Kassire, Pig & BJ Wilkins: Some history, current situation and marching.
You are courtiers under Duke Guillem, a childless man in his early fifties. Most of his rule was marked by (reasonably) just law, high taxes and rebuilding the land after the disastrous raid by Bølværk Hødersonne, an adventurous raider who own a large island just north west of the Duke's demesne. During the said raid many churches and cities were burnt down, and only the folk who ran to the Caerborg were safe. Currently, you are in his personal bodyguard squad, marching north with the rest sixteen hundred men army to the barony of Hexin with the goal of conquering it. Guillem has long had a feud with Baron Monhaude, a minor lord with a token force. You are almost there, ready to stom the puny walls of Mont-Sauvier.
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Kassire:
You are currently riding a horse, one of the few that the army posseses, accompanying Guillem with poetry and small talk about current court gossip. You realize yet again how poorly educated is the man, and how little knowledge of the outside world he has. Unfortunately, he found a liking to a certain Plavic song, "Masoor z Pragee", a tale of a warrior overcoming a cruel and mad king.
You have no idea a grown man could listen to the thing once, let alone pester somebody to sing it sixteen times in one day.
Elias Pig:
You are riding tight behind the Duke, following him for what feels like an eternity, when he suddenly turns around.
"Elias, could you and Bill scout ahead and have a look out for any people? This place seems awfully quiet...."
Well, at least now you got something to do other than feeling the awful stench of twenty horses and fifty men.
You rush forward on your horse and start looking around.
BJ Wilkins:
Man, did this trip make you thirsty. You are wearing a mail shirt under a heavy cuirass and oh boy, if you have toride for a fay longer, you will kill somebody.
Suddenly, some guy tells you to go to Duke Guillem. After a few brief minutes of picking up speed and getting around other cavalrymen, you get to see His Highness. He is talking to Elias Pig, but you realize you should listen too.
"Elias, could you and Bill scout ahead and have a look out for any people? This place seems awfully quiet...."
You quietly sigh, and start riding forward with your new friend.