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[Gervassen]

My concern is the precedent being set, not the numbers right now. Besides, we already offer stipends to the widows of retinue who serve us, to extend that to every base peasant that's called up and manages to kill himself cheapens the honor. Why train constantly in our service, if any peasant can die and reap the same benefit?

Also, let's keep training swords. Two opponents at a time now! Finn and the Ranger Captain--whose name we may as well know.

[Mlamlah]

I don't think we have to worry about being held to any sort of activity in the future. Our people love us and we should do what we can to continue to earn that love as is reasonable. For now this is reasonable, and even if it remains an isolated activity i'm sure our people will appreciate our continued personal interest in them.

[kaian-a-coel]

Okay fine.  No big eldar cults.

Do you really mean Eldar? Like warhammer 40.000 space elves?

As for visiting each family of a dead soldier and giving them support, sounds like a bad idea. We have better things to do than obsess over the past and open old scabs. The payment is that their wives and daughters are unraped and unmurdered. Death in battle happens, and this was to protect their own families.

I think that a global speech is enough, no need to meet each one. But I am rather OK with support for the widows. Something like (temporary?) tax reduction, until remarried maybe. Depends on the age and number of childrens too.

[Gervassen]

I don't think we have to worry about being held to any sort of activity in the future. Our people love us and we should do what we can to continue to earn that love as is reasonable. For now this is reasonable, and even if it remains an isolated activity i'm sure our people will appreciate our continued personal interest in them.

We didn't make the raiders raid. We rounded up people and led them to a victory in which far fewer suffered than otherwise would have. That's no cross of shame to bear on our shoulders.

I think that a global speech is enough, no need to meet each one. But I am rather OK with support for the widows. Something like (temporary?) tax reduction, until remarried maybe. Depends on the age and number of childrens too.

I can agree to this. Suport based on need. Some of the dead are probably third sons and no hardship. Support should be restrained. But really, it's time to move on. People die.

[kaian-a-coel]

I don't think we have to worry about being held to any sort of activity in the future. Our people love us and we should do what we can to continue to earn that love as is reasonable. For now this is reasonable, and even if it remains an isolated activity i'm sure our people will appreciate our continued personal interest in them.

We didn't make the raiders raid. We rounded up people and led them to a victory in which far fewer suffered than otherwise would have. That's no cross of shame to bear on our shoulders.

I think that a global speech is enough, no need to meet each one. But I am rather OK with support for the widows. Something like (temporary?) tax reduction, until remarried maybe. Depends on the age and number of childrens too.

I can agree to this. Suport based on need. Some of the dead are probably third sons and no hardship. Support should be restrained. But really, it's time to move on. People die.

Agreeing.

[Maldevious]

Year 5, Winter (January-February)

The rest of your winter you spend engaged in one of two activities: playing at the sword with Fin and the Ranger Captain, a jovial man by the name of Oswald, who is as quick with his sword as he is with his wit. You spar with them relentlessly, often fighting both at once, and find that fighting two men is quite different than fighting against one.

You often find yourself on the wrong end of the contests, but you begin to develop a small amount of aptitude for this type of uneven, inadvisable combat. You learn to position one opponent between you and the other, learn little tricks of throwing your opponent off balance with feints and clever parries, and other ways that may help you if you find yourself in a situation where the odds are stacked against you in the future.

Your remaining time is spent writing at your history. You send messengers to the Duke and the King, asking for accounts of the battle from their perspective. To your great surprise, you receive lengthy and well-written replies from both of them. Your treatise, which you have tentatively titled "The Sea Raider Invasion and the Battle of Torchester," is coming along swimmingly. By the end of the winter, you have prepared a rough draft, which you have sent to the scribe for double-checking.

Your birthday passes, and Marna grows by the day. She will be giving birth in the near future, and is often in the presence of her lady's maid and a local wise woman.

Soon, you find yourself facing the upcoming spring. March beckons. Work will soon continue on dredging the river and your walls. What will you do next month?

