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We normally do. Someone has been letting the dead stack up like cord-wood beyond our borders. I have ordered the royal guard and field army to dispatch the walking corpses with fire and by severing the head from the body. It works with other ills and maladies I have not seen the Queen since she sequestered herself in her chambers but I am assured by staff healers that she has come to no harm. We will discover the rest of the tournament party's whereabouts in due time, and that time is not the present. To arms and to glory! |
*Cleaves an undead wight in twain, before stopping briefly to take notice of King Arthas Hargreaves who has just arrived to the battle.* By Wotan's beard, thou art indeed a sight for sore eyes! It has been a most tiring onslaught, but for us the end is at last nearly in sight. |
*Bloodied and battle-wearied, Sergius Adolfus drops to the ground and beckons for two horns of mead to be brought to him. The first, he pours upon the ground to honour the fallen. Thereafter, the second he downs in utmost thirst and relief.* It is over; it is done. Victory is ours this day, but not without cost. We hail the honoured dead. All corpses shall be burned in order to ward off further spread of this vile sickness, from which our Realm is cleansed at last. |
Alas one of our brethren, King Godfrey, and a goodly portion of his men fell in battle. The King was unable to recover from his wounds though our healers did their utmost to aid, and he was burned on a pyre last night. His men were offered mead and lodging before they departed this day for their own realm. |
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High King Skjor Warbear of Hjallholm has gone to Valhalla. It seems a wild boar had at him whilst hunting and we drink a toast to his memory as a peaceful and proud Norseman. Alas we have also seen barbarians on the outskirts of the Kingdom; bold enough to venture near enough to be recognized tho thoroughly discouraged at the sight of our high stone walls. |
Results of the Tournament scribed and dispatched "Young knight, learn to love God and revere noble ladies, so that your honor grows. Practice knighthood and learn the art that dignifies you, and brings you honor in wars."
☩ AXE THROW ☩ ☩ JAVELIN THROW ☩
THE INAUGURAL GAMES West Saxon is one of the four main dialects of the English (Ænglisc) language in written and spoken forms. The other dialects are Mercian, Northumbrian and Kentish, however we will make use of the common tongue in these settings. The Northmen Hjallholm and Hjofsland shall be added to the festivities this Sunday, and I offer you both the hospitality of the Kingdom, in peace for the duration. This completes the list of those entered into the games for this Sunday. Each will be provided a horse from our stables to demonstrate skills in horsemanship. We will score your men on handling, striking a straw dummy with thrown axe, and with sword. Each will have three runs at the target with running tallies and the best score taking the prize. Each participant will take to the field in the following order: Hjallholm I know the men of the North are quite familiar with horsemanship and skills in combat and as last arriving they will be up first. Games begin at minor update Sunday and continue until all participants have been fielded. The Horse section should take two hours King Arthas Hargreaves of Wessex Fair morning contestants and welcome to the inaugural games of Medieval Kingdoms. Let the games begin! Horsemen, you are to arrange yourselves in order for the exercising portion of the event, the Equestrian Timber Jump. Each of the six pieces of wood have been striped and polished and will be placed in heights from one to six per round cleared by the contestant. Failure to clear eliminates the contestant and the horseman that clears the sixth pole will be declared the victor in this part of the exhibition. When you are ready make it so known Horseman from Vult deus moves to the games way and readies his horse. One piece of timber is placed upon knee blocks at the end of the run, and the rider makes his run. Horseman from Vult deus clears the first pole and returns to the start line, Next ready horseman is from Kingdom of the West Saxons and starts his run. Horseman from Kingdom of the West Saxons approaches the first pole, jumps, and clears the first pole. Horseman from Vult deus moves to the games way and readies his horse. Two pieces of timber are placed upon knee blocks at the end of the run, and the rider makes his run. Rider approaches the jump and fails to clear at 15:50:07 UTC eliminating him from this segment Next ready horseman is from Kingdom of the West Saxons and starts his second run. Two pieces of timber are placed upon knee blocks at the end of the run, and the rider makes his run. Rider approaches the jump and fails to clear at 15:53:10 UTC eliminating him from this segment. We await riders from Hjallholm, English England, AustroGoth and Die Goetterdaemmerung to take the field and ready their horses *Sergius Adolfus, King of the Langobards, comes riding in, apparently fashionably late and sounds his horn, signalling his arrival.