804246 Report

Quoted By: >>5804530

>>5804237
>>Staying where you are with your men will help you focus the enemy attention to your crossbowmen before you litteraly jump on them from the other side with a numerous party.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:wNF7lVJ7 Sun 22 Oct 2023 18:32:29 No.5804384 Report

Quoted By: >>5804530

>>5804237
>>Staying where you are with your men will help you focus the enemy attention to your crossbowmen before you litteraly jump on them from the other side with a numerous party.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Sun 22 Oct 2023 18:53:36 No.5804411 Report

Quoted By: >>5804530

>>5804237
>Staying where you are with your men will help you focus the enemy attention to your crossbowmen before you literally jump on them from the other side with a numerous party.
Like Sir Georges!

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Z7KTVIWu Sun 22 Oct 2023 20:00:38 No.5804468 Report

Quoted By: >>5804530

>>5804237
>>Staying where you are with your men will help you focus the enemy attention to your crossbowmen before you litteraly jump on them from the other side with a numerous party.

Local Lord

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sun 22 Oct 2023 21:31:35 No.5804530 Report

Quoted By: >>5804531

>>5804246
>>5804384

>>5804411
Of course ! And may Saint Georges guide us too on this endeavour !

>>5804468
You decided to stay hidden, after all you did not want to lose the effect of surprise. You let your men continue to try to harass the enemy forces. They were still reloading their crossbows but now that the river barge was closer to them they should have far more chances to touch them when they would fire next. You saw that the ship's captain was screaming something at the guard's captain and smiled at the obvious confusion in the enemy ranks while you donned your helmet. It will be epic.

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Turn 2 of the vile scoundrels serving an unjust cause :

After trying to organise pure chaos into something ressembling a fighting force, like in his time in the legion Brutus Enforcer thanked Ken-Nedy, God of people being shot-at by crossbowmen, that he spared him an humiliating death and that crossbows were long to reload when he saw that his men began to get their bows and quivers, of course they would still need to actually see the enemy and target him in the middle of the cries of the wounded sailor and of the captain who saw a huge felled tree on the river and wanted to lead his embarcation near the other bank to avoid bumping into it. Crueail began to run towards the cabines of the prisoners and Elsa, Elsa was trying to do something stupid. She said.

-I am going to send an Ice storm on their stupid faces. I shall...

There was no time to let her induge in her fantasies of killing everyone with ice, throwing powerful spells without knowing where the enemy was, and especially when you had your own archers that will not see anything in the storm would not be clever. Plus this did'nt discriminate between allies and enemies. He ordered.

-Cast "detect the living hostiles" then we will see what to cast....

-I am not a child, I am a perfectly competent battle mage specialised in Ice magic and...

-I have actually gone to war, do what I say if you want to stay alive.

He looked around him while reluctantly Elsa began to cast something but stumbled in the middle of the sentance and if some light left her baton it did nothing. It made Brutus curse internally the noblemen who promoted court witches based on their looks instead of their competency.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sun 22 Oct 2023 21:32:42 No.5804531 Report

Quoted By: >>5804532 >>5804584 >>5804601 >>5804836 >>5804876 >>5805195 >>5805242

>>5804530

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Turn 3 of the brave men serving the Local Lord :

You were still hidden in the bushes and saw with pleasure that your crossbowmen had decided to fire anew. Three bolts left the trees to fall upon the deck of the enemy barge. Unfortunately none managed to touch something. You cursed such imbeciles and wondered why you were surrounded by people unable to touch people in plain sight.... Crossbows were dishonourable peasant weapons anyway. Fortunately right for their next volley you shall have the time to go in melee and show how it is done. You hesitated, on one side, you had your trusty sword of course but your axe might be more useful on board of a ship especially against armoured targets.

>You will jump on them with your axe.
>You shall jump on them with your sword drawn high.

You saw Brother Louis beginning to pray before the combat and decided to join him. You still had time, the barge was not specially quick, and what could these fiends do ? They were already dead.

====

Turn 3 of the vile scoundrels serving an unjust cause :

Brutus hated the fact that crossbows bolts were flying above his not helmeted head, he had to duck one of the crossbow bolts because of course assholes who used crossbows instead of fighting properly felt obligated to always target the bigger guy with the biggest armor who he was actually. Looking at Elsa he hoped that she would be able to cast something this time. And effectively her eyes became green and she was able to see around her, communicating her visions as she spoke.

-Two enemies on the trees, a human and a dwarven crossbowman, right here and on the pine here... And on the other side, horses, and men, dismounted men, one is guarding the horses... One, two... ten spearmen and four, men in mail I guess, they are knights, they are waiting here.

Understood, they wanted to ambush them when they would be focused on them. He told Elsa to continue and to mark them.

-Yes, and... On the side of the crossbows there is... A kind of... Man I guess... Why is he pulling up his pants ?

He didn't need all the details and decided to give orders instead, since the ambushers were not yet a problem and behind a slope he decided to leave them for now, ordering his archers to get off the men on the trees. One must have remained invisible, probably because he was a dwarf and those things could happen with races like dwarves who had a modest resistance to magic. But what was sure that they would have to battle all the soldiers of Local, and it's lord. They were outnumbered but it mattered not, at the end he would have to put this lord of Local to the sword. It was sad since the guy, for all his extravagance and insistance upon honor and strange outdated tactics was a fine chap. But such was life, the baron pointed and Brutus cut heads, and here it would be in self-defense.

-Shotya, Robin, the pine tree ! Get the bastard on it down !

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sun 22 Oct 2023 21:35:30 No.5804532 Report

Quoted By: >>5804536

>>5804531

Two arrows were launched at the tree, without hitting anything, even if he saw movement in it, the man on it understood that he was seen and that he had to reload quickly.

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Turn 4 of the brave men serving the Local Lord :

An arrow was fired, finally, by Ancel who managed to get at range, and it was a beautiful one it flew right into the eye of one of the enemy archers. Hah, magnificent. You had finished your prayer and you thanked your Ancel for showing your other men how it was done. You were prepared to act, with nobody expecting you, you knew that your attack should be quick and brutal like the ambush of Renaud de Châtillon at Montgisard against a huge horde of saracens led by Saladin, the surprised heathens fled in panic before his might as he struck just out of a desert storm ! You should use these bushes as your desert storm to conceal your movement. You remembered that your ancestors had fought during this battle and that one of them had captured and ransomed a rich Emir called Saddam. You will maybe capture the baron's councillor and ransom him, who knows. Your weapon in hands you prepared to act, you will still need to wait for some time but the thing will come closer and closer.

====

Turn 4 of the vile scoundrels serving an unjust cause :

Brutus saw an arrow flying right at the head of one of his best archers, Robin Good, and the thing traversed his skull and brain, killing him instantly. It was not a crossbow bolt, but an arrow, and someone very skilled was firing at them. He ran towards his dead man while his other men stayed in cover and his other archer, the dark elf Shotya Indahead, looked lost. Extracting the arrow from the dead man he was terrified by what he saw, the bastard, in case if he had just wounded his prey, had plunged his arrow in shit to make it infectious. Brutus threw the weapon and began to give orders but before he could say anything he saw that Elsa was just finishing to cast a spell.

She began to levitate and her staff was lit up, even a non magical man could feel the power accumulating and he began to take cover, he hoped that she did nothing too stupid. And then it was, a wave of terrible cold that could practically freeze him on the spot and a huge white flash. When he opened his eyes he saw that the landscape was completely changed. His men around him breathed in the cold before it dropped quickly to a normal temperature, but everything around had already changed. Every tree, every piece of the landscape was now completely frozen, reduced to a kind of statue, around them the river too, was completely made of ice. Brutus could only exclaim.

-What the f...

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sun 22 Oct 2023 21:37:25 No.5804536 Report

Quoted By: >>5804539

>>5804532

He was answered with a laugh from Elsa, who, absolutely not disturbed by the cold, simply pointed around and told.

-The sphere of icy doom of Misterfreeze, beautiful isn't it ? It only targets enemies into a large region and changes everything, even the landscape that we target into ice and... Shotya, shoot at this tree please !

Shot shot and arrow and the tree shattered and began to fall, the man on it, changed into a statue too, fell and shattered like if he was made of ice, even if some chunks, probably composed of his frozen blood were all red and translucid. Brutus could only tell.

-Hooooly shit... And you...

-Yes I thought about everything, I counted the Takable girl as not hostile.

Brutus could only nod while Crueail got outside of the cabin and asked.

-What does it means it... By all the spiders of the underworld what is this...

Elsa seemed even more happy and proud of herself, especially when the young brat, Lady Takable, left her cabin that the chancellor had left open in his haste and told. She was realising more or less what had happened, her blue eyes were wide open and she tried to tell something.

-W...

Elsa, of course, could not avoid the occasion to mock this girl that she disliked and told.

-Yes, it seems that your fiancé was left... Cold by the idea of finding you again.

Tears formed on the eyes of the young girl and before anyone could do anything she told.

-You killed him, you... whore...

She tried to steal the dagger of the councillor and lunge at the mage but was taken by two guardsmen and left tp impotently sob and scream menaces. To be honest Brutus felt a bit sad for the lad, he wanted to free his beloved and got killed without honour, by a powerful spell, like so many martials before him. But well, at least it was justice for Robin. It was at this moment that the guard's captain heard a great "Crack" from the ship, then another one... Everyone looked around and the ship's captain, a small rotund man with a beard began to scream at the magician.

-It is the ice ! The ice you imbeciles ! You do not know that ice takes more place than water and that changing all the water of the river into ice will create a tremendous pressure into...

CRACK...

-You destroyed my boat ! You imbeciles !

Brutus began realizing what it meant, but the councillor was faster and he explained.

-So you are saying that we are now blocked into a forest full of monsters and we will have to travel on feet...

Everyone looked at Elsa who simply said.

-Oops...

Before they could give her a mighty grilling for an action that would probably kill her one of the soldiers announced in a panicked voice.

-Captain Brutus, movement at our left !

Local Lord

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sun 22 Oct 2023 21:40:24 No.5804539 Report

Quoted By: >>5804547 >>5804584 >>5804585 >>5804729 >>5804836 >>5804876 >>5805195 >>5805242

>>5804536

Slowly but surely they all turned towards this direction to see a lone man, his chainmail and helmet covered by a thin layer of snow, advancing among frozen bushes and destroying them, raising his voice this lone man began to tell in an unmistakable accent.

-Saint Denis preserve usse ! We were at ze mercie of sorcerie un'eard offe ! Ice comingue frome ze dipeste cirkeul of helle were Judas Iscariote is eld captive in ze clutches of iz master Satan ! But wiffe God and olly prayère we pushed zis madness back and ze lord preserved us from such maléfices ! Now it is our taime to strike true and put zose who cast witchcraft and zose who tolerate it to the torch ! Forward, men of France, kille zose knaves and let us free my beloved ! Montjoie ! Passavant li Meillor !

The guard's captain saw then that the man was followed by many others, dusting some snow off their spears and shields. The baron's soldiers and councillors began to look at themselves, frozen in panic by the attack of these "ice men" only lady Takable tried to swipe her tears and began to smile and lightly laugh in an uncontrolable manner, overcome by the emotion. Then, from the other side of the river, another voice, with an even more horrible accent, appeared as a small snow covered man with a cutlass ran slowly towards them.

-Beate zem well messire ! Forward ! Death to the Burgundians ! Sus, Sus !

He unsheathed his own enchanted sword, he did not know what a burgundian was but he did know that this was going to get ugly.

>Slowly try to encircle the boat and attack it from many sides.
>This unnatural ice that lets you walk towards the barge is not eternal, the temparatures becomes warm again, let us all climb on the boat and kill everyone in it !
>Order Godefroi to lead a frontal assault while you attack the ship from the other side.
>Lead a frontal assault yourself while Godefroi will try to attack the ship by the back with some other men.
>Other (write in)

And please ROLL FOR COMBAT !!!

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:SgjNjHWh Sun 22 Oct 2023 21:48:40 No.5804547 Report

Quoted By: >>5805264

Rolled 68 (1d100)

>>5804539
>>Lead a frontal assault yourself while Godefroi will try to attack the ship by the back with some other men.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Sun 22 Oct 2023 22:46:34 No.5804584 Report

Quoted By: >>5804585 >>5805264

>>5804531
>You will jump on them with your axe.

>>5804539
>Lead a frontal assault yourself while Godefroi will try to attack the ship by the back with some other men.
Hahaha, the phonetic accent killed me. Finally we understand what it is all our enemies hear when they spy on us and are confused and amused. Well, it is WE who shall have the last laugh.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Sun 22 Oct 2023 22:47:34 No.5804585 Report

Quoted By: >>5805264

Rolled 24 (1d100)

>>5804539
>>5804584
Oh, and a roll.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Sun 22 Oct 2023 23:01:40 No.5804601 Report

Quoted By: >>5805264

Rolled 20 (1d100)

>>5804531
>You will jump on them with your axe.
Swords do not do well against heavy armour made of metal but axes that require a bit more blunt force should do it.
>Lead a frontal assault yourself while Godefroi will try to attack the ship by the back with some other men.
lets hope my roll is low

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:oA/2GaPK Mon 23 Oct 2023 02:57:16 No.5804729 Report

Quoted By: >>5805264

Rolled 68 (1d100)

>>5804539
>You will jump on them with your axe.
>>Lead a frontal assault yourself while Godefroi will try to attack the ship by the back with some other men.
>Sus, Sus !
Amogus

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Z7KTVIWu Mon 23 Oct 2023 05:08:49 No.5804836 Report

Quoted By: >>5805264

>>5804531
>You will jump on them with your axe.

>>5804539
>This unnatural ice that lets you walk towards the barge is not eternal, the temparatures becomes warm again, let us all climb on the boat and kill everyone in it !

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:BL9JxXVt Mon 23 Oct 2023 06:23:55 No.5804876 Report

Quoted By: >>5805264

>>5804531
>You will jump on them with your axe.

>>5804539
>Order Godefroi to lead a frontal assault while you attack the ship from the other side.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:jIdAz64b Mon 23 Oct 2023 16:54:00 No.5805195 Report

Quoted By: >>5805264

>>5804531
>>You shall jump on them with your sword drawn high

>>5804539
>>Lead a frontal assault yourself while Godefroi will try to attack the ship by the back with some other men.

>accents

Absolute kek

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:+SW+hM6Z Mon 23 Oct 2023 18:25:44 No.5805242 Report

Quoted By: >>5805264

>>5804531
>You will jump on them with your axe.

>>5804539
>Order Godefroi to lead a frontal assault while you attack the ship from the other side.
Capture the vitch, she'll be very useful

Local Lord

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Mon 23 Oct 2023 18:57:00 No.5805264 Report

Quoted By: >>5805265

>>5804547

>>5804584
Hahaha, yes, canonically speaking Charles and his companions speak in Old French while the other characters speak in 21st century French so they understand each other (barely) but your humble translator tries, as he can to retain this comical dimension in english.

>>5804585
Thank you.

>>5804601
It seems that your hopes were crowned with results.

>>5804729
Hahaha I haven't thought about it, you are a clever gentleman, "Sus" means "Death to" or "Get them"

>>5804836
>>5804876

>>5805195
I really imagine that in english he will sound like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJQPgWwV3Gk

>>5805242
The baron had our lover, we will have his ! Haha !

You were cold, extremely cold, the witch malefice had literally frozen everything around you, the trees, the ground, the sweath on you, and had recovered everything in a thin layer of snow. The bushes around you became very easy to crack a simple touch shaterring them as if they were made of ice. But they were cold to the touch and you were happy to have gloves. This cold could probably burn you. Your men around you were spared too, doubtlessly by the power of prayer. Raising your axe you decided to give a mighty speech, you loved this kind of theatrics, it added to a battle the kind of joy that was needed to make it glorious and it warmed the hearths of those listening and made them burn with ardent devotion to victory. A burning well needed in these times of cold. You saw the panicked expressions of the enemy and Ancel coming from his side, shielded too. Of course the snow had made the rope of his bow completely wet and unusable so he had only his cutlass. Of your crossbowmen you had no news.

You then jumped on the ice and of course stumbled and fell. Damnation it was slippery ! Fortunately Godefroi helped you raise and you gave him some orders. Because of this development you had to modify your battle plan.

-Godefroi, my good Godefroi, take four good men while I attack them from the front and get them from the back ! We will crush them from both sides !

-It will me done, monseigneur. May Saint Michel preserve you.

-And may he preserve you.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Mon 23 Oct 2023 18:58:02 No.5805265 Report

Quoted By: >>5805266

>>5805264

You answered patting him on his shoulder while advancing massively towards the enemy. You felt some kind of ice projectile being hurled at you but you put your shield before you and it broke on it and you continued to advance, carefully, to not fall. An arrow fell unto the shield of one of Godefroi's men. As you were closing in, dodging the arrows from their lone archer and seeing their mage muttering something with little consequences. Seeing that you were more numerous one of the men without armor who was on the ship jumped from it, yelling "Abandon the ship !" and muttering something to you while kneeling, he was accompanied by some other men who jumped on the ice and surrendered, they were not guardsmen of the baron but the members of the equipage of the ship, probably merchants that had been contacted by the baron to transport lady Takable. The captain told.

-P...Please my lord, spare us, we did nothing we...

You answered, not having time to give to them, you saw that one had a crossbow bolt in his shoulder, probably the result of your attack, it happened.

-I shall see, stay here, the forest is dangerous.

You then began to advance towards your ennemies, the problem being that if the barge was not very high it was still higher than the ice and formed a kind of small rampart. One of your men tried to advance but an enemy guardsman began to try to push him back by hitting with his sword. Another of your men tried to spear him but he parried, the sword being a good weapon for this, fortunately a third spearman used this moment to gut the insolent in the belly and the enemy soldier fell backwards, clutching his pierced stomach. You saw captain Crumbling who had probably ordered the maneuver, nod to you, it was one of the things that you had insisted upon your guardsmen learning : using the numbers and reach of spearmen to work together. Seeing other soldiers trying to climb and being forced to retreat or receiving glancing sword blows on their helmets you yelled.

-Use your reach damn you !

To your satisfaction they began to understand, and used their spears to try to hit any man who tried to stop some of them to climb on the boat, Bohémond first of them with Brother Louis. Making sign to Cop and Swat you ordered them to cover you while you climbed on the barge. Managing to climb you fell before the ugliest face that you ever saw, except maybe the one of the saxon man that you had killed in the witche's cave or of your brave Orcadian "da masked cuncumber".

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Mon 23 Oct 2023 18:59:04 No.5805266 Report

Quoted By: >>5805267

>>5805265

It was as if the man's mother or father had fornicated with a tusked beast, the skin of the baron's guard was greenish and he had small, pig like, eyes. Trying to kill you with his sword he showed that he had strength because it made a dent in your shield, but he had not held a weapon in his hand since he was seven years old (or even three years old if you counted wooden swords with whom you happily smacked everything since you learned to walk) and you quickly counterattacked, feinted to the left and hit him in the neck with your axe splitting his mail by the strength of your blow and cutting half of it. He fell to the wooden floor gurgling in his blood. Glorious ! You looked around you and saw that everything seemed to be fine.

Bohemond was already on the place, trading blows with the giant in steel armour who was the baron's guard's captain. Both of them fought valiantly but by brute strength and superiority of armour alone the vile man had an edge, fortunately brother Louis came to help the young knight and even in his tired state his swordplay was exceptional, unfortunately the man's armor made him practically invincible. The man who had gotten a spear in the belly was lying in his blood while two of your spearmen began to mount. One of them blocked an arrow with his shield that a kind of Ethiopian lady (she had dark grey skin, she obviously came from such sunless country where people are black of skin) with pointed ears, a bow and a helmet, one of the baron's archers according to her tabard, tried to use. Seeing that she was cornered she jumped over your men in a somersault proving an astonishing agility, probably like the one of your Indian Guelphs and was on the small guardrail of the ship when a hand from outside grabbed her leg and pushed her down. You then heard sounds of chopping. You knew that hand, and that sneakiness, it was obviously Ancel. When a man can be so sneaky it would be a shame to not use it to slit some throats. But knowing him you knew that he would be looting the body for valuables before trying to continue the fight.

Finally the giant in armor made sign to two of his men to occupy your knights while he jumped at you, he probably thought that killing the leader would make your men retreat. Heh ! His sword slashed towards you and cut a bit of your shield and he deftly dodged your axe blow in return. Before you could do another thing you heard the screams of horror of the witch who pointed at the back of the ship from where Godefroi and his men were emerging. With only four guardsmen and their captain left standing the cause of the baron's men seemed lost. You attacked a second time with your axe but simply touched an oversized pauldron while the giant pushed you and you stumbled backwards before parrying another blow of his glowing sword. Finally you heard another lady's muffled scream. Rose ! And the voice of the baron's councillor who held a dagger under her throat.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Mon 23 Oct 2023 19:00:10 No.5805267 Report

Quoted By: >>5805275 >>5805278 >>5805284 >>5805338 >>5805445 >>5805589 >>5805676 >>5805832

>>5805266

He told clearly.

-Stand back ! Or I shall kill her !

The guard's captain tried to tell.

-But the baron want's her al..

Crueail retorded.

-He wants US alive before everything !

Yes, and it looked poorly for them, you had not lost any man once the melee began while the enemy was currently reduced to four guardsmen, among them a woman and a man recently wounded in the left hand by one of your knights, their captain, a witch, and their councillor that held a dagger under your beloved's chin. The enemy was surrounded but there was a kind of pause. What to do ?

>Continue to attack as if you haven't heard, they will never expect this.
>Offer your enemies a possibility to surrender if they do not hurt your lady.
>Order your men to stand back and tell "You have my word as a nobleman that you will be left alive if you release Lady Takable, I shall not pursue you or punish you in any way. But if you dare touch her I shall hang you by your entrails to a tree." (Hard Rulership roll)
>Tell your men to stand back and say "Let us not go into extremes, if you kill Lady Takable, you will be killed painfully, if you let her leave I have no reason to hurt you at all (Intrigue roll)
>Tell your men to stop fighting and challenge the enemy champion in single combat, giving up your strategical advantage. If you win you shall receive Lady Takable, if they win they should have a possibility to leave with her. (Hard combat roll)
>Do as if you retreated and make a sign to Ancel, who is hidden out of view, to try to throw his dagger at the councillor's back. Then charge and kill them all. (Risky)
>Ask those miscreants what will they want in exchange of your beloved.
>Other (write in)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Z7KTVIWu Mon 23 Oct 2023 19:22:40 No.5805275 Report

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Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>5805267
>>Tell your men to stand back and say "Let us not go into extremes, if you kill Lady Takable, you will be killed painfully, if you let her leave I have no reason to hurt you at all (Intrigue roll)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Mon 23 Oct 2023 19:24:24 No.5805278 Report

Quoted By: >>5806427

>>5805267
>Offer your enemies a possibility to surrender if they do not hurt your lady.
This is a bad situation that perhaps we should have foreseen

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Z7KTVIWu Mon 23 Oct 2023 19:32:54 No.5805284 Report

Quoted By: >>5806427

>>5805267
>Offer your enemies a possibility to surrender if they do not hurt your lady.
Actually yeah, it's not like we're bound to keep promises made to heathens

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:mWqB93i2 Mon 23 Oct 2023 21:12:50 No.5805338 Report

Quoted By: >>5806136 >>5806427

>>5805267
>>Order your men to stand back and tell "You have my word as a nobleman that you will be left alive if you release Lady Takable, I shall not pursue you or punish you in any way. But if you dare touch her I shall hang you by your entrails to a tree." (Hard Rulership roll)

We are attempting to convince more than one person correct? So we should have best of 3 at least.