Spoiler: "Sir Samuel Stone" (click to show/hide)

Age: 24 (February birthday)
Spouse: Lady Marna Stone - Eight months pregnant
Average Health
Elite Fitness

Literate
Natural Archer
Fine Man of the People
Fine Swordswman
Above Average Rider
Above Average Woodsman
Average Etiquette
Average Lancer
Average Shield User
Average Armor User
Average History
Novice Heroic Combatant (fighting against the odds)
Poor Legal Mind
Poor Rhetoric

Spoiler: "Equipment and Possessions" (click to show/hide)

Weapons
Militia-grade Short Sword
Fine Longsword
Iron-tipped Lances

Armor
Steel Plate Armor
Mail Shirt
Brigandine Armor
Fur cloak and leggings
Iron Shield
Steel Barding for Destrier

Transport
Felucca
Mottled Grey Hunter
White Destrier

Housing
Brick and Lumber Manor
Fine Furniture
Stag Skull
Falconry Mews

Misc.
Average Clothing
Silver Sun Necklace with Gold Pendant
Bound New Testament
Book of Laws
Cask of Beer
Stone Weights

Spoiler: "Feroshire (Capital Town)" (click to show/hide)

Treasury - Fat
226 Citizens

Services and Housing
Nice Communal Housing
Mix of Wood and Brick Housing
Nice Inn
Rowdy Inn
Small Courthouse
Small School and Scribe

Defense
Wooden Palisade with watchtowers
Cleared and graded area for tower
Cleared and graded area for walls
Three longboats
Fake Town for river defense

Trade and Travel
Brick Roads
Medium Brick Paved Market
Medium Dockyard
Two-way Ferry
River Parlon (being dredged)

Industry
Large Clayworks
Smokehouse
Watermill (Lumber Mill and Grindstone)
Growing Shipyard
Brewery
Stables - Large herd of horses
Small Furniture Workshop

Spoiler: "Your Land" (click to show/hide)

Medium (5x city size) population (Loyal)
River Parlon (fertile banks on both sides, light forest to the north)

Farming
Nice parcel farms south of the river (four field crop rotation)
Fine Communal Farm (four field crop rotation)
Medium Vineyard
Large Flock of Sheep
Communal Grazing Land

Defense
Fortified Average Barracks, Armory, and Obstacle Course with Furnaces and Forges
Jousting practice field

Trade and Travel
Gravel Roads
Medium Warehouse

Industry
Medium Fishing Fleet
Fortified Mines north of river (silver, copper, gold, iron, gems)
   * Small community of miners in communal houses

Misc.
Trash Pit
Graveyard

Spoiler: "Your Forces" (click to show/hide)

Ranged - Longbows, iron short swords, fur armor, mounts
Two elite Archers
Six veteran Rangers
Eight veteran Archers

Melee - Iron halberds, iron brigandine armor, iron short swords, mounts
Twelve veteran Halberdiers

Reserve - Iron short swords, fur armor, wooden shields
Ten regular Watchmen
Mandatory Bow or Halberd Training for Able-bodied Men

Spoiler: "Your people" (click to show/hide)

Skilled Potters
Above Average Jewelers
Above Average Trappers
Above Average Miners
Average Metalworkers
Average Wine Makers
Journeymen Masons
Journeymen Furniture Builders
Journeymen Horse Breeders
Journeymen Weaponsmiths
Journeymen Armorers

Spoiler: "Nearby" (click to show/hide)

Market Town of Carshire - Gravel Road
Folesden - Land of Count Foles - Downstream
   * Curbiston - County Seat of Folesden
Land of Sir Denton - Upstream
Land of Sir Percival - Adjacent to Sir Denton's land, across the river
Hemswood Abbey - Far Upstream - Known for dark beer
Lands of Duke Erran - Across the river to the north - Used for hunting
   * Torchester - Duke Erran's Capital - Damaged metropolis with a bustling port located on a wide estuary

Spoiler: "Known Lords by Rank and Relationship" (click to show/hide)