* Horseman from Die Goetterdaemmerung takes the field and readies his horse. Horse and rider stand at the ready. Horseman from Die Goetterdaemmerung stands ready. One piece of timber is placed upon knee blocks at the end of the run, and the rider makes his run. Rider approaches the jump and fails to clear at 16:19:03 UTC. I declare the Equestrian Jump section of the event to be closed to other contestants, with the winners by default to participate against each other for the prize after clearing a single pole each. Riders take their positions with Vult deus first to take the field. One piece of timber is placed upon knee blocks at the end of the run, and the rider makes his run. Rider approaches the jump and fails to clear at 17:33:49 UTC Rider from Kingdom of the West Saxons is second to take the field and makes his run. One piece of timber is placed upon knee blocks at the end of the run, and the rider makes his run. Rider approaches the jump and clears at 17:35:48 UTC. Victory goes to the host Kingdom with the prize of a golden Horseshoe awarded https://i.imgur.com/wzcZpEw.jpg A light fog obscured the hooves of the horses as riders from each Kingdom took their places on the field. The first run for the day is the axe throw, followed by bow cast, and javelin. Axe thrown with the highest accuracy at with 0-6 score until there is a victor, Scored 0-10 for horse bow and Javelin. A cloth stuffed dummy is staked out at the end of the run for each event High King Skjor Warbear of Hjallholm leads his horse to the mark, King Godfrey of Vult deus, King John I of English England, King Sergius Adolfus of Die Goetterdaemmerung, Queen of AustroGoth, and King Arthas Hargreaves of the Kingdom of the West Saxons are running in sequence With the swirling of fog dissipating, King Skjor Warbear charges the target followed by the rest as Saxon landsmen prepare to reset the dummy. Shire Reeve Dietrich marks the score as: 3, 5, 1, 4, 6, 2 Queen of AustroGoth takes the nod as round winner. The riders change weapons to Short Bow and remount as the dummy is re-clad. High King Skjor Warbear leads the run and Shire Reeve Dietrich marks the score as: 5, 7, 8, 9, 1, 4 King Sergius Adolfus of Die Goetterdaemmerung takes the nod as round winner. The riders change weapons to Javelin and remount as the dummy is re-clad. High King Skjor Warbear leads the run. Shire Reeve Dietrich marks the score as: 10, 7, 9, 2, 3, 6 stunning the onlookers as High King Skjor Warbear of Hjallholm wins the round. King Arthas Hargreaves presents this day's champions AXE: Queen of AustroGoth Under light rain, common for this time of year, the tournament continues... Our armor and horse masters accompanied by squires from each competing Kingdom, have assembled and prepared today's' jousting event. Jousting is a competitive sport between armored Knights using a large lance to charge at each other at high speed. The Joust ended when one knight was unseated by highest 0-6 score. In the event of neither being unseated, both riders dismount and sword combat continues by highest 0-6 score until there is a victor. 0 is a miss wherefore low counts are counted as damage to extremities and high counts determine unseating and damage to torso. The trials by Joust will commence on the meadow. Participants will gather there and prepare for the event shortly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Shire Reeve Dietrich attends as Judge of the Joust. The following competitors will face off in the first round High King Skjor Warbear of Hjallholm against King Godfrey of Vult deus King John I of English England against King Sergius Adolfus of Die Goetterdaemmerung Queen of AustroGoth against King Arthas Hargreaves of the Kingdom of the West Saxons ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ High King Skjor Warbear of Hjallholm and King Godfrey of Vult deus take opposite ends of the meadow and charge, lances lowering on the approach. 5, 4 scoring on the hits unseats both riders and squires rush in to offer blades to the riders and remove the shattered lances. Ground battle commences. Skjor Warbear and King Godfrey circle and strike glancing blows and then 4, 3 eliminating King Godfrey from the competition. Squires bring fresh mounts and water for the combatants as they leave the field of battle. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ King John I and King Sergius Adolfus take opposite ends of the meadow and charge, lances lowering on the approach. First strike scores 2, 1 and they go to the end of the meadow to reset their charge. The riders hold their lances high as a show of honor and then tuck them in for the contest, the riders turn, ready themselves, and charge. The second strike scores 2, 1 and they prepare to face each other again. Squires bring fresh lances and they are off...Third strike scores 3, 6. A critical hit for King Sergius Adolfus lands King John I in the mud and ends the competition for him. King Sergius trots back over to dismount and assist the fallen King to his feet and their squires walk John I from the meadow to a healers tent. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Queen of AustroGoth faces King Arthas Hargreaves at opposite ends of meadow and prepare for their joust. They charge, lances lowering on the approach. First strike scores 2, 1 and both riders receive fresh lances at the turn point. They set and launch the second joust scoring 2, 3 and both riders receive fresh lances at the turn point. They set and launch the third joust scoring 5, 4. Squires clear the soggy field of shattered lances and arm the combatants with blades. Queen of AustroGoth and King Arthas Hargreaves circle and strike scoring 4, 5. A minor victory for the King removes the Queen from competition. First round victors: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Final round will be determined this evening with these brave contenders removing themselves from the muddy meadow to face each other in a special Joust. Healers and ale carriers are brought forth to each participant as the morning session closes... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Contestants! Squires! Healers! Attend the training ring for the final bout between the First round victors: High King Skjor Warbear of Hjallholm The circle ring is prepared. Contestants will mount their armored horse and take their places at equidistant points indicated by the colors of their banners. From their marks each contestant will drive their mount towards ring center and be scored as they reach the barrel and turn sunward, in this case to the west and strike at opponents simultaneously while at the canter. The winner will be judged by the Shire Reeve as usual. *King Arthas mounts up* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The riders reach their marks and pivot their horses towards center ring. Squires hand them their lances and depart. The Shire Reeve signals to couch lances and then sounds the battle horn. The great Kings charge to the canter and strike point; scoring 6, 1, 5 High King Skjor Warbear of Hjallholm and King Arthas Hargreaves of the Kingdom of the West Saxons are unseated and out of competion. Final round awarded to King Sergius Adolfus of Die Goetterdaemmerung! Squires and Healers attend the wounded while ale is passed out to all in attendance as we await the award from the Shire Reeve on King Arthas's behalf A golden lance tip is awarded to King Sergius Adolfus of Die Goetterdaemmerung! Congratulations on this part of the tournament to all participants. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The circle ring is prepared and the Shire Reeve takes his position to watch the contestants enter and judge the days' events that will end the current tournament The squires for each contestant has been given the necessary weapons of war for today's final, the sword, the mace, and the battleaxe. The purse for the winner is a personalized shield emblazoned with the Kingdom or Queendom that will remain at the royal palace until it is transferred to the next tournament host. Each contestant entering the circle will combat each other simultaneously with a downed opponent removed from competition on a score of five or six. No shields are provided. Contestants enter the ring and take their places are pre-marked locations on the ground under their royal banners. Squires issue the weapons to the location and rapidly leave. King Godfrey of Vult deus From the their points of attack charge in with swords, the clash of arms and the sound of steel on steel echo. Scoring in order 2,5,6,3,4,3 King Godfrey of Vult deus circle and strike for the second bout scoring in order 2,4,1,3 break for judging and are waved back in scoring 3,4,2,6 eliminating the host King Arthas Hargreaves of the Kingdom of the West Saxons from competition. King Godfrey of Vult deus circle and strike in the fourth bout scoring 5,4,1 felling King Godfrey of Vult deus. The two remaining contestants face each other as they circle from under their royal banners to strike, scoring 5,6. As both contestant crumple the squires and healers move in to remove them from the field. With both fallen there is no winner in the sword round. A four hour window is given to all contestants to salve and ale before commencement of the mace round ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The circle ring is cleared and prepared for the mace contest. The Shire Reeve sees to the disbursement of ale to the royal train and guests accompanying the participants as the bruised and battered contestants enter the ring. Healers take their positions and the royal squires stand by their banners. Each contestant entering the circle will combat each other simultaneously with a downed opponent removed from competition on a score of five or six. Shields are provided to each combatant. Contestants take their places and prepare. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ King Godfrey of Vult deus The horn is sounded by the Reeve and each combatant equipped with mace and shield rush ring center to commence combat. With swing and strike reverberating from shields the opponents circle looking for openings in each other's defenses. First scoring is returned as 4,6,6,6,1,2 with King John I of English England, Queen of AustroGoth, and High King Skjor Warbear of Hjallholm having their shields shattered are eliminated from competition. King Godfrey of Vult deus, King Sergius Adolfus of Die Goetterdaemmerung, and King Arthas Hargreaves of the Kingdom of the West Saxons withdraw, circle and strike for round two scoring 6,4,2 eliminating King Godfrey of Vult deus for competition with a shattered shield King Sergius Adolfus of Die Goetterdaemmerung, and King Arthas Hargreaves of the Kingdom of the West Saxons withdraw and face off from under their banners before charging to strike at circle center. Circling and striking. the score is returned as 5,6 and both retire with broken shields from combat. Healers check with each contestant and the tournament resumes after a few minutes to the final tournament event. Squires outfit each combatant with new shields and helms for defense against the battleaxe issued to each combatant. The Reeve signals for commencement and the battle ensues. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ King Godfrey of Vult deus, King John I of English England, Queen of AustroGoth The combatants clashing for the final tournament event score 6,6,2,6,1,6 Queen of AustroGoth and King Sergius Adolfus of Die Goetterdaemmerung withdraw to prepare a final strike as the remaining contestants are eliminated by shattered shield. They raise their battleaxes high to salute the crowd and the kings of competition and then circle towards ring center for the final blows Lunging and striking, blocking and striking the score returns 2,3 and then 1,4 followed by 5,6 staggering both contestants, the Shire Reeve and silencing the crowd by the destruction of both competitors shields. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ King Arthas and the Shire Reeve confer and decide the tournament will end on the morrow at sunrise with a final face off between each contestant in a grand melee with sword and shield. https://i.imgur.com/MmkNvCl.png Contestants take their places and prepare on this fine sunny morning. The Reeve and healers stand ready. Swords tapping armor King Godfrey of Vult deus, King John I of English England, Queen of AustroGoth Healers rush to his aid and assist him out of the ring as the contestants raise their swords in salute and prepare to continue. They charge the center and melee scoring 3,4,5,1,4, and then break, circle and strike for 4,5,1,6,2 eliminating King Sergius Adolfus of Die Goetterdaemmerung. The King leaves under his own feet and healers attend. King Godfrey of Vult deus, King John I of English England, Queen of AustroGoth and As the King is escorted out of the ring he receives a sword salute from the remaining contestants as they break and stand under their banners. Moments later the Reeve signals King Godfrey of Vult deus, Queen of AustroGoth and The Reeve signals for the tournament to continue and King Godfrey of Vult deus faces Queen of AustroGoth for the shield purse. They circle and charge scoring 5,4, break, circle and strike for 1,5, break, circle and strike for 5,1, break, circle and strike for 3, and 5, break circle the outer ring to regain their breaths and charge to strike 5,5, break, circle and strike for 5,3, break, circle and strike for 3,5 then 2,3, then 2,1 then 4,1 then 6,3 with King Godfrey of Vult deus falling in a heap before the Queen. She rests on her knees as healers rush to the aid of both and alemen attend. The Reeve signals the end of the tournament and gathers the royal train of each of the great royal houses to announce the winner and present the Tournament Shield to the Queen of AustroGoth A great feast will be attended by all in the halls of the host this evening. Congratulations to all participants! |
Thank you Your Highness. I will not be hosting the next tournament though and look forward to a new Host taking the role in the Spring |