I should say that it might be worth offering Brutus a job since his Baron is soon to be without a title.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:7L7yhUKn Mon 23 Oct 2023 23:33:18 No.5805445 Report

Quoted By: >>5806427

Rolled 55 (1d100)

>>5805267
>>Tell your men to stand back and say "Let us not go into extremes, if you kill Lady Takable, you will be killed painfully, if you let her leave I have no reason to hurt you at all (Intrigue roll)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:oA/2GaPK Tue 24 Oct 2023 02:34:17 No.5805589 Report

Quoted By: >>5806427

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Tue 24 Oct 2023 04:26:48 No.5805676 Report

Quoted By: >>5805727 >>5806427

Rolled 6 (1d100)

>>5805267
>Tell your men to stand back and say "Let us not go into extremes, if you kill Lady Takable, you will be killed painfully, if you let her leave I have no reason to hurt you at all (Intrigue roll)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:v/SUuHsp Tue 24 Oct 2023 05:29:17 No.5805727 Report

Quoted By:

>>5805676
Support

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:wNF7lVJ7 Tue 24 Oct 2023 07:35:11 No.5805832 Report

Quoted By: >>5806427

Rolled 54 (1d100)

>>5805267
>Tell your men to stand back and say "Let us not go into extremes, if you kill Lady Takable, you will be killed painfully, if you let her leave I have no reason to hurt you at all (Intrigue roll)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sklCgDnu Tue 24 Oct 2023 16:18:51 No.5806136 Report

Quoted By: >>5806427

Rolled 22 (1d100)

>>5805338

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Tue 24 Oct 2023 21:05:43 No.5806427 Report

Quoted By: >>5806429 >>5806578

>>5805278
Unfortunately it was not foreseen in time, but you could still save the day with some negociation skills.

>>5805284
Or to serfs, only oaths given between Christian noblemen are biding.

>>5805338
True, true it was probably the best tactic in this case in terms of probabilities but the majority decided against your learned words. One more proof of the foolishness of this so called "democracy".

>>5805445
>>5805589
>>5805676
>>5805832
>>5806136

You decided to try to defuse the situation, unfortunately it was hard against people that you had just tried to kill.

-There is no need to go into extremes. If you kill Lady Takable you will be killed painfully, if you let her leave I have no reason to hurt you at all.

You said it in a calm voice, as to appease the man. Unfortunately it had little effect, he snapped back.

-We will not release Lady Rose, but she will be safe with us, we must move her somewhere, not kill her. So you will leave this ship now, and give us horses, good horses, palfreys, one for each of our men, then we will leave and you will be safe from prosecution for having attacked your liege lord's men.

The audacity of this scoundrel almost made you lunge at him, but the fearful look in your lady's eyes stopped you from doing something stupid. It was unfortunate, you were not a specialist in negociations, since you were a third son you were educated as a knight and were generally expected to kill those that your liege lord pointed as hostile. You were not formed to negociate when you could not use the threat of violence at your advantage, or you were not with other fellow noblemen that you could trust because of their noble blood and good manners. You didn't knew if this man was honest and if he had the guts to slice the throat of your beloved, and you did not want to take the risk to find out. Ah, you were really half a man in these kinds of negociations without Oldfossil. You made sign to your men to leave slowly but fortunately your brave Captain Crumbling intervened.

-You cannot expect our lord to comply with your demands ! What guarantees you that you will not send us another ice curse when we will be far away ?

The man answered.

-My goodwill !

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Tue 24 Oct 2023 21:06:45 No.5806429 Report

Quoted By: >>5806444 >>5806497 >>5806578 >>5806580 >>5806873 >>5806893 >>5806909 >>5806911 >>5806952 >>5807058

>>5806427

What a fiend ! How dared he ! We was dishonorable, and nothing told you that he will not betray you... You felt ashamed of not having this idea before your guard's captain and thanked him before saying.

>I disagree ! I shall not back down vile félon ! Surrender or be struck down.
>I shall not comply with your demands if I do not have a guarantee of your goodwill. Give us an hostage too, the witch who could curse us for example. We will give her back with the horses. (intrigue roll)
>I shall not comply with your demands if I do not have a guarantee of your goodwill. Give us an hostage too, the witch who could curse us for example. We will take her back to our castle to be sure that Lady Takable will not be harmed. (intrigue roll)
>Do as if you agree, order to retreat but leave the sneaky Ancel near, when they will try to get down he could maybe kill the councillor and then you will have an occasion to free your lady.
>Where will you get with your horses, you will be unable to cross any river and the forest is dangerous ? Will you go back into baronial lands ?
>Other (write in)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:BL9JxXVt Tue 24 Oct 2023 21:16:27 No.5806444 Report

Quoted By: >>5806594 >>5807471

Rolled 58 (1d100)

>>5806429
Egads! They mean to rob us of our horses as well as our lady love!

The good will of cowards and fiends is worthless!

>Where will you get with your horses, you will be unable to cross any river and the forest is dangerous ? Will you go back into baronial lands?

Fish for info.

>Tell your men to stop fighting and challenge the enemy champion in single combat, giving up your strategical advantage. If you win you shall receive Lady Takable, if they win they should have a possibility to leave with her. (Hard combat roll)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:mWqB93i2 Tue 24 Oct 2023 22:14:13 No.5806497 Report

Quoted By: >>5806594 >>5806873 >>5806893 >>5806911 >>5807471

Rolled 46 (1d100)

>>5806429
>>I shall not comply with your demands if I do not have a guarantee of your goodwill. Give us an hostage too, the witch who could curse us for example. We will take her back to our castle to be sure that Lady Takable will not be harmed. (intrigue roll)
>>Other (write in)

These woods are dangerous and they are too few, we should travel together until they are in the clear. Or at least to a neutral location that we can part ways at.

They surely wish to survive, and we do not want our beloved to die to some maleficent beast on account of their weakness, after all they will hold no leverage over it, and it will not discriminate.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Tue 24 Oct 2023 23:45:25 No.5806578 Report

Quoted By: >>5806594 >>5807471

>>5806429
>Where will you get with your horses, you will be unable to cross any river and the forest is dangerous ? Will you go back into baronial lands ?
Under no circumstance, we are allowing these heathens to leave
Honestly, I don't think he is going to kill her, plus all our lady needs to do is elbow him and she should be able to get out but that's just an idea.
>>5806427
Wait, just got an half-decent idea. Where exactly are our men positioned around the enemy? More importantly, who is the closest towards the Witch? We can try to signal someone close to nab her and then we are in a far better position.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Tue 24 Oct 2023 23:52:14 No.5806580 Report

Quoted By: >>5806594 >>5807471

>>5806429
A real quick question, is this part of the forest also the magical creatures domain?

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Wed 25 Oct 2023 00:03:07 No.5806594 Report

Quoted By:

>>5806444
Of course, they deserve death !

>>5806580
>>5806578

Our men are on the ship, all around the ennemies, the enemies themselves are at a circle near the gate of the cabin with the four guards and Brutus looking around and forming a sort of "circle" while inside the circle there is the sorceress and Crueail Degeneret who holds lady Takable hostage.

We do not know about the expanse of the forest's king domain, we do not even know what it looks like !

>>5806497

That is an excellent suggestion by the way.

Well I will write tomorrow good sirs, it is time for me to sleep, but I am happy to have been able to answer some questions before the update. Good night if it is night in your lands.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:cA+6Z4U0 Wed 25 Oct 2023 03:54:01 No.5806873 Report

Quoted By: >>5807471

Rolled 66 (1d100)

>>5806429
>>5806497
Supporting

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:oA/2GaPK Wed 25 Oct 2023 04:17:38 No.5806893 Report

Quoted By: >>5807471

Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>5806429
>>5806497
+1

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Wed 25 Oct 2023 04:31:55 No.5806909 Report

Quoted By: >>5806911 >>5807471

Rolled 61 (1d100)

>>5806429
>I shall not comply with your demands if I do not have a guarantee of your goodwill. Give us an hostage too, the witch who could curse us for example. We will take her back to our castle to be sure that Lady Takable will not be harmed. (intrigue roll)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Wed 25 Oct 2023 04:33:29 No.5806911 Report

Quoted By: >>5807471

>>5806497
Oh, and I can also support this write-in in addition to >>5806909

>>5806429

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Z7KTVIWu Wed 25 Oct 2023 05:00:18 No.5806952 Report

Quoted By: >>5807471

>>5806429
>>Do as if you agree, order to retreat but leave the sneaky Ancel near, when they will try to get down he could maybe kill the councillor and then you will have an occasion to free your lady.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:+SW+hM6Z Wed 25 Oct 2023 06:58:51 No.5807058 Report

Quoted By: >>5807471

>>5806429
>Do as if you agree, order to retreat but leave the sneaky Ancel near, when they will try to get down he could maybe kill the councillor and then you will have an occasion to free your lady.
Let's end this now

Local Lord

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Wed 25 Oct 2023 21:57:20 No.5807471 Report

Quoted By: >>5807536 >>5807555 >>5807579 >>5807653 >>5807738 >>5807826

>>5806444
>>5806497
>>5806578
>>5806580
>>5806873
>>5806893
>>5806909
>>5806911
>>5806952
>>5807058

You decided to be severe and to ask something in exchange, looking at the man you explained him.

-I shall not comply with your demands, if I do not have a guarantee of your goodwill. Give us an hostage too, the who could curse us for exemple. We will take her back to our castle to be sure that Lady Takable will not be harmed.

The man answered that he disagreed clearly.

-No, you are not in position to make demands. We shall not give ours.

You added some words, looking at Rose who seemed to be still afraid of the dagger under her throat while looking for an occasion to escape.

-Even without it, you are not numerous enough to avoid an attack from some beasts of the forest and I do not want my beloved to be killed by some wolf or bear because of you. We shall travel together until we are back to safety.

The councillor seemed to think and nodded, agreeing.

-Fair enough, but give us horses, you will travel behind us, in view but not in reach of us. We will travel back towards the river.

So they wanted to return to baronial lands after the failure of their expedition. Thinking quickly you nodded, and ordered your men to leave the boat. This was better than nothing after all. You then came back towards the ship's captain and his crew who had been prisoners. The wounded man had been bandaged with some rags and you ordered to put him on a packhorse while you decided to give some horses to the vile miscreants who held your beloved hostage. They asked for good horses but if you gave them bad ones they will not be able to complain since you normally will have to leave them here.

>Give your seven best palfreys to the knaves.
>Give your seven worse palfreys to them
>Give them three palfreys and three pack horses
>Order men to hide in ambush near the horses.
>Give only six horses, he asked a horse for each one of his men, the witch is clearly a woman.
>Other (write in)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:oA/2GaPK Wed 25 Oct 2023 23:54:27 No.5807536 Report

Quoted By: >>5808296

>>5807471
>Order men to hide in ambush near the horses.
>>Give only six horses, he asked a horse for each one of his men, the witch is clearly a woman.
LMAO

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:NLv7FOeN Thu 26 Oct 2023 00:15:33 No.5807555 Report

Quoted By: >>5808296

>>5807471
>>Give only six horses, he asked a horse for each one of his men, the witch is clearly a woman.

I say we play it straight, at least until there is an opening

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:iIA8R10V Thu 26 Oct 2023 00:38:59 No.5807579 Report

Quoted By: >>5808296

>>5807471
>Give only six horses, he asked a horse for each one of his men, the witch is clearly a woman.
>Give your seven worse palfreys to them

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Thu 26 Oct 2023 02:33:09 No.5807653 Report

Quoted By: >>5808296

>>5807471
>Give only six horses, your WORST horses
>he asked a horse for each one of his men, the witch is clearly a woman.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Re7zCa4F Thu 26 Oct 2023 04:32:44 No.5807738 Report

Quoted By: >>5808296

>>5807471
>>Order men to hide in ambush near the horses.
>>Give only six horses, he asked a horse for each one of his men, the witch is clearly a woman.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Z7KTVIWu Thu 26 Oct 2023 06:33:30 No.5807826 Report

Quoted By: >>5808296

>>5807471
>Give only six horses, your WORST horses
>Order men to hide in ambush near the horses

Local Lord

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Thu 26 Oct 2023 20:33:56 No.5808296 Report

Quoted By: >>5808297

>>5807536
It is only fair.

>>5807555
You sir, are a true gentleman.

>>5807579
>>5807653
>>5807738
>>5807826

You ordered some men to wait in ambush while you gave some others the instructions to remain here and act after some time. You gave them only six old horses while you were keeping the best with your soldiers. Unfortunately your clever plan managed to be known in advance by your enemies, probably because of some sorceries and you ordered your men to leave the ambush while you came towards the place where the angry councilor was calling you from the small forest clearing where you had put the horses. You hesitated in answering him, since your men were saddling your horses but after some words with Godefroi you decided to go there with all your troops.

You came in surrounded by your soldiers and when he told you to stop you could see that he was still looking at your horses and holding more or less Lady Takable with a knife in his hands. She seemed to not be as afraid as before, looking at you with expectation, as if you had told her something, even if she remained docile and silent it seemed that there was some tension in her posture. You knew, of course, that in some chansons de fin amor it was said that lovers could understand each other without speaking but here you were absolutely not sure of what she meant, and if she was about to do something... Unwise. As for Crueail he seemed to focus more on his conversation than on trying to slice her neck.

His soldiers were around him, still on foot and he was with the witch, who looked furious while the captain looked indifferent. Crueail began with :

-How dare you ! You do not give us all horses, against our will, do you not know what...

You answered in a calm voice before he could squeeze more the poor Rose who he was holding. Her little frame was did not try to resist too much. You told.

-I have given you a horse for you and each one of your men, a palfrey. This makes six horses, the witch is clearly a woman.

Your facts and logic made some of your men smile, but not the baron's councilor who answered angrily and pointed at one of his guardsmen who, appeared to be, if judging by forms under her chainmail, a woman.

-And Forgether is a woman too and you gave her a horse, do not try to use this nonsense against me !

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Thu 26 Oct 2023 20:34:57 No.5808297 Report

Quoted By: >>5808314 >>5808324 >>5808331 >>5808397

>>5808296

You decided to mock the man a bit, you owed him that.

-She dresses like a man, she ought to be burned as a witch for that, well, the other too since she is a proclaimed witch, but what is the point of your complains good sir, should I take back one of the horses ?

Before the man could threaten you more and answer, something unexpected happened. Many ladies would have been happy to just stay here, and wait for you to act, but your Rose was not happy in this passive role and probably disliked the idea of having a dagger under her white and pretty neck. Since the baron's councilor was quite tall, like all those pointy eared guelphs, and that he was looking at you, a tall man too, he did not see the small Lady Takable that he loosely held with a hand while having another with a dagger near her throat. So when she stomped hard on his foot, especially with the elevated heels that she insisted to wear everywhere he did not see it coming and cursed hard.

-You...

Before he could continue she bite hard on his armed hand, sinking her teeth in it with consumated rage and he had to release his weapon from his bitten hand while trying to hit her with his other. While you saw this you began to prepare your axe but Brother Louis was quicker, slashing at the first man near him and wounding him, then Ancel threw his cutlass screaming "DEATH TO BURGUNDIANS" at the witch but the baron's guard captain moved her forcibly out of the way.
Everything was erupting in chaos, well, a part of you hoped for this ! Screaming "Montjoie" you decided to slash everything that was between you and your lady while around you swords and axes began to cross in a deadly dance.

>Rush towards your lady (Combat roll)
>Slash at the first man that you see, then the next one (Combat roll)
>Rush towards your lady, killing those on the way (Combat roll)
>Attack the enemy guard's captain, he is the most dangerous of all (Combat roll)
>Other (write in)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Z7KTVIWu Thu 26 Oct 2023 21:07:20 No.5808314 Report

Quoted By: >>5808491

Rolled 25 (1d100)

>>5808297
>>Rush towards your lady, killing those on the way (Combat roll)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:mWqB93i2 Thu 26 Oct 2023 21:14:37 No.5808324 Report

Quoted By: >>5808491

Rolled 55 (1d100)

>>5808297
>>Rush towards your lady, killing those on the way (Combat roll)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:iIA8R10V Thu 26 Oct 2023 21:21:14 No.5808331 Report

Quoted By: >>5808491

Rolled 84 (1d100)

>>5808297
>Rush towards your lady, killing those on the way (Combat roll)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Thu 26 Oct 2023 22:31:41 No.5808397 Report

Quoted By: >>5808491

Rolled 15 (1d100)

>>5808297
>Rush towards your lady, killing those on the way (Combat roll)
uh oh these rolls looking real high

Good on Rose for being quick on the uptake though

Local Lord

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Fri 27 Oct 2023 00:34:16 No.5808491 Report

Quoted By: >>5808494

>>5808397
Your rolls are high, and it's a failure, but a very mild one (I generally use degrees of success and failure according to the rolls for exemple failing by 30 more than your score will be worse than failing by 10) but to be sincere the other rolls were hilarious so I decided to write this night, I hope this long update will please you.

>>5808314
>>5808324
>>5808331

You jumped into battle with zeal and fanaticism, a first guardsman tried to stop you but you easily feinted him to the face while bringing down your axe on his ribs, it pierced mail as a great blow and you felt his ribcage shatter ! This was the kind of blows that were sung about by minstrels.
You then pushed him back with your shield and brought your axe on his head this time while he was falling on his back, your weapon penetrating his face and splitting it in two in a splatter of gore. But there was no time to enjoy your skills, you had a lady to save and while you saw that Brother Louis decapitated a man and that the female enemy guard was killed by many spear blows you ran right towards your lady. Crueail cursed in a foreign tongue and grabbed her by the hair to stop her from biting him and threw her on the ground, then, whil clutching his hand he kicked her in the ribs when she tried to get to his fallen dagger. These Guelphs were fast, even if not as strong as properly fed people, but what difference it made when hitting a small lady ? Seeing this unchivalric conduct revolted you and you ran even faster when you felt as if hit by a battering ram. The guards captain had intercepted you and he had charged you, shoulder forward.

You fell on the ground, practically blind because of your heavy helmet and knew that he will strike. You rolled to the left and presented your shield but you supposed that your enemy would strike low, you were twice on this bad position of being on the ground and battered by another knight, the last time was against an Englishman who understood that a man in this position would cover his head and body with his shield but will be unable to cover his legs. Your instinct spoke true and you just avoided a blow who would have injured your knee. You tried to rise but your opponent was fast, striking with his sword on your shield to slash at you. Against all expectations his glowing sword cut your shield in two and slashed heavily at your left arm, breaking mail and scratching the gambeson behind it, while wounding you lightly because even with it's cutting power this weapon in such a blow could not do more. But what sorcery was this ? Excalibur ? Joyeuse ? Durendal ? What kind of sword could slash with such power ? If you would not have insisted upon fighting in armour you probably would have lost your left hand at the middle of the forearm, and maybe died of bleeding and infection after this.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Fri 27 Oct 2023 00:35:18 No.5808494 Report

Quoted By: >>5808496

>>5808491

Your shield was useless, you knew that you were too late to save your lady who maybe was dead now, killed by this mad Guelph. You had lost your axe in the process but would probably be too late to unsheath your sword. You would have to receive a hit, normally a small price to pay if in a chivalric duel, even if your opponent was a colossus, but who knew what this glowing blade could do ? Cut you in half ? In this split second you thought about death one last time, hoping that the Lord would see you, tell that you fought every day to protect his church and bring you to His Heavenly Kingdom from this far away land. But death did not come, no... For a shield expertly blocked the blade, no, not blocked for it could cut through wood easily, it redirected it with a technique that you recognised, the technique from your master, the one under whom you squired : Godefroi ! Then you head his voice, reproachful and stern, not the voice he took for banquet or feast, but his voice in battle.

-What kind of félon tries to attack another knight in pitched battle without announcing himself ?

Of course, étiquette, your old man and men like Godefroi had known the campaigns of Saint Louis, when they gave the enemy time to adorn it's armor before coming to blows, such were chivalric times, when virtue was held high, you regretted to not have lived trough them and to live in times of ambushes and treacheries. But before you could see what happened between these two because you looked towards your lady and were more than surprised.

The guelph was saying something, probably obscenities but you could not find out in the middle of battle and she was on the ground, while he had his dagger in hand. She was on the ground, visibly in pain, she had blood pouring from her mouth but you ignored if it was hers or his since she had bitten him and he was bleeding profusely from his left hand. As he tried to lunge for her with unnatural speed she threw some dirt on his face and while he clutched his eyes, she kicked him between the legs that made him fold in half in pain. By Sainte Geneviève, Rose was more ferocious than you thought when she was desperate, a true lioness, and this made you want to help her even more, you ran and you saw fortunately that the last enemy guardsman was vainquished and Bohémond and two men came rushing to her help. Unfortunately it was when you felt a terribly cold wind swipe everything, the witch had casted a new trickery. And she seemed absolutely exhausted by it because she fell on her knees, breathing heavily. But this sorcery was perhaps even more evil than it was.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Fri 27 Oct 2023 00:36:20 No.5808496 Report

Quoted By: >>5808497

>>5808494

Men of ice began to appear here, forming as parody of creatures of flesh and blood and perhaps souls of those trapped in the deepest pits of hell where Judas Iscariot and traitors are held in perpetual cold. Each of those creatures was of vaguely human form and size but was clearly animated by some nefarious purpose and you counted eight of them who were now making a barrage with their corpses between you and your beloved. Another one, the ninth, grabbed Rose from behind while she was trying to bash the brains of the councilor with a rock. She cried in pain, probably because of the extreme cold of it's touch and it made the vile witch smile.

One of the ice creatures began to try to attack you and you avoided it's blow before hitting it with your sword, you found fortunately that it was made of ice and this breakable and you felt happy when you cut it's head. But unfortunately this made absolutely nothing, the head fell but the rest of the body continued to try to hit you and you had only a split second to dodge before a colossal arm made like an ice club crushed you. You heard captain Crumbling trying to cover one of your men who had not been able to dodge the return strike after piercing one of the demons with his spear.

-Ice elementals ! Axes ! Use axes damn it ! And try to hit their core !

You had lost your axe unfortunately but agreed that axes would be better to "break the ice" if you might say this. You wanted to scream for Ancel to fetch it but he was probably hiding somewhere like a coward so you dodged a new blow and tried to thrust at your opponent. Fortunately Brother Louis came, hitting with great strength with his sword and cutting the club in half while telling.

-Take back your axe monseigneur, I shall hold those !

You agreed with a nod and tried to watch around you, these demon were pushing your men back and one of those began to kill your horses ! YOUR PALFREYS ! By the beard of Saint John ! Treachery ! And of course the councillor and the mage were already mounting on the best of the bunch that you gave, with a half bound lady Takable who tried to struggle. Getting them now would be useless... But you had another pressing matter, Godefroi ! Your old master was an excellent knight, probably better with a blade than you but there was no way that he would hold alone against the huge mass of muscle and plates, with, you had to admit, quite a great skill, and enchanted sword that was fighting him. You looked at their fight and saw that your master was already in difficulty, his enemy was quick and strong, his shield was already damaged while the other man used his superior reach to force him to retreat. The guard's captain finally found an opening and kicked hard your Godefroi in the chest, sending him down while he told.

-Do not waste my time, old man, I am after your lord !

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Fri 27 Oct 2023 00:37:38 No.5808497 Report

Quoted By: >>5808499

>>5808496

And he made sign to you to come fight him, you were about to comply, even with your wounded hand but when Brutus looked around you he noted that his allies were fleeing and told.

-Well, it seems that you will stay alive for now, I have to...

A voice interrupted him in his back.

-No. You will not leave this field alive.

It was Godefroi, and he was furious, he had his tone of his bad days, when he got drunk after loosing at a tournament and was even harsher against his squires. He had risen again and was between Brutus and his way out, mace in one hand, battered shield in the other. You could imagine his determined face in his enclosed helmet. You decided, against better judgement, to offer your help.

-My good Godefroi, no need to, I shall strike this knave myself and...

-Monseigneur, if you hold our long friendship for something, I conjure you, do not intervene.

He tried to be polite but would not take no for answer since he already advanced towards your enemy. The guard's captain just shrugged, telling.

-As you wish old man, I do not practice euthanasia but if you insist.