King Edward Geronos IV, Lord of the Falls, Keeper of the Flame, Seer of the Dawn - Known

Duke Erran - Fond

Count Aaron Foles - Your Liege Lord - An angry drunkard - Antagonistic
Count Gorgan - A fine fighter - Introduced
Count Zanders - Introduced

Sir Derrick Denton - Introduced
Sir Alan Percival - Friendly
Sir Uriel Lope - Count's Marshall - Unsure
Sir Melvin - Lady Marna's brother, Duke Erran's nephew - Friendly
Sir Ivanson - A renowned jouster - Introduced
Sir Owen - A household Knight of Count Zanders - Rival

Lady Marna - Wife - Loving - April Birthday
Lady Iris - Lady Marna's mother, Duke Erran's younger sister - Cordial

Spoiler: "Important Citizens by Occupation" (click to show/hide)

Fin - Captain of the Militia
Oswald - Ranger Captain
William Dent - Steward, Mayor
Victor Irlof - Master of the Market, Treasurer
Curtis Stumpf - Miner, Councilman
Ian Wood - Carpenter, Councilman
Marge Kannity - Brewer

Shipwright
Architect
Armorer
Weaponsmith
Horse Breeder
Scribe
Healer

Spoiler: "In Fond Remembrance" (click to show/hide)

Sir Alan - Your first squire - Killed in the Battle of Torchester
Sir Blake Denton - Your good friend and confidant - Killed in the Battle of Torchester
Tor - Your first Captain - Killed by the brigand "Ox" in a forest skirmish

[kahn1234]

When is Marna's birthday?

[Maldevious]

... April? Yes. April.

[Talvara]

For march we should oversee the settling of the northbank and construction of the fortifications. maybe inspect how our aspiring wool trader is doing.

we should remain close to Marna and be carefull to not stray far from her and our fair fief.

For march we'll oversee our established projects and not go looking for new distractions. Marna and our firstborn should be formost on our mind, our people and our fief second.

[kaian-a-coel]

We should make the festival around the time our heir(ess) birth. Presenting the son/daughter of the beloved lord to the people, lion king style, anyone?

[kahn1234]

For march we should oversee the settling of the northbank and construction of the fortifications. maybe inspect how our aspiring wool trader is doing.

we should remain close to Marna and be carefull to not stray far from her and our fair fief.

For march we'll oversee our established projects and not go looking for new distractions. Marna and our firstborn should be formost on our mind, our people and our fief second.

+1

[Gotdamnmiracle]

Let us know when the scribe is finished. I would like to pay the monks at the abbey to make a few hundred leather bound copies to (keep a few) and export around the kingdom, making sure nobility has at least one handy.

This will actually probably build our fame. We will become notable.

[Gervassen]

I agree that we have many things going, but I'd like to drill down on fair preparations.

Fair Preparations:

Build a threatre for the upcoming festival of the arts.
Have Marge select her best wines and beer, get a good shipment of beer from the Abbey, a few choice wines from abroad for noble occasions.

Let's send out criers to every major town within the Duchy to announce the festival well in advance, in honor of Marna's child and renewal of our country's prosperity after our victory.

We obviously need prizes to sweeten the pot for contestants. Let's lean heavily on rewarding crowd favorites like plays and music:
A prize for best acting troupe in both comical and tragical styles;
A prize for best song in the noble style of the troubadour that swoons ladies, another for songs of valor that inspire knights, and a final for the jigs and hornpipes and songs of ribaldry that are much clapped for by the commons;
A prize for the best recitation of poetry;
Three prizes for debating points of theology, moral philosophy, and natural philosophy--let these contests happen in the morning or they'll be a drag on real celebrations;
Finally, art in categories of pottery, jewelry, woodcarving and freemasonry for highlighting the strengths of the local artisans and giving visitors something to peruse. 