https://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Medieval_II_Total_War.html Faction England: Henry III of House Plantagenet is The King of England and personally rules the Kingdom. Henry believes that kings should rule England in a dignified manner, surrounded by ceremony and ecclesiastical ritual. He thinks that his predecessors had allowed the status of the Crown to decline, and seeks to correct this during his reign. The events of the civil war in Henry's youth deeply affected the King, and he adopted Edward the Confessor as his patron saint, hoping to emulate the way in which the Anglo-Saxon King had brought peace to England and reunited his people in order and harmony During Henry's early years the Jewish community had flourished and became one of the most prosperous in Europe. This was primarily the result of the stance taken by the regency government, which took a range of measures to protect the Jews and encourage lending. This was driven by financial self-interest, as they stood to profit considerably from a strong Jewish community in England. Their policy ran counter to the instructions being sent from the Pope, who had laid out strong measures in 1215 at the The fourth Lateran Council, the 12th ecumenical council (1215), generally considered the greatest council before Trent, was years in preparation. Pope Innocent III desired the widest possible representation, and more than 400 bishops, 800 abbots and priors, envoys of many European kings, and personal representatives of Frederick II (confirmed by the council as emperor of the West) took part. The purpose of the council was twofold: reform of the church and the recovery of the Holy Land. Many of the conciliar decrees touching on church reform and organization remained in effect for centuries. The council ruled on such vexing problems as the use of church property, tithes, judicial procedures, and patriarchal precedence. It ordered Jews and Saracens to wear distinctive dress and obliged Catholics to make a yearly confession and to receive Communion during the Easter season. The council sanctioned the word transubstantiation as a correct expression of eucharistic doctrine. The teachings of the Cathari and Waldenses were condemned. Innocent also ordered a four-year truce among Christian rulers so that a new crusade could be launched. William Marshal continued with his policy despite complaints from the Church. In 1239 Henry introduced different policies, – destroying the ability of the Jewish community to lend money commercially. Henry passed the Statute of Jewry in 1253, which attempted to stop the construction of Judaic synagogues and enforce existing Christian Church pronouncements. In 1258, Henry faced a revolt among the English barons. Anger had grown about the way the King's officials were raising funds, the influence of the Poitevins at court and his unpopular Sicilian policy, resentment of abuse of purchased Jewish loans, even the English Church had grievances over its treatment by the King. The Welsh were still in open revolt, and now allied themselves with Scotland.... |
I have decided to retire from NationStates. This shall be my last log-in. All of my nations shall CTE. "77. Cattle die, and kinsmen die, - The Poetic Edda: Hovamol (The Sayings of the High One) Sergius Adolfus der Langobard. |
Barbarians snuck ashore and wreaked havoc on the local sheep population. I think they shall not recover easily from the trauma We must restore Britannia Game: Medieval II: Total War - Kingdoms Culture: Northern European Factions:  England Ireland Norway Scotland Wales Baron's Alliance RebelsBritannia: 1258 The Kingdom of England rules most of the Isles. On Irish soil, England hold fortresses that keep the Irish at bay, however, Brian O'Neill has succeeded in rallying the Gaelic Irish On the Marches, Prince Llywelyn ap Gruffudd of the Principality of Wales threatens English border fortresses In the north, the English are allied with the Kingdom of Scotland, but this bond is untenable The Kingdom of Norway is returning to the Isles; their king coming personally to oversee the conquest of Britannia. Perhaps worst of all, the Barons' Alliance, threatens to unify into a full-fledged rebellion. Choose Your Faction |
Please, enjoy your freedom courtesy of Sonindia |
The Medieval Kingdoms have been restored and you have our thanks |
This was short lived. |
Game: Medieval II: Total War - Kingdoms Culture: Northern European Factions: England Ireland Norway Scotland Wales Baron's Alliance RebelsBritannia: 1258 The Kingdom of England rules most of the Isles. On Irish soil, England hold fortresses that keep the Irish at bay, however, Brian O'Neill has succeeded in rallying the Gaelic Irish On the Marches, Prince Llywelyn ap Gruffudd of the Principality of Wales threatens English border fortresses In the north, the English are allied with the Kingdom of Scotland, but this bond is untenable The Kingdom of Norway is returning to the Isles; their king coming personally to oversee the conquest of Britannia. Perhaps worst of all, the Barons' Alliance, threatens to unify into a full-fledged rebellion. Choose Your Faction For God! For England! and King Henry! |
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New arrivals please choose a Faction, join the WA and protect the region by supporting our regional officers or leave as soon as possible. |
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If anyone wants to continue the Total War theme they can use it. I'm stepping down and will depart |
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