All your being was calling you to rush to help your old master but honor was honor, if you would help him it would be to avenge him or once he would fall. You tried to find an axe too but they were fighting right near yours so you decided to see how steel clashed against steel. Using his two handed sword like it was one handed Enforcer attacked with great swiping blows, counting on the unnatural nature (if you could say this) of his blade to bypass his ennemy's chainmail. You saw Godefroi using all his tricks, all his ruses, all the techniques that he has learned you, redirecting blows, feinting, and trying to bypass this obstacles but even if he managed to do it better than most his shield was finally cut in two and he never managed to get into reach of his mace, his age betrayed him, would he have been twenty years younger he would have managed to mace the un-helmeted face of his enemy. On the other side his enemy, frustrated by his lack of success in managing to get a clean hit tried to force Godefroi to dodge more and more and to fatigue him. But his enemy made mistakes too, after two strikes of his sword, the last time with only one hand he exposed himself to a counter attack on his left and Godefroi did not need more, he used the blindspot of his ennemy's ridiculous pauldrons to advance more, avoid by a very narrow margin another blow and have an opening on his head. While delivering his blow that was too late to dodge he even said.

-Always wear your helmet young man...

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Fri 27 Oct 2023 00:38:41 No.5808499 Report

Quoted By: >>5808501

>>5808497

He hit and... As if by an immovable force his mace was stopped and he was pushed back as if hitting a wall. Then his enemy hit him in the helmet with the pommel of his blade and attacked once more, slashing the other half of his shield and letting him with simply splinted wood. Laughing mockingly he told.

-That's a headband of protection for you, works like a helmet without impeding your vision and breathing, costs thrice as much too ! Heh ! Strange that an old sensei like you don't know anything about it !

Sorcery ! Treachery, you were about to rush to Godefroi's help but he held a hand as if not too, but how would he fare with simply a mace against a man in full plate, he breathed heavily and the pommel blow on his helmet, if he has seen worse, must have gotten him hard because of the strenght of the giant. You tried to find something around you, and saw that Brother Louis, who was finishing one of the ice warriors, had dropped his shield to better penetrate them with his sword since he lacked an axe. So you threw the Templar's shield towards Godefroi, as when you served him as a squire. He caught it and began to try to put it on his arm while saying.

-I am not from Sancerre, I serve the main branch of Champagne not the cadet one. Your saracen plate and sorcery shall not save...

He did not have time to finish his sentence or put the shield on his arm since his ennemy, saying something like "no time for this bullshit" attacked. He rushed forward agressively and decided to slash horizontally as to leave no chance to his ennemy to parry his blow, the wooden shaft of the mace or his chainmail would do nothing against this glowing blade. Messire Godefroi answered stoically, not trying to dodge, not to avoid his fate, he simply threw the shield under the feet of the charging knight, this made him trip a bit and gave him a split second, but it was all that he needed. It was then that you understood why he took his time to put the shield on or placed himself just before the corpse of a guard that you had killed, he already knew that his enemy would want to act quickly to charge him and he simply wanted to interrupt his timing. Moving elegantly and unnaturally quickly, probably because he had feinted being more tired than he was he moved towards his left to be touched only on the end of his enemy's blow, or not at all, because he made his enemy trip and struck with precision at Brutus's right kneecap. Steel armor or not, the weight of such a colossal charging man and the power of a mace blow from a Godefroi that, if old, was not weak, produced a sickening sound while armor and bone broke and his enemy fell to one knee, using his sword to try to remain half standing and trying to parry the next blow with it's gauntlet. But instead of hitting the man while he was prone the old knight, like at a tournament, removed his enemy's helmet, or what served in this case as an helmet, the headband, and with his mace raised told.

-Do you yield ?

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Fri 27 Oct 2023 00:42:17 No.5808501 Report

Quoted By: >>5808502

>>5808499

The other man tried to turn around while clutching a dagger since his sword, now planted in the soil would be too slow to avoid him a grim fate. He simply told.

-Fuck off...

That were his last words before a mace struck his head. You always were weirded out by maces hitting heads, even after so many campaigns, a mace was too small to break all the skull, it simply pressed in a part of it in the brain and the face and disfigured horribly or killed in an awful way. But you were too happy for the victory of your knight to consider watching too much on Brutus's half crushed head. It was sad for him, he seemed to be a fine chap, but his peasant blood probably stopped him from understanding that a true knight must be courteous not only in a feast but in combat too. You looked around you and constated that all the ice creatures had been destroyed, at the cost of some wounded on your side and everyone was watching this mighty battle of the two knights. You told joyfully.

-Congratulations messire Godefroi, that was a blow worthy of Roland !

He did a dismissive gesture of his hand.

-Bah ! Monseigneur, that was easy ! Another Tuesday ! The crusades ! With king Saint Louis ! Those were battles, true battles, but it has been thirty years and more that we did nothing great after this ! Brother Louis, here, remembers how we stormed Carthage ! Ah those were the times, and those were men ! Oh and your lord father was there too, he broke a camel and his rider and a camel with a single blow ! I saw it ! Those were the days, these were "knights", these were warriors, today pfff ! Gah ! Nothing ! Baveux and truandaille ! See this young man, a headband crafted by satan himself, a sword who glows in the night like a torch and what ? An armor of all steel ! And he attacks on the back, what a shame ! I tell you chivalry is dead, back in my days we didn't have all this fancy Indian stuff ! We fought with courage, with honor !

You nodded, smiling kindly while he removed his helmet and you knew that he would be ranting about it for long. You thanked the lord for his victory and the victory of your men. You simply patted Godefroi on the shoulder and saw Ancel coming with a saddled horse.

-ANCEL ! You coward ! Where were you ?

-I was saddling your horse to pursue your lady messire I prayed hard for your victory ! And nice victory messire Godefroi I almost thought that I was at the tournament of Saint-Cibard !

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Fri 27 Oct 2023 00:43:17 No.5808502 Report

Quoted By: >>5808519 >>5808532 >>5808544 >>5808705 >>5808746 >>5808776 >>5808956 >>5808960 >>5809016

>>5808501

A part of you wanted to hit him for his insolence, but his initiative, if inspired by cowardice, was good. With your left arm still wounded and bleeding you needed to be bandaged, but your beloved was in the woods without your protection, you needed to do something.

>Rush after lady Takable alone and take some advance, you cannot lose her in the forest.
>Rush after lady Takable alone but bandage your hand first.
>Send some men after her, they will have to wait a bit.
>Let them go with lady Rose, these knaves have won today.
>Lead a party after Rose, it will take some minutes to prepare it tough.
>Other (write in)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:oA/2GaPK Fri 27 Oct 2023 01:15:24 No.5808519 Report

Quoted By: >>5809259

>>5808502
>>Rush after lady Takable alone but bandage your hand first.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Fri 27 Oct 2023 01:36:40 No.5808532 Report

Quoted By: >>5809259

>>5808502
>Rush after lady Takable alone and take some advance, you cannot lose her in the forest.
Chivalry is NOT dead!

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Fri 27 Oct 2023 01:58:19 No.5808544 Report

Quoted By: >>5809259

>>5808502
>Rush after lady Takable alone but bandage your hand first.
This takes just a couple seconds so we should not lose too much time and thankfully Ancel already took care of the other part, good on him!
Also Brutus is dead, massive win for us

Also just wanted to bring this up but if the forest spirits or whatever come back, make sure to tell them that the Ice Witch froze over and broke quite a bit of forest nearby.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Z7KTVIWu Fri 27 Oct 2023 07:08:42 No.5808705 Report

Quoted By: >>5809259

>>5808502
>>Rush after lady Takable alone but bandage your hand first.
They will not escape us today

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:cA+6Z4U0 Fri 27 Oct 2023 09:20:51 No.5808746 Report

Quoted By: >>5809259

>>5808502
>>Rush after lady Takable alone but bandage your hand first.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:wNF7lVJ7 Fri 27 Oct 2023 10:34:25 No.5808776 Report

Quoted By: >>5809259

>>5808502
>>Rush after lady Takable alone and take some advance, you cannot lose her in the forest.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:+SW+hM6Z Fri 27 Oct 2023 15:57:42 No.5808956 Report

Quoted By: >>5809259

>>5808502
>Rush after lady Takable alone but bandage your hand first

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:iIA8R10V Fri 27 Oct 2023 15:59:53 No.5808960 Report

Quoted By: >>5809259

>>5808502
>Rush after lady Takable alone but bandage your hand first.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:mPw7Q3KR Fri 27 Oct 2023 17:13:22 No.5809016 Report

Quoted By: >>5809259

>>5808502
>>Rush after lady Takable alone but bandage your hand first.

Local Lord

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Fri 27 Oct 2023 21:55:51 No.5809259 Report

Quoted By: >>5809262

>>5808519

>>5808532
Of course as Godefroi proved today, chivalry lives as the spirit of Saint Louis ! Montjoie !

>>5808544
Of course, if you find these forest denizens you could put all the blame on her.

>>5808705
Sus aux bourguignons !

>>5808746
>>5808776
>>5808956
>>5808960
>>5809016

You let your knights count the dead and the living and ordered a man to help you bandage your arm. You then took a spear from a wounded soldier and mounted on your palfrey, Pâquerette. She was your faster horse and you hoped that she would be able to outrun the two older palfreys that were the best of the bunch that you gave to the baronial servants. You were still angry at the slaughter of three of your horses, with all the costs of repairing your armor and the loss of your three crossbowmen from the other side of the river it will be a great loss for your finances. Plus you will miss Florin and Orin a lot, the short scotsmen were brave lads who did not deserve to die like this. You decided to rush quickly following the river as the two fugitives, it was the best way to not lose itself in this dark forest.
You only rode for maybe half an hour when you heard cries before you, you rushed towards them and you could see with interest that one of the poor horses that you had given was pushed too far, it was the horse of the witch, and it had hurt it's leg lightly. The councillor, still looking poorly after his fight with rose was trying to fix this. Your beloved, still in her blue dress, was as badly frozen, she was shaking and her dress was all wet while she grew pale and her lips a bit purple. It was probably the contact of the Ice creature that had put her on a horse.
Crueail was saying.

-Let us abandon this horse, we will put the brat on the other one... We will have to ride fast and...

The witch seemed to nod before telling.

-CRUEAIL BEWARE !

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Fri 27 Oct 2023 21:56:53 No.5809262 Report

Quoted By: >>5809274 >>5809312 >>5809325 >>5809497 >>5809601 >>5809638 >>5809639 >>5809641 >>5809724 >>5809931

>>5809259

You thought that you were caught but you saw something moving in the water. Three forms. The witch grabbed some kind of bottle with a blue liquid and drank it, then drank a second one, throwing the glass bottles on the ground she then said some words in a strange tongue and all the water changed itself into ice, but it was too late, if one of the water denizens was still in it and probably frozen in place the other was caught half in it, only it's head covered in long horns remaining outside and screaming. But the third one, the third one managed to emerge with a jump that surprised everyone. It was a scaly beast, not as high as a horse but as massive as it with strange eyes moving separately one from the other and high horns, betraying it's devilish nature it was clearly a dragon, a smaller dragon than the skeleton of whom you saw in Someplace, but a dragon as big as in any illustration of Saint Georges that you saw. One of it's eyes looked at the two baron's councilors, and the other one at your lady. As if to confirm your suspicions Crueail Degeneret said :

-By all the hells... River drakes...

>Yell "Saint Georges !" and run the dragon through with your spear, you will deal with the councillors later (combat roll)
>Charge the witch on the back while she is occupied by this dragon.
>While those three make an happy acquaintance snatch their horses and lady Takable from them.
>Other (write in)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Fri 27 Oct 2023 22:03:11 No.5809274 Report

Quoted By: >>5810269

>>5809262
>While those three make an happy acquaintance snatch their horses and lady Takable from them.
I don't know if this should be a write-in instead but more or less I just want to quickly nab Takeable and a horse, put her on it and get her to ride as fast as she can to our guys before fighting the drake and hopefully capturing the witch and councillor without Takable being used as a hostage.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:mWqB93i2 Fri 27 Oct 2023 22:30:24 No.5809312 Report

Quoted By: >>5810269

Rolled 7 (1d100)

>>5809262
>>Yell "Saint Georges !" and run the dragon through with your spear, you will deal with the councillors later (combat roll)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:oA/2GaPK Fri 27 Oct 2023 22:38:59 No.5809325 Report

Quoted By: >>5810269

>>5809262
>>While those three make an happy acquaintance snatch their horses and lady Takable from them.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Sat 28 Oct 2023 03:20:29 No.5809497 Report

Quoted By: >>5810269

>>5809262
>While those three make an happy acquaintance snatch their horses and lady Takable from them.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:cA+6Z4U0 Sat 28 Oct 2023 07:34:02 No.5809601 Report

Quoted By: >>5810269

>>5809262
>While those three make an happy acquaintance snatch their horses and lady Takable from them.
They dont use honor, we arent obligated to do the same for them.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Z7KTVIWu Sat 28 Oct 2023 08:24:36 No.5809638 Report

Quoted By:

Rolled 76 (1d100)

>>5809262
>>Yell "Saint Georges !" and run the dragon through with your spear, you will deal with the councillors later (combat roll)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Z7KTVIWu Sat 28 Oct 2023 08:25:49 No.5809639 Report

Quoted By:

Rolled 78 (1d100)

>>5809262
>Yell "Saint Georges !" and run the dragon through with your spear, you will deal with the councillors later (combat roll)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Z7KTVIWu Sat 28 Oct 2023 08:27:04 No.5809641 Report

Quoted By: >>5810269

Rolled 5 (1d100)

>>5809262
>Yell "Saint Georges !" and run the dragon through with your spear, you will deal with the councillors later (combat roll)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:wNF7lVJ7 Sat 28 Oct 2023 10:46:35 No.5809724 Report

Quoted By: >>5810269

Rolled 43 (1d100)

>>5809262
>Yell "Saint Georges !" and run the dragon through with your spear, you will deal with the councillors later (combat roll)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:+SW+hM6Z Sat 28 Oct 2023 17:18:39 No.5809931 Report

Quoted By: >>5810269

>>5809262
>Yell "Saint Georges !" and run the dragon through with your spear, you will deal with the councillors later (combat roll)

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sat 28 Oct 2023 23:07:26 No.5810269 Report

Quoted By: >>5810272

>>5809274
Wise idea, and it would have been the best, I hesitated since the votes were a draw, but with such rolls as those that you rolled I felt that I had, in case of a draw, to give you the riskier but most rewarding option.

>>5809312
>>5809325
>>5809497

>>5809601
How unchivalric, you mean that when we attack englishmen's camp by surprise and they complain we don't have to give them two hours to put on their armor and go into formation before fighing ? Dreadful !

>>5809641
>>5809724
>>5809931

Seeing this scene before you one part of you thought that it was justice that this beast was trying to eat your two enemies. One part of you wanted very much to leave with your lady and steal their horses but another part of you wanted you to fight. You were a knight damn it ! And you were before a lady in distress who was threatened by a dragon. You tried hard, so hard to go against your nature and try the safest option but what was the call of safety against the call of honor and the occasion to appear even more as a saviour to your lady. Yes of course you were about to face a beast with long horns who could impale your horse and eat you, and you had not any proper destrier but an humble palfrey, and no lance but a spear plus a wounded left harm but what was it ? Did Roland hesitate when he saw the feeble numbers of his companions and the saracen multitudes that they had to face ? What were those cries of prudence ? Those of cowardice of course and you cursed yourself for even thinking about "safety" ! What kind of man you were ? A merchant who wanted to protect his investments ? A jewish, or God forgive you for uttering that word a lombardian banker thinking about the solvability of a customer ? No, this was not chivalric thoughts, knights, be they lords or even kings did deeds of daring and took great personal risks in battle to show their fearlessness. So it was without hesitation and after a short sign of the cross that you charged the beast that menaced your lady with a mighty invocation of the patron saint of knights and knighthood and dragonslayer himself.

-SAINT GEOOOOORGES !

With your spear under your armpit and a determined expression under your helmet you charged right at the beast launching your horse on the kind of small beach where everyone was. Let us say that the expressions were mitigated. Even if half frozen and catatonic lady Takable turned her head towards you and her blood must have gotten hot anew in her veins because she screamed in an absolute mix of joy and disbelief about seeing you and fear for your life.

-CHARLES !

The witch tried to move out of the way but was tripped in her dress and fell, cursing you while the baron's councillor who was about to be jumped upon by the beast looked at you and told in complete disbelief.

-He... He will not charge a water drake ? He is not mad enough ?

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sat 28 Oct 2023 23:08:57 No.5810272 Report

Quoted By: >>5810273

>>5810269

The first interested, all spiked spine and horns with a long spiked tail that he seemed to want to use as a weapon turned one, then two eyes towards you, and bared his teeth while preparing his powerful clawed legs. Then he surprised you, jumping as if for a very long distance towards you and moving his head as to present his horns, the bastard tried to impale you. Some lesser knights, probably not frenchmen from Champagne, would have panicked at seeing something the weight of a horse jumping on you with long horns and scales to impale you while you charge, moving too quickly to really adjust their own aim. But you were not a lesser knight, you had known wars and tournaments and had charged countless enemies, you saw that these horns were not so different from the spear of another and you moved right out of the way while changing the course of your spear right before impact. And you felt it, the spear impacting this skin and piercing scales even easier than armor, you felt the beast ribs and organs being pierced cleanly, and had to release the spear since it was so profoundly planted into your victim's flesh that the colossal weight of the beast could have unsaddled you. You continued for a moment before turning your horse and you then unsheathed your good sword even if you doubted that the beast would be able to do anything. Seeing the result of your charge through your helmet's eyelits you could only feel great joy and pleasure. The beast was lying prone with it's hearth pierced, a mighty blow worthy of a chanson de geste felled her at once. You exclaimed.

-Thank you Saint Georges, mighty dragonslayer, for guiding my arm ! Not in my name but in yours, shall the glory remain ! Victory ! Montjoie ! Haha !

Raising your sword with childlike joy after such a victory. And looked at the three people on the beach, the baron's councillor seemed to be the swiftest to react, muttering something like.

-By the hells... He did it... The absolute madman...

And he began to advance towards your lady. Fortunately he had to dodge the falling beast, a thing that he managed to do probably because of his Guelphish quickness, but was farther away from lady Takable than he would like. You then hit your beast with your spurs and strove forward, sword in hand. Lady Takable was laughing now, a practically hysterical laugh, looking at her captors as if to release at once the contempt that she held in her heart for them. In the middle of her laughs she told them.

-Oh you are in so much trouble.

She then smiled at you, even with her shivering and purple lips, the marks of the cold, she had always these beautiful blue eyes that made you want to navigate on them for eons. The witch, who had stood up and who had dusted off the sand from her red robes, frowned and said.

-I think you are mistaken, you brat, watch how your beloved is about to die.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sat 28 Oct 2023 23:10:39 No.5810273 Report

Quoted By: >>5810275

>>5810272

And she began to mutter something, but you were not preoccupied by her, you charged the councillor who, as any guelph, even in a bad state, was quick, and he ran towards your lady, wanting to come back to his cowardly tactic. Understanding that she could not resist in her half frozen state you pushed your palfrey to it's limit and hit hard on your left with your blade. He tried to duck but got touched well in his back by a mighty slash half cutting of his arm at the shoulder, he will probably die of bleeding in several seconds. You then turned towards the witch but she had stopped her muttering and a powerful blade made of ice was released from her hand and ran towards you. You took it right in the chest... Well, it broke, what did she expect ? That some frozen water would pierce mail and gambeson ? Her expression, seeing that you had nothing was more and more panicked. She tried to tell.

-You... How... No matter what, take this you bastard....

She muttered a new thing. You decided to dismount and began to advance towards her sword still in hand and a determined expression on your face. The vile witch has killed three of your men and three of your horses, she deserved a just punishment. She then extended her hands towards you and her eyes became completely blue as she projected an icy wind that from her hand in a conic form. The wind was strong and very, very cold you had to admit, and you feared that you will get cold once more, but despite this, absolutely harmless. Looking through your helmet you saw that everything around you, sand included, was changed into ice statues, like when she killed your crossbowmen. But not you or any of your equipment. She looked at you, absolutely terrified at a moment while your lady laughed lightly, enjoying each moment of this spectacle. The witch then tried to go backwards, half fleeing.

-How... How did you survive this ? This... What is this sorcery ?

This made you laugh, you had to admit.

-Sorcery ? I thought that you were the expert in the matter.

You knew that God had seen your cause as just and that since you prayed well and protected the church he shielded you from her devilish tricks, but a witch accusing you of sorcery... Hah, you will tell that once as a good story during a drunken night. Since the witch realised that she could not run in her robe she tore it half open and grabbed her baton with two hands, spinning it in strange ways.

-You might be shielded from magic, and I may be out of mana, but I graduated first in my class at the option "Baton fighting" in the academy. Come on...

She even made a small sign of her hand for you to come while she held her baton behind her, strangely.

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sat 28 Oct 2023 23:11:44 No.5810275 Report

Quoted By: >>5810276 >>5810284 >>5810289 >>5810309 >>5810589 >>5810648 >>5810851 >>5810949 >>5811028 >>5811548

>>5810273

What was she thinking ? A baton against a knight ? And they taught baton fighting ? Like villeins ? In a kind of "academy" probably a university.. Damned be those places, producing only drinkers, readers and other good for nothing. She attacked you with a cry, you simply recoiled to dodge, she then did this a second time and you quickly disarmed her, she then recoiled in panic while you raised your sword. But you did it only to plant it on the ground. You then took her so called "baton" and broke it on you knee, throwing the bits at her and telling.

-Take this, you could always make fire with the bits, it is quite cold around I think.

-Take this, you could always make fire with the bits, it is quite cold around I think.

She was too petrified by fear to give a witty answer to your joke so you simply took her by the neck, and raised you at your eye level. She was tall for a woman but her feet left the ground for some inches before you told her through your helmet.

-A knight does not hit women, but you really deserve it. Now stay here and wait to be captured to be judged for sorcery.

You then let her fall to the ground before taking back your weapon and sheathing it. You had just invoked the patron saint of chivalry and he had guided your spear, you were not the kind of man to insult what he stood for after this. But enough meeting unpleasant persons, removing your helmet you rushed towards your sweet lady Rose, worried for her inside. While you approached her and saw her still near her horse, cold and wounded with a bruise on her face where the baron's councilor had slapped her. You prepared to cover her with something against the cold and told.

>Look at your vanquished enemies and tell "I love it when a plan comes together"
>"It was a great day today, I was at my best, and you are free, let us celebrate this at Local"
>Quote Tristan and Isolda of Béroul "I ignore if life is stronger than death but our love is stronger than both of them"
>Quote Tristan and Isolda of Béroul while looking around "No, it was no wine : it was passion, it was bitter joy and endless anguish and death" and tell "Fortunately unlike for them death was not for us and these torments ended with the triumph of our love."
>"The poets say that the way of love is without turning back and that it's strenght brings us even against our will, and that with joy comes pain, I am sorry for your pain my sweet lady, but it has ended, now comes the time of joy".
>Simply tell her if she is well.
>Other write in.

You gain 50xp for saving Lady Takable from her captors, you gain 10 piety and loose 1 mudcore for killing a dragon, even if it's a small one and not even biologically related to dragons, but loose 2 piety as payment for protection against magic.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sat 28 Oct 2023 23:12:59 No.5810276 Report

Quoted By: >>5810334

>>5810275

Let us not forget the xp won here >>5800278

Your new stats :

Charles de Villeroi

Class : Local Lord
Level : 4
XP : 610+10+50 = 670 (next level at 700)

Stats

Combat : 51%
Intrigue : 25%
Rulership: 36%

Piety : 68+10-2 = 76
Mudcore : 56-1 = 55

With 55 Mudcore you have a bigger field of gritty realism around you, in this field the most heavy magic will not work and supernatural abilities will not work, oh, and women will lose 4 pounds of strength of course, plus in the field the people that obey you will act more like they would be in a dark fantasy setting. You have chosen Blood of Mud and so your mudcore field will become a bit bigger and stronger but could be transmitted to your children.
Magic, even restorative, will become considerably weaker near you.
Next level at 60, your field will become more important and most magic will be impossible to cast near you by the weaker practitioners.