The key to a successful event like this is putting the best connected people in charge to drum up interest in their circles. For most themes that appeal to women, let us ask Lady Iris to invite noble women of her choosing to set up a panel. For tales that appeal to nobles and knights, Duke Erran himself, if willing, and other select nobles renown for valor, like Ivanson and Gorgan. For the debates, the Abbot of Hemswood and the bishops of cathedrals in Curbiston and Torchester. For the common people, we simply gauge the crowd reactions.

In our invitations to other knights, mention in passing our historical work, the fact that the King and Duke have given an account, and that we'd like to discuss the campaign with other knights, too. That will flatter them.

Finally, Irlof can spread the word among various merchants far and wide that we expect a large gathering of nobles and wealthy bourgeoisie. Let them come with such goods as they may. For many months, trade has been stifled by war and winter. Let's reinvigorate it, and make Feroshire the place where it happens.

[tryrar]

I agree that we have many things going, but I'd like to drill down on fair preparations.

Fair Preparations:

Build a threatre for the upcoming festival of the arts.
Have Marge select her best wines and beer, get a good shipment of beer from the Abbey, a few choice wines from abroad for noble occasions.

Let's send out criers to every major town within the Duchy to announce the festival well in advance, in honor of Marna's child and renewal of our country's prosperity after our victory.

We obviously need prizes to sweeten the pot for contestants. Let's lean heavily on rewarding crowd favorites like plays and music:
A prize for best acting troupe in both comical and tragical styles;
A prize for best song in the noble style of the troubadour that swoons ladies, another for songs of valor that inspire knights, and a final for the jigs and hornpipes and songs of ribaldry that are much clapped for by the commons;
A prize for the best recitation of poetry;
Three prizes for debating points of theology, moral philosophy, and natural philosophy--let these contests happen in the morning or they'll be a drag on real celebrations;
Finally, art in categories of pottery, jewelry, woodcarving and freemasonry for highlighting the strengths of the local artisans and giving visitors something to peruse. 

The key to a successful event like this is putting the best connected people in charge to drum up interest in their circles. For most themes that appeal to women, let us ask Lady Iris to invite noble women of her choosing to set up a panel. For tales that appeal to nobles and knights, Duke Erran himself, if willing, and other select nobles renown for valor, like Ivanson and Gorgan. For the debates, the Abbot of Hemswood and the bishops of cathedrals in Curbiston and Torchester. For the common people, we simply gauge the crowd reactions.

In our invitations to other knights, mention in passing our historical work, the fact that the King and Duke have given an account, and that we'd like to discuss the campaign with other knights, too. That will flatter them.

Finally, Irlof can spread the word among various merchants far and wide that we expect a large gathering of nobles and wealthy bourgeoisie. Let them come with such goods as they may. For many months, trade has been stifled by war and winter. Let's reinvigorate it, and make Feroshire the place where it happens.

...............wow gerv, we should put you in charge of all suggestions from now on(only half-joking, but that was WELL thought out!) +1!

[Gotdamnmiracle]

I support the whole suggestion.

I especially like the theater idea.

So if these guys can manage to go overseas and up our little tributary with their ships we should reverse engineer them and then we can trade outside of our country (as well as raid). I think we should beef up our Navy. Also, let's get our mechanic to work on some ballistas so we can work on installing them on ships. Our bad ass archers will man the ship as marines as well as some regular peasants as sailors.

I'm telling you guys, the walls and tower will be our defense from land attacks but that still leaves us wide open for a naval attack. Plus, I want to take the fight to the sea raiders front door at some point.

I assure you, if we build the Navy to support it, the king will see benefit in sponsoring attack on that enemy. Plus there is no reason to fear that. You can't invade a super power with only a bunch of large ships if we don't have the full army to man them. It's like building tools for future use. I say we build a bunch and leave them docked. Like and absolute shit ton. We aren't spending the lumber on anything else in the time being anyway (except maybe the theater, which I support building before tackling ships). Let's consider multiple types, Ramming frigates, boarding vessels, beach pounders, troop carriers, the equivilant of destroyers (Balistas and catipulted jars of flaming pitch supported by rapid archer fire galore). A troop carrying vessel could easily double as a good carrier for trading and the like.