1066 One late morning at Isle of Man
*Knock *Knock
"Um, sir?"*Knock *Knock
"Grwmlgoaway"
"But sir, there is a messenger""shatap! you are splinting my head appart whit yer whining!"
"Oh for Christ sake! Here, I will get him out for you."*Thunk "agh" *roll
"AjhJAahjaHJaahjJAA"
*Thud "Argh" *Thud "off" *Thud *Thud "aahh" *CRASHHH
"owwww, are ye trying ta kill me?"
"Nay, the package you ordered came, you ordered us to get you by any means when it came, this seemed the fasted way""I... but... Ach damn it! What package?"
"Last night! You where standing on the table drunk beyond recognition, declaring your intent to be married, don't you remember?"
"No I do... Wait! Married!?! Urgh, my head... Sigh, I guess Its about time I to get around to that. But why the package? Did I order a wife?"
"No sir, you sent a messenger to the, ahem, brotherhood of love, asking for a copy of their infamous list"
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LaterWaking up in the bottom of a beer barrel was a good way to wake up, Urist thought. Waking up with a splitting headache was not. Neither was getting out of said barrel by it being kicked down a set of stairs. But waking up to a fresh copy of 'Thine Bayeux Tapestry of Love' was great, there where many fine maidens to be had.
So all in all he was in a good mood. So good in fact, that he decided he might as well find wives for all the unmarried men in his court now that he was looking trough the list anyway.
After a morning of deliberation Urist decided upon a beautiful girl called Adelheid from one of the many German principalities. She was lowborn, many would ridicule him for taking such a base bride, but the tapestry was adamant that she was very bright and quite talented in many areas of statecraft. Besides, it also hinted that was quite...
lustful... and some other fun surprises. Who cares about the scorn of men when you got a beautiful vixen waiting in the bed at home?
He had the letter ready by midday.
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That evening"Yes, yes. I am well aware that I have no rights to the county of Argyll, that is what you are gonna fix."
"But sir...""NOW!"
"Giric! You know just as well as me that the this isle is considered a part of the duchy of Søreyar, just as Argyll is. Should the duke decide to enforce this before we are ready to strike we will need every man we have to even stand a chance. I want you to stay here and train our troops.
"As you command!"
"As for you Eirik, my dear Steward, you are gonna have the most important job of them all; getting me money.
"I... umh... I guess I could see if I can't sniff out some tax evaders, that might bring in some gold.""Excellent!"
"Oh and Brice? I am sending you to Galloway to see if you can't pick up some tips and ticks on how to improve our army, we are gonna need any edge we can get."
"Whasthat? Galloway? *Hic But the beer is here! Who are you get drunk with now?""How about I promise you the largest barrel of beer I can find if you go?"
"Aight!"
"I guess everyone have their orders, so consider this meeting over. Now lets go grab a beer before you all leave!"
"Ahem""Hmm? What? Oh, Edgar! Orders? Why don't go do, um, priest stuff? Priesting? No? Err... Ah! I got it! How about you go figure out why I am so great. I mean what makes us so great. I mean Isle of Man. Find some local stories, that kind of stuff?"
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A few days later A messenger arrived from the king of Scotland asking for Urists approval for in instituting a various laws that would see the kings authority increased. While Urist was pleased by the thoughtfulness of remembering him and going to the trouble of sending a messenger, he choose not to respond; a more powerful neighbor sent chills down his spine.
Only a little while later another messenger arrived. The marriage had been accepted, in fact everything was signed and ratified. The father would be arriving soon with Urist bride to be, although he was quite insistent that no one was to see the bride before ceremony, ostensibly to protect her honor. Urist was quite exited anyway.
So I had been quite busy the last few days but now I should have time to play. Expect more updates soon! Anyway, I had fun playing around and mixing different writing styles. I might have gotten a little overboard with the fluff, had more pictures ready, but it got quite late, I probably won't write that much in most updates. I think I will be done with my turn this week.
As for how this is going to work, well, this is in part an experiment. First time so we are gonna work out the kinks. I would prefer if people would play until they died and that player change only happened upon the death of the character. It works much better story wise and can explain different playing/writing style/perspective/etc.
I can facilitate having a second list or something indicating who would prefer long or short turn and we can shuffle things around somewhat when the time to pass the save along comes. For example, the turn after mine is likely gonna be long, as my character is relatively old so the next character is like to start very young. The general list have priority but if jakeread1 would like a shorter turn he can let Jarod Cain have this one and he would take the next. In other words, the person at the top of the list who haven't had a turn will always be first.
I don't mind if someone take a second character if their original dies within short time of them starting their round and they are eager to contribute. While its generally advised against I can accept a little bit of savescumming to ensure a characters longevity. Also, if someone have to cut their turn short I think killing him of whit a console command would be best"
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