Talents
-Cavalry Commander : +20 to martial when you have to lead a cavalry charge or a cavalry attack. Works only when commanding shock or melee cavalry mounted on horses.
-Foreign Etiquette : You focus on learning Indian etiquette with Oldfossil, you gain a +10 bonus in intrigue in your interactions with the nobility of your duchy.
->Basic Literacy : Your lessons with Oldfossil and Lady Takable finally paid off and you can read and write, even if you write with errors and move your lips still when you read it is a great leap forward.

Traits :
Leader : Your magnetism on the masses is glorious and your learning of speech could encourage many men to follow you. You may choose the best of 3 rolls when you try to speak in public to convince an audience, be it the Council of Many or angry peasants.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Sat 28 Oct 2023 23:27:34 No.5810284 Report

Quoted By: >>5810949 >>5812507

>>5810275
>Quote Tristan and Isolda of Béroul "I ignore if life is stronger than death but our love is stronger than both of them"
One liner is needed

Either way for what we shall do now I suggest we loot absolutely everything and take back the heads of the councillor and Brutus.

Proper armour and weapons were worth a pretty penny and no doubt the Baron's men were well equipped so that should provide us with a good amount of gold, or if it is better than what we have (the non-magical stuff), we could just equip it ourselves. Of course, it will take a bit to transport it all back but I think it is worth it.

Also, I want to convert the Witch and see if that removes all her magical abilities if possible.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Sat 28 Oct 2023 23:34:45 No.5810289 Report

Quoted By: >>5812507

>>5810275
>Quote Tristan and Isolda of Béroul "I ignore if life is stronger than death but our love is stronger than both of them"
>"It was a great day today, I was at my best, and you are free, let us celebrate this at Local"
This sorceress shall be a captive and hostage, lest her lover the Baron get any 'ideas'.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:mWqB93i2 Sat 28 Oct 2023 23:46:12 No.5810309 Report

Quoted By: >>5810334 >>5812507

>>5810275
>>Quote Tristan and Isolda of Béroul "I ignore if life is stronger than death but our love is stronger than both of them"

And yes, the witch will make for a good hostage, though the idea of converting her doesn't sound bad.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Sun 29 Oct 2023 00:05:02 No.5810334 Report

Quoted By: >>5812507

>>5810309
it would be incredibly funny to see his face after we tell him that
>>5810276
can we take off the horns or something from the drake so we can prove we killed it? Maybe we can use them as armour decorations or something idk.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:wNF7lVJ7 Sun 29 Oct 2023 06:01:41 No.5810589 Report

Quoted By: >>5812507

>>5810275
>>"It was a great day today, I was at my best, and you are free, let us celebrate this at Local"
>>Quote Tristan and Isolda of Béroul "I ignore if life is stronger than death but our love is stronger than both of them"

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:vEhazA1/ Sun 29 Oct 2023 07:16:24 No.5810648 Report

Quoted By: >>5812507

>>5810275
>Quote Tristan and Isolda of Béroul "I ignore if life is stronger than death but our love is stronger than both of them"
Take a trophy and tie the witch so she don't get ideas

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Z7KTVIWu Sun 29 Oct 2023 10:16:43 No.5810851 Report

Quoted By: >>5812507

>>5810275
>>Simply tell her if she is well.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:cA+6Z4U0 Sun 29 Oct 2023 12:15:48 No.5810949 Report

Quoted By: >>5812507

>>5810275
>Quote Tristan and Isolda of Béroul while looking around "No, it was no wine : it was passion, it was bitter joy and endless anguish and death" and tell "Fortunately unlike for them death was not for us and these torments ended with the triumph of our love."

>>5810284
Convert? Now that's interesting, you actually think we can make a christian out if her? Hilarious! Let's do it.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:+SW+hM6Z Sun 29 Oct 2023 15:17:29 No.5811028 Report

Quoted By: >>5812507

>>5810275
>>Look at your vanquished enemies and tell "I love it when a plan comes together"

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:iIA8R10V Sun 29 Oct 2023 22:24:59 No.5811548 Report

Quoted By: >>5812507

>>5810275
>Quote Tristan and Isolda of Béroul "I ignore if life is stronger than death but our love is stronger than both of them"

Isabella was wrong, the time is not yet past when great lords are as practised in poetry as war.

Local Lord

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Mon 30 Oct 2023 20:43:26 No.5812507 Report

Quoted By: >>5812508

>>5810284
Of course, what is a victory without a one liner. And you had an excellent idea with all the looted mail and armour, something to equip 8 men, and the plate armour of Brutus plus it's magical sword and headband, all of this could be sold for a good price.

>>5810289
A wise move indeed.

>>5810309
You are a kind man.

>>5810334
You can even take the head of the drake and put it on a wall.

>>5810589

>>5810648
Good idea, unfortunately you were the only one to have the idea to bound her but if she runs she will not go too far.

>>5810851

>>5810949
Does a life of witchcraft could lead to the Light of the Lord ? I doubt it but why not...

>>5811028

>>5811548
I see that you are a man of culture as well dear bannerman.

====

Going towards your beloved you knelt before her and quoted the Norman Béroul.

-I ignore if life is stronger than death but our love is stronger than both of them.

She seemed to radiate joy, despite her pain and her deliverance she, like a true lady, maintained appearances and smiled sweetly while telling.

-It is beautiful, is it from one of your poets ?

She then dropped all the all the pretense and threw herself at you, hugging you kindly, telling you.

-Charles, I have never doubted you, I knew that you would save me like you saved me before.

You then kissed, knowing that nobody will see, celebrating the moment, like Tristan and Isolda or other great couples of many songs of fin' amor. Maybe it was you having lived these moments like it was from a tale, or her living like this too and being very young but your kiss was hesitative, maybe not very skilled but sweet and passionnate, Rose tasted unfortunately like blood, probably like the blood of the Guelph that she had just bitten to defend herself and you quite quickly finished this. Preferring to simply kiss both of your lips. She told.

-I am sorry, I got... Carried away and...

-No matter my lady, you are adorable, I will tell Ancel to give us wine while he will come. And it is scars of battle, you were very fierce and courageous.

She laughed with a crystalline laugh, telling.

-The bards maybe put too much romanticism in these vampire stories. Blood tastes poorly... But I hope to have hurt the bastard... Did you kill him or is he still bleeding out ? I hope he dies slowly. Mmmh... Sorry, it was improper... I..

-It happens, the tongue slips and your words came quicker than your thoughts, you were menaced... What they did, it was not worthy, even of them. Mistreating a lady...

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Mon 30 Oct 2023 20:44:40 No.5812508 Report

Quoted By: >>5812509 >>5812523 >>5812542 >>5812621 >>5812813

>>5812507

You looked at her, to be honest you were too focused on your beloved, simply looking at her and being happy to see where she had gone, she must have fled. While Ancel brought you wine you ordered him.

-Go fetch her and bring her here bound...

And while he gave this wine to your lady and bowed to you she grabbed his hand and whispered in his ear. You could have sworn that it was something like "Thank you my good Ancel, and do not be gentle, rape her well" but it was probably not an useful reminder, Ancel would have done it in all the cases. Or maybe Rose was trying to make him feel better by giving him license for his misdeeds ? Heh. You decided to ask her if nothing was too horrible, and if her handmaiden and the other people who was with her in captivity were allright, she answered that fortunately yes. And then you kissed, this time she tasted like wine and you were both happy, some would say that it was not proper before marriage but there was no attempt on the virginity of your beloved, and you could always say that it was to heat her against frostbite.
Once your men were there you ordered them to collect some trophies, especially the head of one of the drakes, you decided to conserve the second one too because it was sticking out of a frozen river from it's half frozen body and so it must be easier to conserve. You will probably mount them on the walls of your great hall, as trophies.

Other soldiers began to steal chainmail, swords, helmets and everything that was not underclothes from your enemies. Your men tried to get back the bodies of Orin and Florin too but they were changed into ice statues and broke like their trees when someone tried to climb to get them, poor Swat even wounded his shoulder in this operation. But about your enemies, what to do with their bodies ?

>Bury your enemies and say a short prayer, even if they are pagans they deserve this.
>Leave them to the beasts of the forest to eat.
>Take the heads of the most important ennemies and mount them on spikes before your castle, it always impresses the travellers.
>Other (write in)

You then, after Ancel, taking his time came back with an awfully looking and absolutely depressed witch, and you decided to come back. You mounted back on your powerful warhorse with lady Takable right behind you, she had to open her robe to be able to mount but she was happy and took her behind you, it felt good to have a beautiful lady pressed against you. It was during your return travel, with your tired and wounded men and with your prisoners : the boat's crew and the witch, that you finally heard some words from the woods.

-Strangers, is it you ? You promised us to pass in peace but our forest has been damaged ! Trees have been changed into ice and ravaged ! Others have been felled against all the laws of good neighbourhood. Was it you ?

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Mon 30 Oct 2023 20:46:31 No.5812509 Report

Quoted By: >>5812542 >>5812621 >>5812987

>>5812508

It was a voice close to the one of the envoy of the forest king. And he seemed to be unhappy with your battle. What should you answer to him ?

>Yes, there was a battle and we needed to fell a tree, the rest of the damage has been done by magic and not by my men.
>It was not my fault, the witch that we brought here, she did everything. We can give her for you to judge.
>Yes, I cut the tree, yes we destroyed your forest, and yes you can pay us a tribute each year to not get destroyed too.
>Who are you to speak to me ? The last herald of your king had the decency to announce his name before talking to a lord !
>I was saving my beloved, as said, and I did what I had to do, most of the damage is not my fault but I shall pay compensation for it.
>What are some tries for a forest ? What we did was not more destructive than moving through fields with our cavalry. It is normal and always done, or perhaps your forest king is poor in trees so he cannot afford to lose some for a good cause ?
>Enough, this time show yourself before you ask me question, I will not answer to someone who does not even has the politeness go show itself while speaking.
>It is all these men fault (show the crew of the boat), you can take them and be done with it.
>Other (write in)

By the way sorry for the delayed update, I had a test today in University (this corporation of drinkers, brawlers and goods for nothing) and it was a great success so it was worth it. May your day be as glorious fellow bannermen !

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Mon 30 Oct 2023 21:00:45 No.5812523 Report

Quoted By: >>5812600 >>5812807 >>5812813 >>5813214 >>5813433 >>5813493

>>5812508
>Take the heads of the most important ennemies and mount them on spikes before your castle, it always impresses the travellers.
Not necessarily to mount them but for
>These are the people responsible for the damage! Not only did they damage your forest but had stolen my beloved!
And then push all the blame onto the Baron and crew. If need be describe the battle too (minus us cutting down the tree).
Nobody here is going to refute that since they know what that would mean. Make sure the witch keeps her mouth shut.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Z7KTVIWu Mon 30 Oct 2023 21:14:55 No.5812542 Report

Quoted By: >>5812807 >>5813493

>>5812508
>>Take the heads of the most important ennemies and mount them on spikes before your castle, it always impresses the travellers.

>>5812509
>>It is all these men fault (show the crew of the boat), you can take them and be done with it.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:8ANbZYPZ Mon 30 Oct 2023 21:49:12 No.5812600 Report

Quoted By: >>5813493

>>5812523
>Je supporte ceci

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:ygm0Ne8i Mon 30 Oct 2023 22:15:33 No.5812621 Report

Quoted By: >>5813493

>>5812508
>Take the heads of the most important ennemies and mount them on spikes before your castle, it always impresses the travellers.

>>5812509
>These are the people responsible for the damage! Not only did they damage your forest but had stolen my beloved! We are on our way to deliver them their just punishment.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:mWqB93i2 Tue 31 Oct 2023 03:24:39 No.5812807 Report

Quoted By: >>5812813 >>5812824 >>5813493

>>5812523
Supporting

>>5812542
The poor boat crew did nothing wrong! Besides we are soon to have a boat in need of a crew, just saying.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Tue 31 Oct 2023 03:32:24 No.5812813 Report

Quoted By: >>5813493

>>5812508
>Take the heads of the most important enemies and mount them on spikes before your castle, it always impresses the travelers.
>These are the people responsible for the damage! Not only did they damage your forest but had stolen my beloved!
>>5812523 has the right idea, but also >>5812807. Spare the boat crew, and make sure they know we did so.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Tue 31 Oct 2023 03:44:05 No.5812824 Report

Quoted By: >>5813493

>>5812807
That is actually a good point.
Support saving the boat crew too if we can, their skills are valuable to us.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:wNF7lVJ7 Tue 31 Oct 2023 09:30:56 No.5812987 Report

Quoted By: >>5813493

>>5812509
>>Take the heads of the most important enemies and mount them on spikes before your castle, it always impresses the travelers.
>>These are the people responsible for the damage! Not only did they damage your forest but had stolen my beloved!

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:vEhazA1/ Tue 31 Oct 2023 16:26:20 No.5813214 Report

Quoted By: >>5813493

>>5812523
+1

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:+SW+hM6Z Tue 31 Oct 2023 19:48:36 No.5813433 Report

Quoted By: >>5813493

>>5812523
Supporting

Local Lord

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Tue 31 Oct 2023 20:29:56 No.5813493 Report

Quoted By: >>5813494 >>5813506

>>5812523
Great idea of showing the heads like this, it deserves a +5 xp. You are a man of sharp mind good sir.

>>5812542

>>5812600
Formidable ! Que Dieu vous bénisse messire.

>>5812621

>>5812807
Wise move, when you need sailors experienced in river barges executing those that you find would be a waste. Especially when they are innocent. Surely the Holy Virgin herself appeared to you in a dream to ask for their mercy. You should build a chapel to celebrate the occasion.

>>5812813
>>5812824
The people flock to wise ideas.

>>5812987
>>5813214
>>5813433

You decided to use the heads that you had ordered to cut and put all the blame on them. Pointing at them you told :

-These are the people responsible for the damage. Not only did they damage your forest but they have stolen my beloved.

There was a moment of silence, as if all the woods were glaring at you, no bird sang, no sound in the leaves. Finally the same voice spoke.

-Well, well, well... I see that you dealt with them. But who will compensate us for this damage.

You then told.

-You want their heads to mount them on spikes somewhere in the forest ? Take them if you want...

The forest denizen, as always completely invisible, answered from the top of some branch.

-Mmmmh, the heads shall be brought to my king. But who were these men ?

-They were men of baron Crook Wickedson, baron of Someplace, he took my beloved from me and I tried to free her.

The voice in the trees seemed to think for a small amount of time before answering.

-Then you may pass, lord of Local, but be assured that we will watch you, and see if nothing is broken.

These last words made great panic amongst you and the rest of the travels was done completely in silence. Only the sounds of the hooves of the horses and the grunting of some horsemen who wanted to stop them from trying to eat grass and leaves on the way could be audible. You were already in the evening when you finally left the dreaded forest and could breathe some fresh air, everybody remained silent for a moment before, once you had crossed nearby, Lady Takable asked you.

-Why are you obeying this forest spirit ? Could you not one day send men here and reclaim this forest ? What if it is simply a fey trying to make tricks !

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Tue 31 Oct 2023 20:31:26 No.5813494 Report

Quoted By: >>5813506 >>5813548 >>5813563 >>5813575 >>5813606 >>5813851 >>5813863 >>5813993 >>5814155 >>5814337 >>5815364

>>5813493

>I do not know my lady, my men fear these woods and they know India better than me after all.
>I will need more men than those of Local for this, only then will I be able to secure the forest. Perhaps if the new baron brings you back your father's lands we could mount an expedition.
>You saw the dragons of the forest, if I killed one there might be far more. And I saw things in other forests that make me want to not spend too much time here.
>Gah, this is just worthless trees, as long as this "forest king" does not stop me from hunting we shall remain on good terms.
>We already own the north of the forest, and we have a village in it, so burning it to the ground would be hard, plus we need the wood. I think that we will progressively advance in it and bring it towards civilisation.
>Other (write in)

=====

With +5 xp for the smart proposition and +1 mudcore for cutting the heads. :

Your new stats :

Charles de Villeroi

Class : Local Lord
Level : 4
XP : 670+5 = 675 (next level at 700)

Stats

Combat : 51%
Intrigue : 25%
Rulership: 36%

Piety : 76
Mudcore : 55+1 = 56

With 56 Mudcore you have a bigger field of gritty realism around you, in this field the most heavy magic will not work and supernatural abilities will not work, oh, and women will lose 4 pounds of strength of course, plus in the field the people that obey you will act more like they would be in a dark fantasy setting. You have chosen Blood of Mud and so your mudcore field will become a bit bigger and stronger but could be transmitted to your children.
Magic, even restorative, will become considerably weaker near you.
Next level at 60, your field will become more important and most magic will be impossible to cast near you by the weaker practitioners.

Talents
-Cavalry Commander : +20 to martial when you have to lead a cavalry charge or a cavalry attack. Works only when commanding shock or melee cavalry mounted on horses.
-Foreign Etiquette : You focus on learning Indian etiquette with Oldfossil, you gain a +10 bonus in intrigue in your interactions with the nobility of your duchy.
->Basic Literacy : Your lessons with Oldfossil and Lady Takable finally paid off and you can read and write, even if you write with errors and move your lips still when you read it is a great leap forward.

Traits :
Leader : Your magnetism on the masses is glorious and your learning of speech could encourage many men to follow you. You may choose the best of 3 rolls when you try to speak in public to convince an audience, be it the Council of Many or angry peasants.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Tue 31 Oct 2023 20:44:02 No.5813506 Report

Quoted By: >>5814615

>>5813493
Your words are wasted on me my good lord.
>>5813494
>I will need more men than those of Local for this, only then will I be able to secure the forest. Perhaps if the new baron brings you back your father's lands we could mount an expedition.
>You saw the dragons of the forest, if I killed one there might be far more. And I saw things in other forests that make me want to not spend too much time here.
To take the forest would be a lengthy campaign, one which we cannot commence now. Besides, this forest king does have a domain that the previous lords respected so there is no need to anger our neighbours without cause.

So I assume we will be interrogating the witch before converting her? She was the Barons closest advisor so she should be privy to all his secrets.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Tue 31 Oct 2023 21:11:05 No.5813548 Report

Quoted By: >>5814615

>>5813494
>We already own the north of the forest, and we have a village in it, so burning it to the ground would be hard, plus we need the wood. I think that we will progressively advance in it and bring it towards civilization.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:mWqB93i2 Tue 31 Oct 2023 21:20:23 No.5813563 Report

Quoted By: >>5814615

>>5813494
>>We already own the north of the forest, and we have a village in it, so burning it to the ground would be hard, plus we need the wood. I think that we will progressively advance in it and bring it towards civilisation.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:SgjNjHWh Tue 31 Oct 2023 21:29:26 No.5813575 Report

Quoted By: >>5814615

>>5813494
>>I will need more men than those of Local for this, only then will I be able to secure the forest. Perhaps if the new baron brings you back your father's lands we could mount an expedition.
A crusade maybe?

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:+SW+hM6Z Tue 31 Oct 2023 22:07:06 No.5813606 Report

Quoted By: >>5814615

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:oA/2GaPK Wed 01 Nov 2023 03:31:31 No.5813851 Report

Quoted By: >>5814615

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:ygm0Ne8i Wed 01 Nov 2023 03:43:44 No.5813863 Report

Quoted By: >>5814615

>>5813494
>I will need more men than those of Local for this, only then will I be able to secure the forest. Perhaps if the new baron brings you back your father's lands we could mount an expedition.
>We already own the north of the forest, and we have a village in it, so burning it to the ground would be hard, plus we need the wood. I think that we will progressively advance in it and bring it towards civilisation.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:ljJcS/83 Wed 01 Nov 2023 07:04:38 No.5813993 Report

Quoted By: >>5814615

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:wNF7lVJ7 Wed 01 Nov 2023 12:07:51 No.5814155 Report

Quoted By:

>>5813494
>>Gah, this is just worthless trees, as long as this "forest king" does not stop me from hunting we shall remain on good terms.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:vEhazA1/ Wed 01 Nov 2023 16:29:34 No.5814337 Report

Quoted By: >>5814615

>>5813494
>I will need more men than those of Local for this, only then will I be able to secure the forest. Perhaps if the new baron brings you back your father's lands we could mount an expedition.

Local Lord

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Wed 01 Nov 2023 21:09:53 No.5814615 Report

Quoted By: >>5814618 >>5814624

>>5813506
No, no, I insist, you are a fine gentleman who holds very high the virtues of chivalry and would have deserved to dine in the company of Charles, Count of Valois, discussing how the bur*hers steal in the king's coffers and attack our right and proper feudal society (Marigny at their head) while drinking good burgundian wine and eating a roasted pig between two tournaments ! Those were the times ! Not as great as the golden age of King Saint Louis but good enough.

I added your option to the options.

>>5813548
>>5813563

>>5813575
LA CROISADE ! Voilà bien trente ans et plus qu'on ne fait rien de grand en Europe pour la gloire du Christ !

>>5813606
>>5813851
>>5813863
>>5813993
>>5814337

You decided to answer for the long term.

-We already own the north of the forest and we have a village in it, burning it to the ground would be hard, plus we need the wood. I think that we will progressively advance in it and brings it towards civilisation.

You could not see her face, since she was behind you but you could practically imagine her pouting. She then answered in her slightly annoyed high pitched voice.

-They should not speak to you like this, forest spirits or not.

-I can only agree my lady, but for now we have other enemies.

She nodded and continued to press against you to avoid the cold of the setting sun. You decided to come quicker towards the castle, even if the men were really tired and you had several wounded. It was time for you to enter somewhere, you ordered Bohémond to ride faster towards the castle on his palfrey so he could completely order your servants to prepare a hot bath and chambers for your lady and something for the wounded. Once it was done you continued to look around you, Godefroi was still boasting about his victory to two impressed young guardsmen, he was about to tell them about the crusades when you stopped listening, not of any lack of respect for the old man, but he had simply told you everything so much times that you knew it by heart.

While still on your powerful horse, rinding into the sunset with a beautiful lady just behind you thought about some decisions, should you interrogate the vile witch that you will throw into your dungeons first ? Or shall you wait for the return of Bob and the Orcadian, they could make anyone talk those two. Then what should you do with the boatcrew, you could of course remind them that they were saved by you, or should you first indulge in some good time. Or even write an answer to the Neutral Lord ? You will probably have only the time to do one thing before dinner.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Wed 01 Nov 2023 21:10:54 No.5814618 Report

Quoted By: >>5814669 >>5814761 >>5814775 >>5814870 >>5815245 >>5815366 >>5815472 >>5815716

>>5814615

>We shall interrogate the vile witch, she maybe knows some important information.
>We shall write an answer to the Neutral Lord about his will to rule the barony.
>We shall take some good time drinking with our knight and see if our Lady is well cared for and healed and bathed by our servants.
>We shall see if the wounded are well cared for.
>We shall speak to the boat crew, it seems to be the first thing to do, they owe you their life let us see how shall they repay this debt ?
>Other (write in)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Wed 01 Nov 2023 21:17:04 No.5814624 Report

Quoted By: >>5814717 >>5815934

>>5814615
>We shall interrogate the vile witch, she maybe knows some important information.
Obviously Old fossil shall see to taking care of the wounded and Takeable.

As for interrogating Elsa, though she is a witch she is still a women (and soon to be baptized), so I recommend threatening to marry her to Ancel as a good alternative to torture.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:ljJcS/83 Wed 01 Nov 2023 21:46:35 No.5814669 Report

Quoted By: >>5815934

>>5814618
>>We shall interrogate the vile witch, she maybe knows some important information.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:mWqB93i2 Wed 01 Nov 2023 22:20:52 No.5814717 Report

Quoted By: >>5815934

>>5814624
Supporting

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:+SW+hM6Z Wed 01 Nov 2023 22:47:44 No.5814761 Report

Quoted By: >>5814800 >>5815934

>>5814618
>We shall interrogate the vile witch, she maybe knows some important information.
Let's not marry Ancel. He would get distracted from his job. A dog is still a dog.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Wed 01 Nov 2023 22:55:19 No.5814775 Report

Quoted By: >>5815934

>>5814618
>We shall speak to the boat crew, it seems to be the first thing to do, they owe you their life let us see how shall they repay this debt ?
Then...
>We shall interrogate the vile witch, she maybe knows some important information.
Recant! Recant and repent, I say!

We can now take our leisurely time with Rose rather than rush. As for the Neutral Lord... Reading more of his cryptic letters will obviously drive us to madness. Better to speak in person when next we get eh chance.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Wed 01 Nov 2023 23:12:51 No.5814800 Report

Quoted By: >>5815934

>>5814761
on the contrary, I think marrying him will increase his efficiency

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:oA/2GaPK Thu 02 Nov 2023 00:30:08 No.5814870 Report

Quoted By: >>5814880 >>5815934

>>5814618
>>We shall interrogate the vile witch, she maybe knows some important information.
Shall we bring the wife?

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Thu 02 Nov 2023 00:39:34 No.5814880 Report

Quoted By: >>5814944 >>5815934 >>5821284

>>5814870
But then we can't ogle her as openly.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:oA/2GaPK Thu 02 Nov 2023 01:18:45 No.5814944 Report

Quoted By: >>5815248 >>5815934

>>5814880
to ogle or to please our wife, a truly hard choice.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:n8R1GarU Thu 02 Nov 2023 05:01:13 No.5815245 Report

Quoted By:

>>5814618
>>We shall speak to the boat crew, it seems to be the first thing to do, they owe you their life let us see how shall they repay this debt ?

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Thu 02 Nov 2023 05:02:57 No.5815248 Report

Quoted By: >>5815934

>>5814944
Poets will write of our struggles for love and for God.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:cA+6Z4U0 Thu 02 Nov 2023 07:22:14 No.5815364 Report

Quoted By: >>5815365 >>5815934

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:cA+6Z4U0 Thu 02 Nov 2023 07:24:07 No.5815365 Report

Quoted By: >>5815934

>>5815364
Oops should've updated

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:cA+6Z4U0 Thu 02 Nov 2023 07:25:08 No.5815366 Report

Quoted By: >>5815934

>>5814618
New vote
>We shall interrogate the vile witch, she maybe knows some important information.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:wNF7lVJ7 Thu 02 Nov 2023 11:25:06 No.5815472 Report

Quoted By: >>5815934

>>5814618
>We shall interrogate the vile witch, she maybe knows some important information.
Do not bring the wife and especially do not promise anything

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:vEhazA1/ Thu 02 Nov 2023 18:04:40 No.5815716 Report

Quoted By: >>5815934

>>5814618
>>We shall see if the wounded are well cared for

Local Lord

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Thu 02 Nov 2023 21:49:59 No.5815934 Report

Quoted By: >>5815935

>>5814624
You sir, are a wise man, your option will be used.

>>5814669
>>5814717

>>5814761
Ancel deserves happiness, give him a nice peasant woman with whom he will have twelve children as beautiful, honest and good smelling as him.

>>5814775
About making the witch repent I gave you the option to ask her questions first, in your next update you will have the occasion to choose something about her.

>>5814800
Of course, of course.

>>5814870
By the heavens, you want to see a battle between women isn't it ?

>>5814880
>>5814944
A choice that you will have to make soon.

>>5815248
I laughed at it good sir.

>>5815364
>>5815365
>>5815366

>>5815472
Wise move, plus, let us remember something, the witch is not clean, if you want to ogle her I suggest you to order people to clean her.

>>5815716

You decided to interrogate the vile witch first, after kissing your beloved goodbye and letting her on the good hands of your servants you ordered Ancel and one of your guardsmen, the young Marcus since you wanted to let Cop see one of his wounded sons, to bring the witch in the dungeons of your keep.
You saluted Oldfossil and told him that he was to assist to the event while you left captain Crumbling and the other knights take care of the wounded.

After all of this you came into the damp and dark underground cellar used to interrogate the prisoners and, with the help of a guardsman carrying a torch, began to look at the witch. To be sincere she was silent and absolutely miserable, a torn dress, traces of mascara on her cheeks since she had cried and marks on some parts of her body. She looked at you with a mad look, of pure hatred and loathing. To be sincere you had always considered her to be quite beautiful, taller than the average (even if less than lady Sue), blonde, with grey eyes even if with a quite cold expression, oh and the cleavage that her dress let sometimes see was delicious. Of course you did not thought about fornicating with her, she was too old for your tastes, with the mascara she appeared to be as old as you are, twenty seven, but once it had fallen and you saw her in her dishevelled state your experienced eye could see that she was in her thirties... Probably thirty one or thirty two... Dreadful ! Since you were not a lover of grandmothers (well you slept with a Guelph woman who was far probably older than the French kingdom but she looked like she was in her early twenties so it didn't count) outside the "give them some embroidery to do and compliment her on their health" kind you decided to pass directly to the interrogation part. Let us be sincere, the lady seemed to be genuinely afraid of your next words.

-W... What are you going to do.. sending your pet rat to...

-What are you inventing, I do not have a pet rat... Oh ! You mean Ancel ! He is not very gracious or courteous but he is a fine fellow I...

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Thu 02 Nov 2023 21:51:12 No.5815935 Report

Quoted By: >>5815937

>>5815934

Her hysteric cries stopped you, it was something like a primal rage, she tried to lunge at you and, if you were not a knight who had seen many actions you would have recoiled at such display of hatred. She then began to cry, for no reason at all. You hated this, you disliked seeing crying women, it made you want to try to help them and hug them, annoying women were not an exception. They were all soft creatures who deserved love and attention. But this woman had killed, by devilish magic, three of your good lads, Rollforini, Florin and Orin were singing today when entering these woods, they probably had family, friends and you would miss them. So you steeled your hearth and told.

-Cease your antics, or I shall call Ancel again to help in your interrogation...

She looked at you with pure hatred and disgust in her eyes.

-You want him to take what remains of my honor before your lustful eyes ? You can't do the deed yourself ? You are impotent ? Crook always said this but it will probably make your brat sad.

She had a kind of hysterical laugh after this and you let her finish before telling her.

-Your honour ? You are unmarried at thirty and not in a convent, do not talk about any honour as a woman. Plus you dabble into devilry and fornicate with a man who dabbles into devilry. I understand that you have a strong dislike for lady Rose, since she is twice as young and twice as beautiful as you, in plus of being born a noblewoman and leading a virtuous life despite her difficulties, but I do not need to hear you about this. What interests me is what is the baron up to ?

She looked at you with hatred in her eyes.

-You love the brat hah, and you believe in her purity... The kind and virtuous young Rose Takable, gentle as a flower who said even yesterday that she wanted to see me burn on a pyre and that she would enjoy every moment of seeing my skin darken and my eyeballs melt like some hot eggs... Yes, a seventeen years old girl who fantasizes about burning people, a very sane person indeed. She deserved to be slapped more than what we did...

This admissions about the mistreatment done to Rose made your blood boil, you understood that hitting some kids was normal, but not girls, and not gentle ladies like Lady Rose, plus she was too old for this. And, even if you knew her bloodthirstiness you could not say anything against her in this case. So you answered.

-I see nothing morally wrong in witch burnings, it would be the absence of witch burnings in a country that would frighten me. Dealing with the devil has consequences, and her rather colorful description of your death has only to do with the fact that you imprisoned her and mistreated her, perhaps if you had been gentle she would not take her days to imagine how to kill you.

-The self righteousness, and all of this while telling that burning people alive for practicing magic is fine and being unmarried at thirty is not. And then you call us "evil".

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Thu 02 Nov 2023 21:52:13 No.5815937 Report

Quoted By: >>5815939

>>5815935

Seeing that she had understood you told.

-Yes.

But before you could finish she screamed almost in madness, proving doubtlessly that she was possessed by demons.

-WHY ? Why do you think that it is fine to persecute us ? Because we have magic in your blood and you have not ? Crook has been gifted with magic when he made a pact, I have too, even that old nutcase in your keep, Rollarion, had this, is he dead because of you ? And please do not tell me about devils, my magic has nothing to do with a pact...

-LIES ! Magic is the work of the devil, it is pactising with the enemies of God ! As the scripture says "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."

-Common, there is no gods, they have no more power than archmages and your strange sect of a loc...

You grabbed her by the throat to make her silent, she looked at you, terrified, she remembered how you had broken her staff and saw anger in your eyes. You told her.

-That you insult me, it is funny because of your impotence, that you insult Rose, I shall tolerate it since you are in chains and cannot do anything to her, but that you blaspheme against God, who sent His Only Son to die for your sins, just like mine. I shall not tolerate it ! You are not helping yourself with my judgement with these words, but you are destroying all your chances once your judges will be up there. And I shall not tolerate destructiveness for it's own sake. So now listen to me carefully, or I shall marry you to Ancel.

This seemed to calm her and you could continue, releasing her.

-What you are is of no importance, if you have bad urges you have to dominate them ! It is what virtuous people do ! Do you think that after three barrels of wine and three months without women any honest knight does not look at his mare with interest ? Why do you think that penitentials are full of punishment for those who fornicate with horses ? But honest men, like your servant, resist it. People always have a choice, if someone is noble born but does not want to rule he can go to a monastery. If a peasant is starving he can ask help to his lord, or beg, instead of trying to steal ! If you have the devil who whispers in your ear about magic you have the choice not to listen to him. Understood ? Just like your Crook could not throw innocent

After this much needed moral lesson she looked at you very strangely, you ignored why, maybe she was meditating on the wisdom of your words, or maybe she was still trying to assimilate this new conception of morality that she, as a heathen, had never learned about. Wanting to release the tension you told the ice witch.

-Well, it threw a chill.

Elsa looked at you with disenchanted eyes.

-By the hells... Spare me your puns please...

You had a small smile when you told.

-I simply tried to... Break the ice between us.

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Thu 02 Nov 2023 21:53:14 No.5815939 Report

Quoted By: >>5815947 >>5815949 >>5816044 >>5816176 >>5816204 >>5816251 >>5816363 >>5816449 >>5816785

>>5815937

She looked at you even more coldly as if asking you what questions you wanted to tell her :

>Where is the baron ? Is it true that he is travelling to the royal court to defend himself ?
>What was the destination of the barge with lady Takable, where did you wanted to bring her ?
>Is it true that you are the baron's lover ?
>Do you know that Baron Crook's position is hopeless ? He has already lost, his vassals are already thinking about who will be the future baron !
>Why such hatred for lady Takable ? Was it you who choose her tutors ?
>What was your relationship with the other baron's councillors, Brutus Enforcer and Crueail Degeneret.
>The baron has a pact with the burghers of "Diver City" to buy Sulphur from them, and has to take devils in his lands for this reason. What is this satanry ? Why does he need it ?
>Elsa is your name isn't it ? Do you have a family name ? Some parents who could pay a ransom ?
>You were three on the boat, Brutus, the guard's captain, Crueail Degeneret, the first councillor, you, the court mage, but where is the intendant ? The very small jew... How is he called, ah, yes Payal Ordial !
>I know about some of the nobles, but do you know anything about the plans of the rest of the nobility ? Those loyal to the baron, Lord Salty Rival, and the Lord of Darkplace Creepy Bitchson ?
>Other (write in)

Choose 3 questions please good sirs, you will be able to interrogate her again in another time.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Thu 02 Nov 2023 22:08:04 No.5815947 Report

Quoted By: >>5816924

>>5815939
>Where is the baron ? Is it true that he is travelling to the royal court to defend himself ?
>What was the destination of the barge with lady Takable, where did you wanted to bring her ?
>Is it true that you are the baron's lover ?

These are the important ones. Make sure to rattle off a few more puns to warm up the room.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:vEhazA1/ Thu 02 Nov 2023 22:09:42 No.5815949 Report

Quoted By: >>5815951 >>5816924

>>5815939
>Where is the baron ? Is it true that he is travelling to the royal court to defend himself ?
>What was the destination of the barge with lady Takable, where did you wanted to bring her ?
>You were three on the boat, Brutus, the guard's captain, Crueail Degeneret, the first councillor, you, the court mage, but where is the intendant ? The very small jew... How is he called, ah, yes Payal Ordial !

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Anonymous ID:mWqB93i2 Thu 02 Nov 2023 22:14:48 No.5815951 Report

Quoted By: >>5816924

>>5815949
Support

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Anonymous ID:TdUAYujo Fri 03 Nov 2023 00:34:53 No.5816044 Report

Quoted By: >>5816924

>>5815939
>>Where is the baron ? Is it true that he is travelling to the royal court to defend himself ?
>>What was the destination of the barge with lady Takable, where did you wanted to bring her ?
>>Is it true that you are the baron's lover ?

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:ygm0Ne8i Fri 03 Nov 2023 02:40:54 No.5816176 Report

Quoted By: >>5816924

>>5815939
>I know about some of the nobles, but do you know anything about the plans of the rest of the nobility ? Those loyal to the baron, Lord Salty Rival, and the Lord of Darkplace Creepy Bitchson ?
>What was the destination of the barge with lady Takable, where did you wanted to bring her ?
>The baron has a pact with the burghers of "Diver City" to buy Sulphur from them, and has to take devils in his lands for this reason. What is this satanry ? Why does he need it ?

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Fri 03 Nov 2023 02:58:08 No.5816204 Report

Quoted By: >>5816251 >>5816924

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Anonymous ID:cA+6Z4U0 Fri 03 Nov 2023 04:11:54 No.5816251 Report

Quoted By: >>5816924

>>5815939
>>5816204
>supporting

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Anonymous ID:ljJcS/83 Fri 03 Nov 2023 08:34:47 No.5816363 Report

Quoted By: >>5816924

>>5815939
>I know about some of the nobles, but do you know anything about the plans of the rest of the nobility ? Those loyal to the baron, Lord Salty Rival, and the Lord of Darkplace Creepy Bitchson ?
>What was the destination of the barge with lady Takable, where did you wanted to bring her ?
>Where is the baron ? Is it true that he is travelling to the royal court to defend himself ?

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:+SW+hM6Z Fri 03 Nov 2023 12:00:36 No.5816449 Report

Quoted By: >>5816924

>>5815939
>What was the destination of the barge with lady Takable, where did you wanted to bring her ?
>Is it true that you are the baron's lover ?
>You were three on the boat, Brutus, the guard's captain, Crueail Degeneret, the first councillor, you, the court mage, but where is the intendant ? The very small jew... How is he called, ah, yes Payal Ordial !

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:wNF7lVJ7 Fri 03 Nov 2023 20:24:43 No.5816785 Report

Quoted By: >>5816924

>>5815939
>Where is the baron ? Is it true that he is travelling to the royal court to defend himself ?
>What was the destination of the barge with lady Takable, where did you wanted to bring her ?
>You were three on the boat, Brutus, the guard's captain, Crueail Degeneret, the first councillor, you, the court mage, but where is the intendant ? The very small jew... How is he called, ah, yes Payal Ordial !

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Fri 03 Nov 2023 23:30:08 No.5816924 Report

Quoted By: >>5816927

>>5815947
We will not let cool it down haha.

>>5815949
>>5815951
>>5816044
>>5816176
>>5816204
>>5816251
>>5816363
>>5816449
>>5816785

Deciding to go into business you decided to ask her a direct question. The most important question about your sworn ennemy.

-Let's warm up with a first question : where is the baron ? Is it true that he is travelling to the royal court to defend himself ?

She answered with a malicious glint in her eye.

-No, he is assembling two hundred men of his guard and will march on your castle, razing it to the ground. Of course he is going to the royal court ! Or he is cleverly avoiding it, I do not know, but he told that he left for this place.

You frowned more, seeing this, was she mocking you ? Was she lying to you ? What you knew was that it was not an answer that was satisfying and you told her simply in a harsh way.

-Answer me truthfully or I shall burn you alive ! Where is the baron ?

-I already told you what he told me, he sometimes says something to do another thing to prevent our mind being read or the kind of situations that you put me into.

You were against torturing women on your lands so you decided to let it go, deciding to concentrate on another subject to say.

-What was the destination of the barge with lady Takable, where did you wanted to bring her ?

Here she answered honestly. Telling everything in a big sentence.

-We were to stop in the plains, ride to the Duchy of Tricked and then to the nearby kingdom of Bomburia. After this we were to be joined by baron Crook.

-Where is this kingdom ?

The guardsman who was with you answered quickly.

-To the east my lord...

-And the royal court is to the west... It means... It means that he is not travelling to the royal court...

The witch sighted, telling slowly.

-Or that he has enough money for a teleportation or a Uber-Pegasus. You really are slow...

-What a cold answer... But nevertheless, you shall speak to me with respect. Now I still need to know something. I know about some of the nobles, but do you know anything about the plans of the rest of the nobility ? Those loyal to the baron, Lord Salty Rival, and the Lord of Darkplace Creepy Bitchson ?

This time she was thinking a bit trying to maybe not tell you everything, or to tell you something. She then answered in a calm tone.

-Lord Creepy Bitchson, I knew him for a long time, he served Crook loyally before getting a fief, he probably knows many things about everything that will happen here, and he was still Crook's spymaster. About the Rival Lord I know that he was an ally of his baron, because of his rivalry with Lord Random and lord Takable. I do not think that he will know about my lord's plans, and knowing him he is already trying to find some profit in this situation. He will be ready to advance another candidate, or even himself, if Crook disappears, if not he will be a loyal baronial supporter.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Fri 03 Nov 2023 23:31:09 No.5816927 Report

Quoted By: >>5816933 >>5816948 >>5817024 >>5817088 >>5817145 >>5817156 >>5817261

>>5816924

So if somebody knew it was the man leading a network of assassins and being hidden in a fortress, and the baron clearly was plotting something but you ignored what, and even his councilors who were not his spymasters ignored what. Maybe some other councilor knew something... Or maybe the first councilor Crueail Degeneret knew but he was dead, bringing his secrets to his tomb. But maybe there was another councillor who knew something... What was his name. And where was he ? You decided to demand this to her before taking a decision.

-You were three on the boat, Brutus, the guard's captain, Crueail Degeneret, the first councillor, you, the court mage, but where is the intendant ? The very small jew... How is he called, ah, yes Payal Ordial !

She answered, laughing.

-Him ? I do not know what a jew is but our dear gnome holds Someplace for the baron. And he has a good garrison around him.

Well, so you were unable to take the keep or get to the man too. But you had enough information, so what do you decided to do before dinner ?

>Order to have the prisoner cleaned and fed. You will return to her once she is in a better state.
>Leave the prisoner here.
>Throw her into the oubliettes.
>Other (write in)

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Anonymous ID:SgjNjHWh Fri 03 Nov 2023 23:38:11 No.5816933 Report

Quoted By: >>5817271

>>5816927
>>Throw her into the oubliettes.

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Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Sat 04 Nov 2023 00:06:32 No.5816948 Report

Quoted By: >>5817271

>>5816927
>Throw her into the oubliettes.
We can discuss with our advisors after, also do not discount the idea that the Baron or Creepy will attempt to rescue the witch

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:oA/2GaPK Sat 04 Nov 2023 02:14:36 No.5817024 Report

Quoted By: >>5817271

>>5816927
>>Throw her into the oubliettes.
Before we burn her, we must let Ancel back for seconds, then let the rest of the men run a train on her when we get what we want out of her.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:mWqB93i2 Sat 04 Nov 2023 03:43:10 No.5817088 Report

Quoted By: >>5817271

>>5816927
>>Leave the prisoner here.

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Anonymous ID:cA+6Z4U0 Sat 04 Nov 2023 06:28:27 No.5817145 Report

Quoted By: >>5817271

>>5816927
>Throw her into the oubliettes
We will make a Christian out of her yet.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:ljJcS/83 Sat 04 Nov 2023 06:51:43 No.5817156 Report

Quoted By: >>5817271

>>5816927
>Order to have the prisoner cleaned and fed. You will return to her once she is in a better state.
>Throw her into the oubliettes.
Carrot and stick folks

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:+SW+hM6Z Sat 04 Nov 2023 10:03:58 No.5817261 Report

Quoted By: >>5817271

>>5816927
>Order to have the prisoner cleaned and fed. You will return to her once she is in a better state.

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sat 04 Nov 2023 10:30:45 No.5817271 Report

Quoted By: >>5817272 >>5817279 >>5817368 >>5817461 >>5817519

>>5816933

>>5816948
Of course, there is a chance for this.

>>5817024
You good sir, are cruel, plus let us remember that she laid with a devil, and a devil worshipper, how many diseases could she have ? Ancel has probably more but the other men ? Indians seem to be strangely too clean...

>>5817088

>>5817145
An honourable goal good sir.

>>5817156
You frighten me, good sir.

>>5817261

You ordered to throw the woman into the oubliettes, it would be enough for this time and you came back outside, ready to change yourself into something more fitting for the moment. Removing your chainmail and your equipment you found captain Crumbling who looked at you with a strange air. He seemed wanting to ask you something.

-My Lord....

You answered him joyfully while a servant was giving you your doublet.

-Yes my brave Captain, you fought well, how are our wounded men ? And the dead, we should bury them or do something tomorrow.

He answered quite quickly, clearly wanting to speak about another problem.

-Everything is well my lord, I have requested to call a healer, we will have to share the loot and tell the families too.

You nodded, answering him.

>I shall see the families of our dead men myself.
>Can you deal with paying something to the dead's families ?
>Can you give to the families the corpses, of what remains of them, shards of ice, of our dead men.
>Other (write in)

The old man nodded nervously after your words and, finally understanding that he wanted to be alone with you you made sign to your servants to leave your apartments. It was there that finally, Crumbling began to speak, very softly and that was rare for a man with the boasting voice of a captain.

-My lord, I was simply worried... I was speaking with our dear Oldfossil, when I heard that you decided to imprison the ice witch in the oubliettes. I then ordered to chain her.

-Excellent initiative. And what is wrong ? I was saluting Oldfossil before my conversation with the witch, very quickly I will admit, but what is wrong with it ?

The man finally spoke, closer to you and very softly, that was not very agreeable since the old man probably had not bathed since returning from the fights.

-I fear that we lack Firewallium, and especially shackles of firewallium, or a mage, without them it will be harsh to restrain Elsa.

You absolutely did not understand what he was saying, and so you told.

-What is this Firewallium ? This sounds latin... And why a wall of fire if she is an ice witch ? To melt her ice ? Excellent pun by the way, I shall use it the next time that I see her.

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sat 04 Nov 2023 10:31:46 No.5817272 Report

Quoted By: >>5817273

>>5817271

He shook his head, even if he smiled lightly.

-No my lord. I mean that a mage, to be correctly restrained or arrested must be shackled with some mean of blocking his magical powers. In a normal day I would have asked Rollarion to cast something to make normal shackles magically repellent, it is the simplest way of arresting a mage, every court wizard must know how to use it. Unfortunately Rollarion is dead, so, as dreadful as it is, we need something made from a metal that naturally pushes magic back, in this case the Firewallium.

You were dumbfounded by this revelation.

-So it is a metal... And we do not have it... Are you sure that you could not use iron ? It wards off evil spirits, it is why horseshoes are considered lucky.

-I fear, my lord, that it will be unwise to use iron.

-But then why have you not told us anything when we arrested the other witches ? The witches from the temple ? Those from these armed vagrant groups, these "small companies" that you call "adventurers" there was a druid I remember, and a necromancer. We imprisoned them before burning them.

-My lord, the burning and the nature of their magic is the answer. Since you burned them quickly, and they were low ranked mages they were not too dangerous and could be restrained by my men even if they began to cast. Druids have few offensive spells and are not very effective in an enclosed dungeon. And necromancers without corpses to raise and ingredients for their rituals are not very dangerous at lower ranks. Of course they could use some offensive spells but I doubled the guard and everything went well, especially since they were empty of mana and would need many days to be able to cast again without potions or proper respite.

You understood half of his words, but did not show it, a Lord must always look to be in charge, so you decided to inquire more about the current problem.

-And you think that this witch is dangerous.

-My lord, she would have killed us all without your glorious presence this time when we attacked the ship. She is a mage of rank nine, a force to be reckoned with. When she would have recovered her mana, in a week or a bit more, she will be able to cast this once more and kill all the castle at night. And then have enough to fight her way out against the survivors.

You decided to reassure him, keeping faith even if the prospect of being frozen in your bed was terrible, telling him simply.

-But the Lord shielded us during battle because our cause was just, it is just now too that he should protect us against the devilish pacts that this woman did in her lust to gain such powers.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sat 04 Nov 2023 10:32:49 No.5817273 Report

Quoted By: >>5817274 >>5817358

>>5817272

The man agreed, telling softly.

-Of course, Oldfossil told me about your "magical repelling" condition, it was my first question, to know why we survived... But your magical repelling aura, while powerful, only shielded those close to you. The most far away from it was Ancel... And so I think that as long as you are in the castle there will be no risks, but if you leave, even to go to the village, the witch will be very dangerous.

So you were imprisoned because of her. You wanted to explain that your "aura" came from the Lord and your devotion to Him, but with a castle still full of pagans, even if a percentage of people had converted, it would be hard to keep the place protected. You decided to ask, finally about this firemetal.

-I understand the problem, and I understand your suggestion. So, this firemetal to make a wall, or something like this. How to find it ?

The man nodded, telling.

-Thank you my lord, I have taken steps to resolve the problem, putting trusted men to guard her in the oubliettes and shackling her with iron, saying that it is enchanted, but she will understand that it is not if you leave the keep and she is not under your aura. Even if my measures were more about reassuring the guards and the servants, they must not know about the situation, or there will surely be panic. But about this Firewallium, it is unfortunately hardly available in the Empire, the Mage's Guild had forbidden it's use because it would have "permanent effects" even if it is false.

Very intelligent from these burgher mages you thought, they were defending their interests like the Flemish of the communes. Without this metal someone would need a mage to keep a powerful mage imprisoned so mages will be necessary in every noble household, mages beholden to this Guild that was not a simply regional, but imperial, organisation. They chipped away at more and more power, the damned burghers, and the more you learned about them, the more you understood that they were vile conspirators against our right and proper feudal society that were allowed to live for too long. It is why you should never free serfs from serfdom or let a town get a charter, it begins like this and it ends with priviledges making commoners and merchants of satanry necessary everywhere.

-So what to do ?

-We could try to procure it on the black market... In a city maybe, or a town like Pleasantville or Podunk who dispose of a thieves guild, but it will be quite long to find it. And it would require great discretion. Or... We could burn the witch alive, it would be justice for our boys and cement "witch burning" as a tradition of our land. I mean, I was first, as any old man, against these changes, but in the case of this wicked woman I can only support it. And burning would be an ironic end for an Ice Witch.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sat 04 Nov 2023 10:33:51 No.5817274 Report

Quoted By: >>5817279 >>5817280 >>5817287 >>5817290 >>5817335 >>5817368 >>5817461 >>5817521

>>5817273

Understanding the words of your councilor you finally answered him after a small moment. It was a difficult decision to make, the witch was a valuable hostage after all.

>We will open negociations with the baron to exchange the witch for someone, maybe some of the Lady Takable's household, I need to speak with her to know exactly whom.
>Father François will perform an exorcism to free the witch from the evil spirits that possess her, I watched her, she is clearly possessed.
>You are right Captain, we need to burn her alive. We will do it tomorrow, the sooner the better. She is already guilty of witchcraft so it will not be injustice.
>Send someone to buy this firemetal in Podunk, we will always need it.
>Send someone to buy this firemetal in Pleasantville, we will always need it.
>No need to burn the witch publicly, she could suffer an "accident" in the oubliettes... Like taking a cold and dying. It happens. I shall call Ancel to constate this tragic fact.
>Other (write in)

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Anonymous ID:+SW+hM6Z Sat 04 Nov 2023 10:50:25 No.5817279 Report

Quoted By: >>5817290 >>5817333 >>5817457 >>5817538 >>5817672

>>5817271
>Can you deal with paying something to the dead's families ?

>>5817274
>Order to have the prisoner cleaned, fed and dressed properly. Tell her that she's going to be exchanged soon if she doesn't give us much trouble.
This is to prevent her from getting funny ideas or trying to freeze some poor guard cock.

>You are right Captain, we need to burn her alive. We will do it tomorrow, the sooner the better. She is already guilty of witchcraft so it will not be injustice.
The real plan, is to melt (hehe) her icy heart soon

>Send someone to buy this firemetal in Pleasantville, we will always need it.
Always useful

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:cA+6Z4U0 Sat 04 Nov 2023 10:53:03 No.5817280 Report

Quoted By: >>5817538 >>5817672

>>5817274
>Father François will perform an exorcism to free the witch from the evil spirits that possess her, I watched her, she is clearly possessed.
And if we are allowed to
>Send someone to buy this firemetal in Pleasantville, we will always need it.
I am genuinely curious as to how the scenario would play out with François

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:ygm0Ne8i Sat 04 Nov 2023 11:04:18 No.5817287 Report

Quoted By: >>5817538 >>5817672

>>5817274
>You are right Captain, we need to burn her alive. We will do it tomorrow, the sooner the better. She is already guilty of witchcraft so it will not be injustice.

Or
>Father François will perform an exorcism to free the witch from the evil spirits that possess her, I watched her, she is clearly possessed.
with
>Send someone to buy this firemetal in Podunk, we will always need it.

It is 5 days to Podunk, the witch will have regained her "mana" within a week without our constant presence. She'll wreck havoc before the rider is even part way through the return journey. Better to send her on her way to her just punishment. If we do insist on redeeming her then it is best if we at least do something about the devil inside her if we are going to take this risk.

My preference is that we just burn her and be done with it. Why make a special exception for her? It is arbitrary I say! Let justice be done!

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:5wO+rh9m Sat 04 Nov 2023 11:10:21 No.5817290 Report

Quoted By: >>5817538 >>5817672

>>5817274
Supporting >>5817279

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Anonymous ID:ljJcS/83 Sat 04 Nov 2023 13:10:49 No.5817333 Report

Quoted By: >>5817538 >>5817672

>>5817279
+1

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Anonymous ID:SgjNjHWh Sat 04 Nov 2023 13:22:23 No.5817335 Report

Quoted By: >>5817538 >>5817672

>>5817274
>>Can you deal with paying something to the dead's families ?
>Send someone to buy this firemetal in Podunk, we will always need it.
>Father François will perform an exorcism to free the witch from the evil spirits that possess her, I watched her, she is clearly possessed.
She can be used as leverage in case the baron decides to be an ass again.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:oA/2GaPK Sat 04 Nov 2023 14:08:23 No.5817358 Report

Quoted By: >>5817538 >>5817672

>>5817273
>>Father François will perform an exorcism to free the witch from the evil spirits that possess her, I watched her, she is clearly possessed.
>Send someone to buy this firemetal in Podunk, we will always need it.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:vEhazA1/ Sat 04 Nov 2023 14:30:14 No.5817368 Report

Quoted By: >>5817538 >>5817672

>>5817271
>Can you deal with paying something to the dead's families ?

>>5817274
>>You are right Captain, we need to burn her alive. We will do it tomorrow, the sooner the better. She is already guilty of witchcraft so it will not be injustice.
>>Send someone to buy this firemetal in Podunk, we will always need it.

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Anonymous ID:wNF7lVJ7 Sat 04 Nov 2023 15:56:45 No.5817457 Report

Quoted By: >>5817538 >>5817672

>>5817279
Support

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Anonymous ID:mWqB93i2 Sat 04 Nov 2023 15:59:24 No.5817461 Report

Quoted By: >>5817522 >>5817538 >>5817672

>>5817271
>>Can you deal with paying something to the dead's families ?

>>5817274
>>We will open negociations with the baron to exchange the witch for someone, maybe some of the Lady Takable's household, I need to speak with her to know exactly whom.
>>Father François will perform an exorcism to free the witch from the evil spirits that possess her, I watched her, she is clearly possessed.

May as well try and benefit

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Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Sat 04 Nov 2023 16:59:29 No.5817519 Report

Quoted By: >>5817522

>>5817271
>I shall see the families of our dead men myself.
>Father François will perform an exorcism to free the witch from the evil spirits that possess her, I watched her, she is clearly possessed.
>Send someone to buy this firemetal in Podunk, we will always need it.
Gentlemen, the good lord managed to Dave the soul of the assassin who tried to kill is, why can we not do the same for this witch and save her soul?

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Sat 04 Nov 2023 17:01:40 No.5817521 Report

Quoted By: >>5817538 >>5817672

>>5817274
>I shall see the families of our dead men myself.
>Father François will perform an exorcism to free the witch from the evil spirits that possess her, I watched her, she is clearly possessed.
>Send someone to buy this firemetal in Podunk, we will always need it.
Gentlemen, the good lord managed to save the soul of the assassin who tried to kill us, why can we not do the same for this witch and save her soul?

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:mWqB93i2 Sat 04 Nov 2023 17:02:28 No.5817522 Report

Quoted By: >>5817538 >>5817672

>>5817461

I'll swap to>>5817519

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sat 04 Nov 2023 17:11:50 No.5817538 Report

Quoted By: >>5817603

>>5817279
>>5817280
>>5817287
>>5817290
>>5817333
>>5817335
>>5817358
>>5817368
>>5817457
>>5817461
>>5817521
>>5817522

Very interesting discussions good sirs, I will answer to all your suggestions in a detailed manner once I will write (probably after dinner that shall come soon in the foreign land where I am).

If I believe rightly we have :

>Order to have the prisoner cleaned, fed and dressed properly. Tell her that she's going to be exchanged soon if she doesn't give us much trouble. 4 voices +1 wanting to exchange her

>Father François will perform an exorcism to free the witch from the evil spirits that possess her, I watched her, she is clearly possessed. 6 voices.

And for the Firewallium we have
Pleasantville : 5
Podunk : 5

So we have a tie on where to buy the thing. I shall wait until dinner before writing. Good luck good sirs. And bon appétit to those who have to eat too.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:vEhazA1/ Sat 04 Nov 2023 18:33:46 No.5817603 Report

Quoted By: >>5817616 >>5817672

>>5817538
I believe that the vote is actually 5 + 1 in favor eventually burning her (with 4 saying we should treat her nicely to fool her) VS 5 to exorcism good lord.

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sat 04 Nov 2023 18:58:27 No.5817616 Report

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>>5817603

My bad, effectively the first vote had a preference for burning, and yes, I was choosing the option "treat her nicely like a lamb before slaughter and grillade" as treating her nicely since it will be the first order given, but yes in the meantime the people want her burned. Thank you for correcting me, do not hesitate to do it in the future.

I am currently writing

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sat 04 Nov 2023 19:54:21 No.5817672 Report

Quoted By: >>5817675

>>5817279
Hehehe, nice pun, and I see that you choose to play safe.

>>5817280
Yes, of course, an exorcism is possible and would be interesting.

>>5817287
Yes unfortunately you will have to stay here if you want to keep her prisoner.

>>5817290
>>5817333

>>5817335
Of course, it is one of the things that makes this a dilemna.

>>5817358
>>5817368
>>5817457

>>5817461
Always.

>>5817521
>>5817522
>>5817603

You had told your guard's captain to go pay something to the dead, you ignored how much you had in your coffers but the loot from the battle would probably bring you enough money that you could engage new men and compensate the families of the fallen too. But now you had to decide about the witch. After some deliberations you ordered.

-You are right Captain, we need to burn her alive. We will do it tomorrow, the sooner the better. She is already guilty of witchcraft so it will not be injustice.

But you added.

-Before this, and while your men prepare the pyre for tomorrow treat her well and make her thing that we will exchange her, give her a good meal. It is better for the cow to not know that it will go to the slaughter, makes the meat more tender. Well, if then you have nothing more to add I guess that we could ready ourselves for dinner. Oh, order to bring something to Oldfossil who still cannot seat.

-Of course my lord, I shall do it.

You had still some parts of boar that could be eaten in the kitchens so you would not look like a poor man feeding your beloved with some farm animals so you could be joyful and happy. Since you had your doublet on you you decided to visit lady Takable to call her for dinner yourself, you wanted to see if everything was alright and if she liked her apartments but what you saw was very strange once inside. Instead of finding her with some servants around, getting dressed, you found her alone, and... By Saint Denis, almost naked. Well, of course she had something to cover her bust, a kind of towel and she was trying to dry up her hair near the fire and to brush it at the same time, not remarking your presence. And by the heavens she had nothing to cover her ankles almost all her thighs !
To be sincere you had never seen her outside of a dress and you had to tell that she was as beautiful as your most lustful dreams imagined. Even if she was rather short she had well proportioned, even shapely legs (not covered by a dress, happy you who could watch) with creamy skin and if she had a sign of a bruise on the right leg since she had fallen it was still an interesting spectacle to watch. The fact that she was bending down towards the fire raised her towel until mid thigh and you could see that her behind was very sweet to look at too even if under a thin cloth. It was round without being too big, exactly the shape to put your h... This was of course the moment when she turned around and pushed a small cry. "Hih" And she told.

-Charles ! You could have knocked... I... Have almost nothing on myself...

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sat 04 Nov 2023 19:55:22 No.5817675 Report

Quoted By: >>5817714 >>5817733 >>5817742 >>5817777 >>5817864 >>5817873 >>5817998

>>5817672

You saw that even if she tried to take a reproachful tone she was playful, she wanted to know how you reacted surely fearing to not be seen as beautiful on the day of your wedding. Taking your most roguish grin you answered.

-Sorry my lady, I was too mesmerized by your beauty. But, I must say, why are you not dressed, and why is there nobody to help you... I have ordered...

She quickly ran to her bed and showed a dress that was here, you didn't recognize it, it seemed to be very old and even eaten by moth.

-I have sent them to the village to find something suitable... As you know I have lost everything when I was evacuated from the boat. It had already sunk when your men came back here. So I have nothing to dress with and my blue dress is ruined since I literally had to fight off ice monsters and this awful dark elf in it. I hope that he bled to death even more slowly for this... And now I cannot appear in a torn dress, or in the dress half eaten by moth that the wife of Lord Random had. And I shall not take the dress of a servant girl.

You thought a bit about this, where could you find a dress ? Maybe the one of the necromancer girl that you ordered to burn, but it was full of skulls and not very beautiful. It didn't suit your lady's taste. And black was a very sad color. You proposed her.

-I shall order some servants to search something, I am sure that they will find something....

She nodded and asked.

-By the way, Charles, since I have no handmaiden, I saw that you sent me some of your serving girls, it is charming but I only need one. Preferably someone who can talk interestingly.

Of course, without her dear Becky she had trouble finding someone to confide with. You nodded, trying to remember the names of all your maids who could work quickly, it was hard since you were not an expert with it, mostly remembering the beautiful ones, finally you decided to send her one and told.

>I know Stacy, she is a good natured girl, I have no doubt that you will get along together.
>Apollyon is a nice girl even if named after one of the gods of the saracens, a bit fierce but nice, from Otherone, she is the sister of Carius, one of my guardsmen who fought to free you. She has a strong character though.
>Expiradate is old of course, very old even, but she has a sharp wit and leads all the chambermaids.
>Crystal can clean well and does her work well, even if she might be a bit bland.
>Other (write in)

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Anonymous ID:vEhazA1/ Sat 04 Nov 2023 20:10:12 No.5817714 Report

Quoted By: >>5818864

>>5817675
>I know Stacy, she is a good natured girl, I have no doubt that you will get along together.

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Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Sat 04 Nov 2023 20:31:14 No.5817733 Report

Quoted By: >>5818864

>>5817675
>Expiradate is old of course, very old even, but she has a sharp wit and leads all the chambermaids.
Let’s not send her Stacy for obvious reasons

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Anonymous ID:ygm0Ne8i Sat 04 Nov 2023 20:37:01 No.5817742 Report

Quoted By: >>5818864

>>5817675
>Expiradate is old of course, very old even, but she has a sharp wit and leads all the chambermaids.

Well, she wanted someone who is interesting. I suppose having a sharp wit counts.

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Anonymous ID:+SW+hM6Z Sat 04 Nov 2023 21:01:33 No.5817777 Report

Quoted By: >>5818864

>>5817675
>Expiradate is old of course, very old even, but she has a sharp wit and leads all the chambermaids.

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Anonymous ID:oA/2GaPK Sat 04 Nov 2023 22:00:31 No.5817864 Report

Quoted By: >>5818864

>>5817675
>>Expiradate is old of course, very old even, but she has a sharp wit and leads all the chambermaids.

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Anonymous ID:EjZKMlvH Sat 04 Nov 2023 22:04:33 No.5817873 Report

Quoted By: >>5817879 >>5818864

>>5817675
>>Expiradate is old of course, very old even, but she has a sharp wit and leads all the chambermaids.
So where did we choose to buy Firewallium from?

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sat 04 Nov 2023 22:06:49 No.5817879 Report

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>>5817873

It was a tie to be sincere, I consider that you will decide it on a next vote, probably after the witch's burning since you will not send a man on the road in the middle of the night.

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Anonymous ID:ljJcS/83 Sat 04 Nov 2023 23:24:57 No.5817998 Report

Quoted By: >>5818864

>>5817675
>Expiradate is old of course, very old even, but she has a sharp wit and leads all the chambermaids.

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sun 05 Nov 2023 16:20:32 No.5818864 Report

Quoted By: >>5818866

>>5817714

>>5817733
Of course good sir, of course.

>>5817742
Yes, it is a funny grandmother indeed.

>>5817777
>>5817864

>>5817873
>>5817998

You decided to give her the most experiences maid, you could not give her Stacy of course in fear of something awful happening, and the others were not as funny as the grandmother. You decided to tell her, while sitting right near her.

-Expiradate is old of course, very old even, but she has a sharp wit and leads all the chambermaids.

Rose raised her eyebrows, producing another one of her cute expressions, this one was a bit astonished, but playful, and she told kindly.

-Charles, tell me, is it because that you have only old councilors that you want to surround everyone with old people too ?

Hey, it was false ! Bohémond was young ! But you could not stop but laugh lightly, you answered jokingly to your lady.

-Do not worry dear Rose, I am not leaving your side to marry an old lady like some burgher from Amiens.

It was her turn to laugh and she took a falsely outraged air.

-I hope so ! Personally I do not have to, I already am engaged to a far older man...

-I am not so old, I am twenty seven !

-That is ten years of difference !

-Alright, alright Rose, I surrender, ten years being an eternity I have only to cry and to go ask Lady Sue in marriage and survive to her moralizing speeches for the rest of my life.

You both shared a laugh and since she was cold you took her against you and you both moved towards the fire. She put her head against your shoulder after you had thrown a new log into the fire. She felt hot against you. After the laughs died out she looked into the fire almost cryptically, telling simply.

-I miss Becky, Coinman, and captain Relic and the others... That they are in this horrible place.

You asked her, curious.

-He hasn't taken them back to your lands under an escort ?

She signified that no.

-No... Baron Crook, he... He ordered me to be kept in his castle, just like that, with Becky and then.. Then he showed us after some days Coinman's body, the body of Becky's father, of my steward who served my father for many years... Was flayed alive... He had done everything that they wanted everything, he gave them my tower since he couldn't resist with the few guards that we had... And they killed him, like... Like some beast.

You could see that she had trouble to keep talking, her eyes were watered by the memory and she wanted to cry, but she continued.

-When captain Relic, a man of eighty five years who had served my father, and his father before him, told that it was treachery to kill a man who did nothing wrong and when he tried to unsheathe his sword this big brute that served as guard's captain to our baron simply cleaved him in two. I... They said that Becky will be the next one if I didn't behave and mocked me and my tears.

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sun 05 Nov 2023 16:21:33 No.5818866 Report

Quoted By: >>5818867

>>5818864

You could only imagine the beginning of it, but why slaughtering all her councilors ? Why trying to move her in Bomburia ? Why trying to kill you ? These measures were radical, absolutely radical. And it was treachery, well, at least not since they would have slaughtered all the witnesses, but still. You held Rose here, trying to tell her that everything was alright and that you were sorry about her los. You were thus together, mourning her dead friends for some time, you didn't need to hear about the vexations and mockery that she was victim of once in the tower. After she was calmed you still asked her.

-Why did he did this ? Count Careless ordered him not to touch you.. Or your men, why did he did it ? And why did he brought you out of his fortress ?

She tried to concentrate, despite her young age she was far from stupid and sometimes even, in the domain of intrigue of perfidy, a domain of competency better left to women and not knighted people, she was more versed than you. But here she told quietly.

-I do not know.. I was locked up in the tower, I do not even know where they wanted to bring me.

You were quick to provide her a response.

-To the nearby kingdom of Bomburia, they planned to bring you here.

She seemed to be quite lost with this revelation, thinking about it.

-Bomburia ? But why ? I mean, if the Baron is arrested in Bifuria and researched as a criminal he should be arrested in all the Empire, making me flee to Bomburia would make no sense at all.

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sun 05 Nov 2023 16:22:34 No.5818867 Report

Quoted By: >>5818929 >>5818958 >>5819070 >>5819075 >>5819465 >>5820566 >>5820839

>>5818866

It was effectively an intricate conspiracy, you decided to answer her. You had to know that the baron had made several steps, evacuating Lady Takable to Bomburia, going apparently to the royal court to defend himself, and trying to kill you. Independently such things might make sense but they were so risky that they would inevitably bring the wrath of the count upon him. It looked like a political suicide, but why ?

>Perhaps he is simply motivated by evil ? Who knows ? The man has a twisted mind, twisted by sorcery and dark magic.
>Perhaps Bomburia is the key, why this kingdom and not another, what particularities does it have ?
>If the barons openly does something such tyrannical, he maybe knows something, like the fact that his cause before our queen is already lost, and he decided to flee elsewhere ?
>The baron's uncle is said to be the chancellor, and Count Careless told me that his enemies in the royal court will use the misdeeds of his nephew against them, maybe they are behind all of this ?
>The baron's uncle is said to be the chancellor, and Count Careless told me that his enemies in the royal court will use the misdeeds of his nephew against them, maybe he is himself behind all of this for an unknown goal ?
>Besides his uncle who is a chancellor at the queen's court, does the baron has any family ? In this kingdom or nearby perhaps ?
>We might need to ask Oldofossil about it, once you will have a dress, of course.
>When was your councilor killed exactly, you told that it was a bit after your arrival in your lands ?
>Other (write in)

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Anonymous ID:ljJcS/83 Sun 05 Nov 2023 17:49:05 No.5818929 Report

Quoted By: >>5820947

>>5818867
>Perhaps Bomburia is the key, why this kingdom and not another, what particularities does it have ?
>The baron's uncle is said to be the chancellor, and Count Careless told me that his enemies in the royal court will use the misdeeds of his nephew against them, maybe they are behind all of this ?
>We might need to ask Oldofossil about it, once you will have a dress, of course.

Tell her the witch will burn soon and she can collect her ashes in a bottle and send it to the Baron

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Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Sun 05 Nov 2023 18:13:17 No.5818958 Report

Quoted By: >>5820947

>>5818867
>Perhaps Bomburia is the key, why this kingdom and not another, what particularities does it have ?
>The baron's uncle is said to be the chancellor, and Count Careless told me that his enemies in the royal court will use the misdeeds of his nephew against them, maybe they are behind all of this ?
>We might need to ask Oldofossil about it, once you will have a dress, of course.
>When was your councilor killed exactly, you told that it was a bit after your arrival in your lands ?
I actually can't think of a good reason why, perhaps he is to rendevous with someone there? Feels like we are missing something

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Anonymous ID:+SW+hM6Z Sun 05 Nov 2023 19:46:19 No.5819070 Report

Quoted By: >>5820947

>>5818867
>Perhaps he is simply motivated by evil ? Who knows ? The man has a twisted mind, twisted by sorcery and dark magic.
>Perhaps Bomburia is the key, why this kingdom and not another, what particularities does it have ?
>We might need to ask Oldofossil about it, once you will have a dress, of course.
>When was your councilor killed exactly, you told that it was a bit after your arrival in your lands ?

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Anonymous ID:ygm0Ne8i Sun 05 Nov 2023 19:53:20 No.5819075 Report

Quoted By: >>5820947

>>5818867
>The baron's uncle is said to be the chancellor, and Count Careless told me that his enemies in the royal court will use the misdeeds of his nephew against them, maybe they are behind all of this ?
>Besides his uncle who is a chancellor at the queen's court, does the baron has any family ? In this kingdom or nearby perhaps ?
>We might need to ask Oldofossil about it, once you will have a dress, of course.
>When was your councilor killed exactly, you told that it was a bit after your arrival in your lands ?

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Mon 06 Nov 2023 00:07:08 No.5819465 Report

Quoted By: >>5820947

>>5818867
>Perhaps Bomburia is the key, why this kingdom and not another, what particularities does it have ?
>Besides his uncle who is a chancellor at the queen's court, does the baron has any family ? In this kingdom or nearby perhaps ?
>We might need to ask Oldofossil about it, once you will have a dress, of course.

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Anonymous ID:wNF7lVJ7 Mon 06 Nov 2023 13:46:53 No.5820566 Report

Quoted By: >>5820947

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Anonymous ID:vEhazA1/ Mon 06 Nov 2023 18:47:08 No.5820839 Report

Quoted By: >>5820947

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Mon 06 Nov 2023 21:05:44 No.5820947 Report

Quoted By: >>5820949 >>5820964

>>5818929
A good idea, if it comes to this, or perhaps it will be better to tell at dinner before a well roasted boar.

>>5818958
It is very probable. Very probable.

>>5819070
>>5819075
>>5819465
>>5820566
>>5820839

After some thought you decided that the place where he wanted to bring her was key. You didn't know a lot of things about Bomburia, to be sincere you only knew that the sympathetic Bob Denarius was from there and that after burning some villages he attacked the town of Fatcow. You probably needed help about it. Turning towards Rose you asked her.

-Perhaps Bomburia is the key, why this kingdom and not another, what particularities does it have ?

She seemed to think and at the same time recited some facts like they were a lesson that her preceptors learned her.

-Bomburia ? It is at our east, they are bordering the Eastern Barbarians too. The kingdom is renowned for it's food, it's capital is Obe-City. It is said that Bifuria, Bomburia and Bofuria are sister kingdoms since our accents are very close just like our cultures even if our history is different. King Collo Nelsanders rules here, he is worried about the king of Bofuria who wanted to marry the daughter of our prince Unluckias, who got poisoned 20 years ago. But I am not sure about all the intricacies of court politics.

You nodded, and answered.

-Only those who live in capitals and intrigue all day can know. Besides, the baron's uncle is said to be the chancellor, and Count Careless told me that his enemies in the royal court will use the misdeeds of his nephew against them, maybe they are behind all of this ?

She then frowned, shaking her head.

-The baron does not need enemies to be a cruel félon... No... He.. If I understood well, your book had to be used as a weapon, as a proof of the baron's misdeeds and to get to the uncle by the nephew.

-Yes, of course, it was the count's plan. To give the book to competent authorities to get rid of the baron. He didn't mention who they were, but maybe they made the possibility of political victory for the Chancellor impossible, so... No, it doesn't make sense, the baron would not know anything before being called to court... Well no, he knows maybe, since I talked about the book at the count's court... And Count Careless said that it had been an error, because some guelphs could have listened...

She seemed to be lost, but tried to help you.

-The Justiciars ?

-Yes, these sergeants of the queen, they might have overheard and... One second, my sweet lady, are the chancellors the same thing that in France, do they seal all the secret documents, and all the documents ? And by this act have a spy network...

-Yes and...

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Mon 06 Nov 2023 21:06:46 No.5820949 Report

Quoted By: >>5820952

>>5820947

She understood directly, she was quick, and quickly told.

-So if some elf heard it, and decided to write to the elven party at court, or even not an elf, someone else, but more probably an elf since they are powerful and have the ear of the queen. Such accusations could not be disproved by the chancellor and he decided to order his nephew to do something. But what ?

-Bring you to Bomburia, kill your councilors and even if the barony was lost have a claim at your title since he will be your husband, and a baillistre, title that would become bigger if his decisions about the decisions of your father were annulled. Then the baron would be able to live in Bomburia, even if he would be an outlaw here, he would be a useful claimant for the throne, and the chancellor could say that he did knew nothing about the heinous deeds of his nephew, maybe he will even inherit from his nephew since they are family, and with me dead, you maried to him, and the Rival Lord and the Lord of Darkplace on their place they could exchange the nephew for his uncle.

Hah, you held it, it seemed to be a perfect plan, full of common sense, very perfidious and hard to put in place but you were happy you began to understand intrigue. Unfortunately Rose had to break it in some words.

-No, if Baron Crook is seen as a criminal he would be arrested in Bomburia, and the Chancellor has too many enemies at court even if he pretended to ignore everything about this he would be replaced by an elf at court and would loose his power.

As to finish your idea she said.

-And since Crook's lands will be confiscated the inheritance laws would not apply.

You hit the bed with your fist.

-Damn it ! Then why ? Perhaps they are manipulated into thinking this ? Or they plan something else... I know next to nothing about the factions at court and I fear that people far higher in the feudal hierarchy are dealing with this now. We have released a horse that we could not catch anymore. Or we need to talk to Oldfossil about this. Once you will have a dress of course.

She smiled at the last suggestion and agreed. Then, as of the sudden she buried her head into your chest, as if to release all the emotions that she had kept inside. You caressed her hair, it was silky but unfortunately did not smell of strawberries as often. You then caressed her cheek, she had incredibly smooth skin and you liked the feeling of her small hands against your chest. When she told you in a soft voice.

-Charles... Thank you... Once more, thank you.. I do not know how to thank you my knight.

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Mon 06 Nov 2023 21:07:47 No.5820952 Report

Quoted By: >>5820964 >>5820978 >>5820979 >>5820981 >>5821030 >>5821086 >>5821158 >>5821284 >>5822090 >>5822278

>>5820949

You looked into her eyes, of a sweet light blue, and at her face, her high cheekbones a bit full, a symbol of youth, her golden hair who had dried up a bit, her lips who had found back their original color, only an ugly bruise on her face made her imperfect. If you could kill the man who did this a second time you would have gotten him away from the deepest pits of hell just to do it. But let us be sincere, the half naked presence of your lady was something that filled you with many thoughts. You felt that her emotions had gone through a mountain path full of valleys and peaks during the last hours, her near death experience, the death of her councilors and friends, her salvation, the death of your enemies, being near you, it was a lot and even if she was admirable in her demeanor you knew that she needed reconfort.

>"The joy of your presence and of knowing that you are in safety, my lady, is enough." and hug her.
>"You could play us the harp this night if you wish, you have such a beautiful soothing voice" and hug her.
>Kiss her.
>Joyfully bask into the joys of pre-marital love.
>Other (write in)

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Anonymous ID:ygm0Ne8i Mon 06 Nov 2023 21:21:34 No.5820964 Report

Quoted By: >>5824669

>>5820947
Our kingdoms wouldn't happen to share a taste for fried chicken, would they?

>>5820952
>Kiss her.

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Anonymous ID:mWqB93i2 Mon 06 Nov 2023 21:44:06 No.5820978 Report

Quoted By: >>5824669

>>5820952
>>Joyfully bask into the joys of pre-marital love.

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Anonymous ID:vEhazA1/ Mon 06 Nov 2023 21:44:18 No.5820979 Report

Quoted By: >>5824669

>>5820952
>"You could play us the harp this night if you wish, you have such a beautiful soothing voice" and hug her.

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Anonymous ID:oA/2GaPK Mon 06 Nov 2023 21:49:58 No.5820981 Report

Quoted By: >>5824669

>>5820952
>>Kiss her.
>"You could play us the harp this night if you wish, you have such a beautiful soothing voice" and hug her.

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Anonymous ID:+SW+hM6Z Mon 06 Nov 2023 22:31:48 No.5821030 Report

Quoted By: >>5824669

>>5820952
>>"You could play us the harp this night if you wish, you have such a beautiful soothing voice" and hug her.
>>Kiss her.

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Anonymous ID:ljJcS/83 Mon 06 Nov 2023 22:55:41 No.5821086 Report

Quoted By: >>5824669

>>5820952
>"You could play us the harp this night if you wish, you have such a beautiful soothing voice" and hug her.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Mon 06 Nov 2023 23:46:20 No.5821158 Report

Quoted By: >>5824669

>>5820952
>"You could play us the harp this night if you wish, you have such a beautiful soothing voice" and hug her.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:0e9vDENd Tue 07 Nov 2023 01:16:33 No.5821284 Report

Quoted By: >>5824669

>>5820952
>Joyfully bask into the joys of pre-marital love.

I am >>5814880 on mobile.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:hLFHXupP Tue 07 Nov 2023 13:27:08 No.5822090 Report

Quoted By: >>5824669

>>5820952
>>Joyfully bask into the joys of pre-marital love.
Allons! We mount and ride to glory!

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:wNF7lVJ7 Tue 07 Nov 2023 16:58:02 No.5822278 Report

Quoted By: >>5824669

>>5820952
>"You could play us the harp this night if you wish, you have such a beautiful soothing voice" and hug her.

Local Lord

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Thu 09 Nov 2023 21:08:58 No.5824669 Report

Quoted By: >>5824670 >>5825290

>>5820964
It is more than probable, you will have to visit the place one day.

>>5820978
>>5820979
>>5820981
>>5821030
>>5821086
>>5821158

>>5821284
Understood.

>>5822090
Certes, buvons à nos femmes, à nos chevaux, et à ceux qui les montent !

>>5822278

After many deliberations you decided to tell your lady some sweet words while you hugged her kindly.

-You could play us the harp this night if you wish, you have such a beautiful soothing voice.

She reddened a bit looking at you, she loved to be complimented on her musical talents, since she had truely some but she did as she was shy about it. She had her short arms on her shoulders and looked at you with a face lost in thought. You found it adorable.

-I will sing, but only because of you.

She swiftly raised on her tiptoes and tried to kiss you swiftly on the lips. By the heavens, it was bold for a lady to give such a favour. Once this was done you both laughed a little bit, at the audacity of it and you wanted to tell her something when you heard someone knocking on the door, probably the chambermaid with a dress. Understanding that you hadn't much time, and that dinner would eventually have to be served you bode her farewell and said.

-Oh, and by the way, we burn the witch tomorrow I...

Lady Rose's radious face became even more happy.

-Charles ! You didn't need too... It is too kind. I will come to watch of course.

Her disarming smile made you unable to say her no. To be sincere, it was honest, if the questionette and ordinary tortures procedures were not for women to watch a witch burning was a familial activity. You would bring all the village to see this. And going to a pyre with your loved one could only be good, as your friend, the brave Bohémond often said "Always bring a lady burning with desire to see another burned with fire". You walked out, seeing that Apollyon was holding something. She curtsied when seeing you and you ordered her that from now Expiradate will be in charge of your lady. Apollyon seemed for a moment to question your choice (she was always quite undisciplined) but obeyed before saying "poor girl" probably because Expiradate was the one who had to discipline her.

So, you continued on your way towards the main hall where a table was being readied when you saw the brave Father François, always as fat as he normally was, walking towards you. As always he asked you about food.

-Aaaah monseigneur, monseigneur I salute you ! I wanted to congratulate you for your victory. I shall pray for the dead and the deliverance of your beloved one. By the way, do you know what we will have during the victory banquet ?

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Thu 09 Nov 2023 21:12:11 No.5824670 Report

Quoted By: >>5824684 >>5824706 >>5824747 >>5824768 >>5824771 >>5824947 >>5825290 >>5825575

>>5824669

You answered quickly.

-Some boar, Father François. But tell me, what were you doing in this part of the castle while I wasn't here ?

-Oh, monseigneur, I was visiting the young lady that tried to kill you, and that you pardonned. She was interested in the Holy Scripture and since she cannot walk I brought her some parts of it that I was copying. I read it for her of course, explaining it, and she was very interested, asking many questions.

Interesting, you thought about why she would do this, then you remembered that she had gotten her soul back because of the Lord and understood this. Miracles always impressed the peasants. Since you were before François right now you decided to.

>Ask him if he could offer some sacrament to the witch before she is burned.
>Ask him if he thinks that your would be assassin will find faith in his opinion.
>Ask this old lecherous Father François if he was not doing something else with the young lady.
>Simply pass through, go directly to the banquet.
>Other (write in)

================

You gain +1 piety for your chastity. By the way, sorry for my absence, I was celebrating my birthday with manydrinking and festivities.

Your new stats :

Charles de Villeroi

Class : Local Lord
Level : 4
XP : 675 (next level at 700)

Stats

Combat : 51%
Intrigue : 25%
Rulership: 36%

Piety : 76+1 = 77
Mudcore : 56

With 56 Mudcore you have a bigger field of gritty realism around you, in this field the most heavy magic will not work and supernatural abilities will not work, oh, and women will lose 4 pounds of strength of course, plus in the field the people that obey you will act more like they would be in a dark fantasy setting. You have chosen Blood of Mud and so your mudcore field will become a bit bigger and stronger but could be transmitted to your children.
Magic, even restorative, will become considerably weaker near you.
Next level at 60, your field will become more important and most magic will be impossible to cast near you by the weaker practitioners.

Talents
-Cavalry Commander : +20 to martial when you have to lead a cavalry charge or a cavalry attack. Works only when commanding shock or melee cavalry mounted on horses.
-Foreign Etiquette : You focus on learning Indian etiquette with Oldfossil, you gain a +10 bonus in intrigue in your interactions with the nobility of your duchy.
->Basic Literacy : Your lessons with Oldfossil and Lady Takable finally paid off and you can read and write, even if you write with errors and move your lips still when you read it is a great leap forward.

Traits :
Leader : Your magnetism on the masses is glorious and your learning of speech could encourage many men to follow you. You may choose the best of 3 rolls when you try to speak in public to convince an audience, be it the Council of Many or angry peasants.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:mWqB93i2 Thu 09 Nov 2023 21:23:56 No.5824684 Report

Quoted By: >>5825932

>>5824670
>>Ask him if he could offer some sacrament to the witch before she is burned.

Happy belated birthday messire

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:ljJcS/83 Thu 09 Nov 2023 21:50:57 No.5824706 Report

Quoted By: >>5825932

>>5824670
>>Ask this old lecherous Father François if he was not doing something else with the young lady.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:vEhazA1/ Thu 09 Nov 2023 22:54:59 No.5824747 Report

Quoted By: >>5825932

>>5824670
>Ask this old lecherous Father François if he was not doing something else with the young lady.
hon hon hon

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Kj3Y1nfN Thu 09 Nov 2023 23:21:23 No.5824768 Report

Quoted By: >>5825932

>>5824670
>Ask this old lecherous Father François if he was not doing something else with the young lady.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:ONeHvIy+ Thu 09 Nov 2023 23:34:57 No.5824771 Report

Quoted By: >>5825932

>>5824670
>Ask him if he could offer some sacrament to the witch before she is burned.
>Ask him if he thinks that your would be assassin will find faith in his opinion.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:oA/2GaPK Fri 10 Nov 2023 02:33:15 No.5824947 Report

Quoted By: >>5825932

>>5824670
>>Ask this old lecherous Father François if he was not doing something else with the young lady.
>make a mental note to visit the young lady, who will become a nun.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:ygm0Ne8i Fri 10 Nov 2023 07:37:09 No.5825290 Report

Quoted By: >>5825932

>>5824669
Aw how sweet, watching someone burn to death together. We sure know how to pick em.

>>5824670
>Ask him if he could offer some sacrament to the witch before she is burned.
>Ask him if he thinks that your would be assassin will find faith in his opinion.

Happy birthday, milord.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:+SW+hM6Z Fri 10 Nov 2023 14:27:20 No.5825575 Report

Quoted By: >>5825932

>>5824670
>Ask him if he could offer some sacrament to the witch before she is burned.
>Ask him if he thinks that your would be assassin will find faith in his opinion.

Local Lord

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Fri 10 Nov 2023 20:06:18 No.5825932 Report

Quoted By: >>5825939

>>5824684
Thank you good sir.

>>5824706

>>5824747
What a happy man, heh !

>>5824768
>>5824771
>>5824947

>>5825290
Those were the days, between two banquets, tornaments and falconry hunts you were going to see a witch being burnt on the marketplace with your beloved. And now ? What has become of the world with all those novelties ? People read books ! Books, like monks ! Or even, in some distant lands I heard that they stare at glass pannels endlessly like maidens locked up in towers... I tell you this generation is lost, we are breeding men no better than women. The right to private war, that it what we need, if every landowner could defend his rights with men at arms we would be occupied by true chivalric activities.

>>5825575

Seeing that brave priest here you decided to joke a bit before all, telling him with a huge smile on your face.

-I know you well father François, I know you well and something tells me that you have raised your cassock during those visits to the girl, and not only to find your holy texts !

You then began to laugh greatly while the man answered in an outraged tone.

-Messire Charles... Monseigneur... I would never...

-Heh, I know that she is very beautiful and I do not blame you...

-No, monseigneur, I would never have... She has been blessed and...

-Really ?

-Really messire Charles, I never touched her in this sense...

You were amazed at this display of piety, but to be sincere you teased him more than you believed him to be capable of seducing a young girl as easily. Of course he had authority, but he had a quite difficult physique and was more into a bit more mature women, often older married wives who chatted with him long enough into confession. So you patted him on the shoulder and you told him.

-Well, well, I believe you, I was simply jesting. By the way, we will burn the witch tomorrow, will you be able to offer her the last sacraments ?

He retorted you, bowing his head.

-Of course, such is my duty, even if, as a pagan, she will probably refuse. But if she does so, I shall encourage you to spare her.

-Spare her ? She has mistreated my future wife, and she killed three good men by magic.

-It is my duty as a clergyman to plead for mercy messire. But I understand you. Speaking of your dead men, one of them, Rollforini Tiativ, had recently been baptised. He is the first christian to die on this foreign land. I would want to bury it within the church, if his wife and kids agree with it of course.

You nodded, agreeing and telling.

-Yes, I ordered Captain Crumbling to give something to the families too, so they could bury the dead properly.

-Yes monseigneur, but the man had three kids, and I do not know if his wife alone could feed them. I would recommend you to give something for the stonemason, to have a stone cross instead of a wooden one. Since he is the first.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Fri 10 Nov 2023 20:08:07 No.5825939 Report

Quoted By: >>5825946 >>5826032 >>5826174 >>5826340 >>5826386 >>5826479 >>5826751 >>5826983

>>5825932

That was true, the man had died for you, slain by witchcraft and even if he was not a very good crossbowman he had done what he could. And if he converted you had to give him something. But maybe it was already too much, your finances were strained.

>Of course, you have my permission to take enough from the coffers to give the man a stone cross on his tomb.
>No, we don't have the funds now. The money given to the family shall be enough.
>Of course you can buy a stone cross from the stonemason, as for the funds see it with Oldfossil and Captain Crumbling.
>You know this kind of expenses should be carried out by the church. I will give you the authorization to take a tithe from the peasants, they are outrageously fat... Not in a good jolly drinking friar way like you I mean, but you have seen the number of glass windows in their houses ? They honestly should pay more taxes for their souls instead on spending their money on frivolities.
>Other (write in)

Once this was said you added.

-And speaking of conversion, the girl that you saw, do you think that she wants ?

-She is interested my lord, very much, she tries to learn more and we talked about the basic prayers. She unfortunately still cannot walk but when she will be able to do it maybe going to church would be good for her, if you permit her of course.

You decided to answer him quickly since you heard your sweet lady Takable descending the steps, now dressed but still behind the corner of a corridor and you wanted to accompany her.

>Yes, the repentance of the wicked is an important message of the scriptures, she should go to church, under good watch of course, when she will be able to.
>No churchgoing, she still tried to kill me, I do not know if we can trust her yet.
>I would want to see her before any decision is taken.
>Other (write in)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:ygm0Ne8i Fri 10 Nov 2023 20:16:15 No.5825946 Report

Quoted By: >>5827351

>>5825939
>You know this kind of expenses should be carried out by the church. I will give you the authorization to take a tithe from the peasants, they are outrageously fat... Not in a good jolly drinking friar way like you I mean, but you have seen the number of glass windows in their houses ? They honestly should pay more taxes for their souls instead on spending their money on frivolities.

Honestly these sort of public goods could be handled either those of princely or priestly inclination, but since this is a matter involving entombing specifically perhaps it is best left to the priest.

>Yes, the repentance of the wicked is an important message of the scriptures, she should go to church, under good watch of course, when she will be able to.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Fri 10 Nov 2023 21:12:45 No.5826032 Report

Quoted By: >>5827351

>>5825939
>Of course you can buy a stone cross from the stonemason, as for the funds see it with Oldfossil and Captain Crumbling.
They know how much this should all cost
>Yes, the repentance of the wicked is an important message of the scriptures, she should go to church, under good watch of course, when she will be able to.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:ljJcS/83 Fri 10 Nov 2023 23:08:40 No.5826174 Report

Quoted By: >>5827351

>>5825939
>You know this kind of expenses should be carried out by the church. I will give you the authorization to take a tithe from the peasants, they are outrageously fat... Not in a good jolly drinking friar way like you I mean, but you have seen the number of glass windows in their houses ? They honestly should pay more taxes for their souls instead on spending their money on frivolities.

>Yes, the repentance of the wicked is an important message of the scriptures, she should go to church, under good watch of course, when she will be able to

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:oA/2GaPK Sat 11 Nov 2023 02:01:23 No.5826340 Report

Quoted By: >>5827351

>>5825939
>>No, we don't have the funds now. The money given to the family shall be enough.
lets not get too ahead of ourselves
>Yes, the repentance of the wicked is an important message of the scriptures, she should go to church, under good watch of course, when she will be able to.
She will be a perfect Mother Superior when she is trained.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Sat 11 Nov 2023 02:45:54 No.5826386 Report

Quoted By: >>5827351

>>5825939
>r
>You know this kind of expenses should be carried out by the church. I will give you the authorization to take a tithe from the peasants, they are outrageously fat... Not in a good jolly drinking friar way like you I mean, but you have seen the number of glass windows in their houses ? They honestly should pay more taxes for their souls instead on spending their money on frivolities.
This is good and right, setting the world in order bit by bit.

>Yes, the repentance of the wicked is an important message of the scriptures, she should go to church, under good watch of course, when she will be able to.
As if we would ever be afraid of this tiny woman who has already failed to kill us once!

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:mWqB93i2 Sat 11 Nov 2023 05:21:25 No.5826479 Report

Quoted By: >>5827351

>>5825939
>>Of course, you have my permission to take enough from the coffers to give the man a stone cross on his tomb.

>>Yes, the repentance of the wicked is an important message of the scriptures, she should go to church, under good watch of course, when she will be able to.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:wNF7lVJ7 Sat 11 Nov 2023 13:54:44 No.5826751 Report

Quoted By: >>5827351

>>5825939
>You know this kind of expenses should be carried out by the church. I will give you the authorization to take a tithe from the peasants, they are outrageously fat... Not in a good jolly drinking friar way like you I mean, but you have seen the number of glass windows in their houses ? They honestly should pay more taxes for their souls instead on spending their money on frivolities
>Yes, the repentance of the wicked is an important message of the scriptures, she should go to church, under good watch of course, when she will be able to.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:vEhazA1/ Sat 11 Nov 2023 18:36:51 No.5826983 Report

Quoted By: >>5827351

>>5825939
>No, we don't have the funds now. The money given to the family shall be enough.
>I would want to see her before any decision is taken.

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sun 12 Nov 2023 00:31:14 No.5827351 Report

Quoted By: >>5827352

>>5825946
Well said, the Church has a great role into the affair of states.

>>5826032
Of course, it is their work.

>>5826174

>>5826340
You are optimistic, I do not know about it, she is still young. But yes, after several years she could be a good mother superior.

>>5826386
Of course, we restore right and proper feudal customs.
And you are right, nothing should make a knight afraid.

>>5826479
>>5826751
>>5826983

After much thinking you decided to give Father François the authorization to set up a tax on the revenues of all the peasantry, the church had expenses after all : feeding and healing the poor, repairing it's lands, and many other decisions that needed to be done. This seemed to overjoy the priest who thanked you a lot. When you said in plus that your would be assassin would be allowed to go to church he was very grateful.

-Thank you messire, thank you, I shall pray for you, many many times. Your generosity is worthy of your ancestors. Your reign is truly blessed !

You smiled to him while you saw your lady descending the steps of your place. She was sweet and beautiful in a simple grey dress. She was, even in a simple garb, radious and full of elegance. She had naturally the manners of a noblewoman and you could say that none of her gestures was inelegant. Her dress was simple, but modest and valorised her thin waist and her hips while she walked towards you. You complimented her on it while she took your arm.

-You look radious, as always my lady.

-Thank you lord Charles, you are too kind.

You then, after she saluted the priest, decided to go down in the great hall were you had to dine in the joyful company of your brave men. Once down you saw that Godefroi, Bohémond and Brother Louis were there, each one of them was eager to salute you and your lady. Captain Crumbling came after that. Everyone of them was dressed for the occasion and after your orders and a short prayer lead by father François, they all began to eat a delicious stew while many of them began to converse. Godefroi raised his cup at this moment, telling you.

-I drink to you monseigneur and Lady Takable ! We rejoice at the fact that you retrieved each other ! I hope that now you will not be separated by absurd considerations and that you will manage to get married before this summer ! Hooray !

The men raised their cups at this and Rose reddened while you joyfully drank to all of this, then Bohémond spoke, he had his brash and glorious tone.

-And I swear that I shall bathe my sword in the blood of those who still hold your handmaiden captive, lady Rose ! We shall march upon them, break them or free your friend ! Hooray !

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sun 12 Nov 2023 00:32:16 No.5827352 Report

Quoted By: >>5827362 >>5827667

>>5827351

The men cheered and Rose thanked him greatly, she even asked him to play the lute after the end of your banquet. You then looked at everyone, Brother Louis and Father François were speaking passionately about the difference in Indian and Christian morals, Rose was speaking with Captain Crumbling and they were remembering captain Relic who was killed by the baron's men, and finally Bohémond and Godefroi were retelling their great deeds during the last skirmish. You ordered more wine to a servant and then, after finishing your stew, threw a part of your truncheon of bread and threw it to Ancel who was overjoyed.

>Listen to the clergymen, they maybe have something interesting to say.
>Remember captain Relic with Rose and captain Crumbling.
>Remember something with your knights, like a great tournament.
>Raise your cup to your sweet lady, a toast would be good before the boar comes.
>Other (write in)

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Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Sun 12 Nov 2023 00:48:37 No.5827362 Report

Quoted By: >>5828020

>>5827352
>Listen to the clergymen, they maybe have something interesting to say.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:oA/2GaPK Sun 12 Nov 2023 07:05:14 No.5827667 Report

Quoted By: >>5828020

>>5827352
>>Listen to the clergymen, they maybe have something interesting to say.

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sun 12 Nov 2023 15:39:32 No.5828020 Report

Quoted By: >>5828022

>>5827362
>>5827667

You decided to listen to the clergymen, after all they had an intellectual conversation and even if you were not a wise man yourself (you barely knew to read, let us be humble on this) they could give you some insights on your next decisions. You turned your head towards the two men while they spoke, or, more exactly, Father François spoke.

-You see, dear brother, I have had an interesting discussion with a woodcarver who had converted and came to me from Nearby. He is a good man, who goes to church every week, walking for more than an hour, and he asked for my advice when he wanted to take in an apprentice. He said that he knew two young men ready to learn his craft, both pagans, and that one of them was a good person, who worked hard but had still no talent or mastery over the skill, even if he was eager to learn, humble and had recently married. The other one was a violent man, who picked fights, one day had bitten off the ear of a neighbour and cheated on his wife but was a very diligent worker and had some talent and experience since he had already learned the craft as a boy before having to farm because of the need to feed his family. Now he wanted to come back to his first trade since his brother could take his place on the family farm.

Brother Louis nodded, asking then.

-Yes and so ? What did you tell him ?

He was less accustomed to dealing with everyday problems as a monk-soldier than your village priest. He was more a man of higher debates. Father François listened.

-I told him of course to tell me whom he wanted to take as an apprentice.

Interested in the conversation you asked.

-And who was that ?

Father François answered quickly :

-It was the second one, since he had more talents.

You were more than disturbed by the answer, the first one seemed to be a better man. Brother Louis asked this too, telling.

-But why ? I mean, talent and good work cannot replace all the virtues that he lacked.

Father François agreed, continuing by saying simply.

-Of course, yes of course messires. That disturbed me and I asked him why would he take him. And he said that "as a master he had to look at the working skills of someone not to judge their personal life."

This disturbed you even more, how could you not link work and personal life ? The work of a craftsman was a part of his personal life, just like your knighthood (who was not a work) was part of your personal life too, how could you be judged a good knight if you only knew how to fight well without having learned the virtues of chivalry ? Of course you wouldn't be better than some scoundrels who still learned the arts of the trade, like this Brutus Enforcer, or mercenaries like Bob and his Orcadian friend. Your knighthood was part of your life just like your lordship, your family, your friends, everything would be judged by the Lord at once. You looked, still astonished, at Father François and Brother Louis, who shared the same thoughts at you. He said.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sun 12 Nov 2023 15:40:34 No.5828022 Report

Quoted By: >>5828024

>>5828020

-But how could a man who is not virtuous in life, or even, if nobody is perfect, do not even tries to be better than that, be a good apprentice ? Or good at his work ? His work will be motivated by personal satisfaction, or by the appeal of money, and not by the will to please God, it will be worse by consequences.

Father François smiled lightly, and even added.

-I agree with you, messires, but know that it is not the only thing that was there. The man told that the other woodcarver had talent, not a lot but enough to maybe become famous in the Barony and once he will sign his works people will remember his master as the one who taught him the deed.

You could not stop but smile. Asking.

-Sorry to interrupt you Father but, what do you mean by "signing the works" ?

The man could not contain himself and with a light laugh and while asking for more wine he explained.

-I mean putting his signature, his name upon it.

An urge to laugh began to form in your belly and you let the mirth win upon you, followed by the two other men, it was absurd. Who would do this ? Why would a man want to put his name on one of the marvels of creation ? Of course we could hear about masters but humility before the glory of God is necessary.

-So... So you are saying that if I order the man to make me a decorated axe handle he will write on it "Made by Thatguy from Nearby ?"

You could not contain yourself and the three of you rejoiced at the idea of a "signed" axe handle. Brother Louis then asked.

-And maybe they will sign my wooden bowl too if they decorate it ?

There were more laughs that brought the rest of the table into the conversation, everybody wanting to know why you were laughing so much. Father François tried to calm you all, trying to say, in the middle of the laughter.

-To be sincere messires, writing his name on bowls and other ustensils is quite rare, generally they prefer to do it on statues or idols for their pagan temples.

This made you laugh even more, by the heavens, were the heathens funny ! The representation of God, in a church, was not to be signed, it represented the divine to explain It's mysteries to the often illiterate people around. It was a work of beauty done for the glory of God, God who had created earth and everything on it, how could a man pretend that he "created" an image of God ? You then jested even more, telling.

-And imagine this, everyone bows to an idol where it is written "this pagan god has been built for you by Pompous Imbecile".

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sun 12 Nov 2023 15:41:36 No.5828024 Report

Quoted By: >>5828026

>>5828022

There was great mirth anew and you were, for the most part, laughing at the suggestion while they brought you the boar. You cut of course the meat of lady Takable, who was at your right, while continuing to hear. But your lady seemed a bit piqued, wanting to defend the local customs, she looked adorable when she frowned lightly and took a reproachful tone in her high pitched voice. Let us be sincere she would be a perfect judge in a court of love. She told.

-It is unfair, lord Charles, and you too good knights and priests, signing the works of a good craftsman to grow it's renown is a tradition coming from the elves. It permits those who received a gift to remember the person even if it was made some centuries ago and given to humans who had seen this generation after generation.

Captain Crumbling supported her while Godefroi was unimpressed.

-The Guelphs ! Always those Italians ! Hah ! You remember when we were in Italy, I heard some artist tell that they should sign too...

Brother Louis nodded.

-Always infatuated by their own person these Italians...

You nodded to that but Father François who wanted to take back control of the conversation shook his head.

-My lady, I ignored the origins of this tradition, and I am glad that you enlightened us. But I was speaking more about this great philosophical difference between our peoples, due doubtlessly to our different faiths. The compartmentalization of morals in your society astonishes me.

Lady Takable frowned for a moment, trying to think and you tried to answer, since you didn't knew the words.

-What does comparing time has to do with this ?

This made lady Rose smile lightly at you, Father François too just like brother Louis but since they were far less cute when they took a mocking smile than you and that you were the liege lord of the place they tried to hide it. The rest seemed to share your lack of knowledge of this word. The priest finally answered.

-No, no, no I didn't mean comparing time my lord. I meant putting everything in different compartments, like it would be in different coffers. Thinking that someone could be a bad husband, or a violent neighbour but a good apprentice.

Rose tried to tell.

-But yes, it is common sense.

Captain Crumbling agreed with her.

-Yes, some of our guardsmen are proficient guards but not very good people or honest in their personal life.

You answered.

-Then they probably steal on the workplace too. We cannot be a good man one day, or only at work, and a bad man at home. Or on the other sense, someone who is lazy at work would maybe be a kind father to his children but laziness will bring laziness to the kids, and probably make his family poorer while making him despised by his neighbors.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sun 12 Nov 2023 15:42:37 No.5828026 Report

Quoted By: >>5828028

>>5828024

And finally, the priest added one last thing.

-In our lands, a man is judged by all his acts, like before the Lord, and his qualities are what define him, you cannot say that being moral in one aspect of your life, like being a diligent or talented worker, while being disordered in another aspect will make you a better apprentice. If a person is moral and full of good intentions then it will be eager to learn, virtues are not to be cultivated only in one place, there is no distinction between all the aspects of your life, it is your life still. Because all your life has one goal : Salvation, and it can only be reached by following the Church's doctrine. So the "personal" life of anyone is important for the community to care for, and for the Lords too. Only thus could we live in a good atmosphere. Secondly, I will argue that personal glory, or personal satisfaction in work is not so important : a good worker works for his Salvation because working well and participating in the beauty of Creation is one of the roads that leads to Salvation. You act not for you, or your own satisfaction, but for the Lord and those around you.

And it was Brother Louis who finished.

-I think it is because of your conception of God, in these indian lands there are many gods, one for open doors, one for closed doors, one for tables and one for nature, so people wander aimlessly or try to find a sense to existence since they are too far away from their creator. But the One and Only God who is the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit has created us, He created creation out of nothing, and He sent His Only Son to die on the Cross to forgive all our sins opening us a way to eternity, a way to win against death, a way for Eternal Life. So He is the center of everything, we have a theocentric way of thinking, every act on this earth is geared towards our Salvation, body and soul for the last judgement, to be worthy. There is an aim that direct society and makes it more virtuous.

You did not understand all the wise words of the man but he talked with good sense Lady Takable seemed to understand more or less what Brother Louis said, or at least she did as if it was so. She then answered.

-I can agree, it is simply... Strange to imagine that I will be judged for all that I did by an omnipotent deity...

Since she seemed afraid you put your hand on hers and told her.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Sun 12 Nov 2023 15:43:39 No.5828028 Report

Quoted By: >>5828045 >>5828113 >>5828120 >>5828132 >>5828270 >>5828290 >>5828407 >>5829383

>>5828026

>Do not worry my lady, for the Lord is all merciful.
>Is there not any judgement after death in Indian tradition ? Not at all ?
>All our acts, and our beings shall be weighted yes, but it only bring us to improve and to be better in all that we do my lady.
>It is why chivalry is not dead in the lands of the Franks and respect is given to the gentle ladies that live there. It will be a good prospect to bring this here.
>Some people do not have the time to think about Salvation, of course, because they need to feed their families, but it is to us, nobles that falls the burden of setting the exemple.
>Other (write in)

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:ljJcS/83 Sun 12 Nov 2023 16:06:02 No.5828045 Report

Quoted By: >>5829392

>>5828028
>Do not worry my lady, for the Lord is all merciful.
Unless you are a heretic or a heathen of course

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:oA/2GaPK Sun 12 Nov 2023 18:10:32 No.5828113 Report

Quoted By: >>5829392

>>5828028
>>Do not worry my lady, for the Lord is all merciful.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:wNF7lVJ7 Sun 12 Nov 2023 18:16:55 No.5828120 Report

Quoted By: >>5829392

>>5828028
>>Do not worry my lady, for the Lord is all merciful

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Sun 12 Nov 2023 18:26:48 No.5828132 Report

Quoted By: >>5829392

>>5828028
>Do not worry my lady, for the Lord is all merciful.
>Is there not any judgement after death in Indian tradition ? Not at all ?

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:sj47CMLM Sun 12 Nov 2023 20:34:34 No.5828270 Report

Quoted By: >>5829392

>>5828028
>All our acts, and our beings shall be weighted yes, but it only bring us to improve and to be better in all that we do my lady.
>Is there not any judgement after death in Indian tradition ? Not at all ?
It is a good opportunity to start Rose thinking about her own salvation...

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:vEhazA1/ Sun 12 Nov 2023 20:57:07 No.5828290 Report

Quoted By: >>5829392

>>5828028
>>Is there not any judgement after death in Indian tradition ? Not at all ?
>>All our acts, and our beings shall be weighted yes, but it only bring us to improve and to be better in all that we do my lady.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:+SW+hM6Z Sun 12 Nov 2023 22:58:09 No.5828407 Report

Quoted By: >>5829392

>>5828028
>It is why chivalry is not dead in the lands of the Franks and respect is given to the gentle ladies that live there. It will be a good prospect to bring this here.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:mWqB93i2 Mon 13 Nov 2023 22:14:31 No.5829383 Report

Quoted By: >>5829392

>>5828028
>>Some people do not have the time to think about Salvation, of course, because they need to feed their families, but it is to us, nobles that falls the burden of setting the exemple.

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Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Mon 13 Nov 2023 22:22:48 No.5829392 Report

Quoted By: >>5829396

>>5828045
A heathen or a heretic can always convert, you imagine such generosity, offering the chance of conversion even for a heretic who had rejected the One True Faith once. By the way it was hard to try to explain the phylosophical difference between a Theocentric Society or an anthropocentric society. It is probably because of this reason that Charle's morals could not be compared with anything today.

>>5828113
>>5828120
>>5828132

>>5828270
Of course, she will have to convert anyway before her marriage. But it would be good if it was, if you may permit me the jest, in good faith.

>>5828290
>>5828407
>>5829383

Putting kindly your hand on hers you told your sweet lady that everything was alright.

-Do not worry my lady, for the Lord is all merciful.

She smiled to you, her hands were still hot from the bath and she reddened at your contact. Her answer was simple.

-I hope so. What you tell is, very interesting. But even the idea of a lone God that can judge everything, it will make you many enemies here.

You answered her as a knight would.

-Many enemies means many honor. Let us drink to it, may justice and honor always triumph over evil like today !

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Mon 13 Nov 2023 22:24:01 No.5829396 Report

Quoted By: >>5829398

>>5829392

Godefroi rose his cup, telling "Aye" followed by everyone while you began to drink excellent Bofurian wine, who, if not as good as a burgundian, tasted like victory. You thought about the many things to do. First interrogating the crew of the boat, then waiting for the baron to be finally punished for his crimes, then supporting lord Neutral for his bid for the barony, then going to see your duchess giving back her locket, then see how your orchard grows, the religious objects for your church are finished and your riverboat is built all of this while hunting and carousing. Then in a few months you will have to prepare your wedding to Lady Takable and make her a good male heir. But first you had to take some good time in pleasant company. The life of a lord might be hard and full of worries, but it was good in moments like these that you remembered why loved it so much. Finally your transportation to India was not so bad after all, instead of obeying your elder brothers you could rule for yourself and, without falling into the sin of pride, you could say that you ruled and served the lord well.
In a year or two this place will be almost like your Champagne and the right and proper Feudal society will prosper there. Bit by bit good institutions like serfdom, the Holy church, the dime, true knighthood and chivalry shall prosper and all of this because of your actions. No, not only yours, those of your companions too, you drank to them, and they cheered. Then finally you raised your cups to the beautiful Rose whose beauty surpassed the very stars and everyone approved her. At the end of the banquet you asked Rose to play the harp, she of course tried to tell that she had no talent for this as the custom required but after some insistence from everyone and when one of your servants brought an old harp from the cellars.
She told.

-When I play the harp I generally sing about love, or happiness but I lost many persons close to me in these times. And you lost people too Charles, I would want to meet their families, and compensate them, if possible. They died to free me and it would only be just.

You were surprised by such generosity but you nodded, telling her that of course you will do it. Then she continued.

-I want to sing about all of you good and fair knights who do not forget what chivalry is and help ladies in distress. Even you Captain Crumbling, even if you are not technically a knight you acted like one.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Mon 13 Nov 2023 22:25:02 No.5829398 Report

Quoted By: >>5829401

>>5829396

All people in the room said that she was too kind and she smiled gracefully before putting her hands on the cords. After clearing her throat your beloved began to sing. Her soprano voice was of cristal and she pinched the cords of her instrument with the combination of gift and hours of practice even if she was not accustomed to this instrument in particular.

-Friends, contemplate the flame of candles
When the day slowly passes away
They tell us about the old battles
And of the heroes of old days.

About lost loves, about legends
About the sighs of great troubadours,
The tears poured over loves ends
And about hopes gone into vapour.

Still echo over there in the plain
The heavy hooves of the palfreys
Leaving under heavy rain
To follow adventure's ways.

In forests where grow oak and sapling
Where death might wait in every grove
Grassy valleys for feasting
And the tender games of love

Remember the times of conquest
Blood that we shed without weakening
We preferred to die to the quest
Rather than lying or betraying

Oaths sworn for eternity
Friends more brothers than twins
Shamed who dares to deny
And retreats before the battle wins

The old banquets still shimmer
Gold and brocades of attires
And to prove the passion of a lover
Shield raise and lances break into splinters

Veiled gaze of the châtelaines
Maidens fickle as a fireflies
Madrigals to tell stories of pains
Caused by too beautiful eyes

Even if the last day will come
And our circle shall fall apart
Whatever happens to the world we call home
The same fire shall unite our heart

Of course it is how you understood it, the rhymes were not as clear in the indian dialect than in Frankish but you all applauded her, after all she sung marvelously a beautiful song telling of chivalry and of lost loves. After complimenting her many times you asked her.

-It is a marvelous song, what is it about ?

She appreciated your curiosity and explained.

-It is about the shining knights and paladins who 2000 years ago fought off B'beg the Terrible and saved the world from being consumed by the infernal plane. They remember the heroes that came before them and what they loved in life before laying their lives to save our world. But reading about them makes me dream about my own knight in shining armor.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Mon 13 Nov 2023 22:28:20 No.5829401 Report

Quoted By: >>5829403 >>5829430 >>5829473 >>5829504 >>5829532 >>5829798 >>5830037

>>5829398

You could only answer her how flattered you are when she told you this with a cute look. You knew about B'beg and were flattered to be compared to those who had beaten him, after all B'beg, instead of thinking that earth was hell like Cathars was trying to turn Earth into hell, that made him a double Cathar. And beating something doubly heretical could only be virtuous. And after all these compliments you decided to continue enjoying the night. You ordered some servants to bring some wine to Oldfossil but to be sincere you had probably forgotten about him since you were into a deep conversation about poetry with your lady. Should you see him after dinner or not ?

>See if he is awaken, if so go see him, you need his counsel about the baron's intrigues.
>Let the old man sleep for the night, you shall see him in the morning.

===============

Sorry good sirs for the horrible song, it is quite modern and far better in French. Still, I think that since we are at page 10 and passed the symbolic thresold of 400 posts we can archive the thread. I will probably have some busy weeks before me but I promise to return as soon as possible. Probably before the second anniversary of this quest who was started in mid december 2021 if I remember well.
It was, as always, a pleasure to play with you all and I hope that we will finally see a conclusion to the Baron's intrigue in the next two quests.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Mon 13 Nov 2023 22:29:26 No.5829403 Report

Quoted By: >>5829430

>>5829401

Of course, I forgot to write it but if you have questions do not hesitate, I shall be able to answer until the thread disappears.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:NDt1I8TB Mon 13 Nov 2023 22:48:02 No.5829430 Report

Quoted By: >>5830130

>>5829401
>See if he is awaken, if so go see him, you need his counsel about the baron's intrigues.
>>5829403
It was a good thread filled with both intrigue and combat, best of luck with whatever occupies you

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:WmTLswhM Mon 13 Nov 2023 23:56:25 No.5829473 Report

Quoted By: >>5830130

>>5829401
>Let the old man sleep for the night, you shall see him in the morning.
Let our poor, old, methed-out Merlin have his rest.

Thanks for running, QM! it was a glorious thread as always, and I look forward to the next. I appreciate the insight into Charles' way of thinking of the society and the world.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:ljJcS/83 Tue 14 Nov 2023 00:39:27 No.5829504 Report

Quoted By: >>5830130

>>5829401
>>Let the old man sleep for the night, you shall see him in the morning.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:mWqB93i2 Tue 14 Nov 2023 01:06:25 No.5829532 Report

Quoted By: >>5830130

>>5829401
>>Let the old man sleep for the night, you shall see him in the morning.

As always, a pleasure messire

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:cA+6Z4U0 Tue 14 Nov 2023 05:24:17 No.5829798 Report

Quoted By: >>5830130

>>5829401
>See if he is awaken, if so go see him, you need his counsel about the baron's intrigues.
I just want to make old fossil look for an apprentice already.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:wNF7lVJ7 Tue 14 Nov 2023 18:02:03 No.5830037 Report

Quoted By: >>5830130

>>5829401
>See if he is awaken, if so go see him, you need his counsel about the baron's intrigues.
Thank you for the thread good sir. May we see each other again in the light of a witch's pyre soon.

Local Lord

Local Lord ID:sIh8/Spb Tue 14 Nov 2023 19:41:45 No.5830130 Report

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>>5829430
Thank you good sir, I shall do what I can.

>>5829473
Thank you, I try to sometimes say something serious in the middle of my "bouffoneries". I will try to continue as soon as possible.

>>5829504

>>5829532
Thank you good sir.

>>5829798
That is a great idea and it will be probably one of the goals of your future travels in bigger cities, like in the Duchy's capital.

>>5830037
I would not have said better good sir, you have a sense of formula that is worthy of Chrétien de Troyes.

====

Good sirs, the thread is archived, and your answer is a tie but I shall consider that since it got three votes first the option of letting him sleep will be chosen. If you want to upvote it I shall give you the link. I will try to begin the next thread in early december. Thank you once more, it was a pleasure to travel in these threads with brave bannermen.

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