OOC:
Elbrethians aren't necessarily prevented from throwing their lot in with the Weylanders. As a Marquess, it's well within your rights to do that sort of thing so long as it doesn't undermine the Kingdom or anything. The only potential issues I can see is that the Highlands are Northwest of Elbreth and you are south of Elbreth, and Kain probably doesn't know that there is a brutal war for control of the highlands taking place.
Speaking of the rights of nobles, I'll probably write up something for Elbrethian nobles soon enough. It's a fairly simple thingamajog
In The Castle ~4 Days after Kaguro's Trial, ~6 Days after Sir Taric's Demon-slaying, Day of the War Meeting...
(Silas 4) Barte's eyes widen as you offer to help. After a moment, the look of surprise turns to a look of confusion. "Lad, yer a criminal. Don't seem t' be a violent one, bu' a criminal all th' same. Yer better off stayin' down 'ere, lest someone think yer tryin' t' break out..." He pauses a moment, listens to the thundering footsteps of a running regiment a floor above him, and then amends his statement: "'cuz yeh are tryin' t' break out."
A moment later, the sound of someone shouting "The Stables! They're in the stables!" can be heard. Berte's eyes widen as he looks up at the ceiling and curses. "Ah don't 'ave any weapons 'ere lad, save for me dagger. Y'can use tha' club there, ah hope?"
(Trubaldsome 2) Waery kicks in the door to the stables and carries in his wailing master. One of the stable hands, a young boy of perhaps no more than fourteen years of age, draws himself up before Waery, a riding crop in hand and fear in his eyes. A snarl from the man-servant sends the boy running, shouting their location to all the world just as the stable-master barrels out from one of the stalls, knocking Prince and Servant to the ground. (Taric 1) About a story above, still in the main castle, Sir Taric turns to lead his forces out in chase of the wayward Mirish Prince, only to find that his own men have been intercepted by Commander Leif's regiment. Those not injured in the initial fighting with Trubaldsome's men are forced to lay down their arms and surrender or be slain. The commander himself, a former veteran of the Eelspine campaign, draws his blade level with the Knight's. "Drop your sword, sir!"
(Lord Trubaldsome 1) Luckily, for Sir Taric at least, Trubaldsome's regiment has been intercepted and caught off guard by Commander Leif's regiment as well, and thus has met a similar fate.
(Trubaldsome/Waery 5) Waery kicks the stable-master in the groin before knocking him aside with a punishing blow to the head. Gathering up Trubaldsome, he puts the Prince upon his horse and the two prepare to make their escape. (Trubaldsome 6) Trubaldsome grabs up a lantern and tosses it back as they exit the stables. The stables burst into flames, however drapes billowing from the windows of Trubaldsome's quarters light aflame as well and soon the entire room, and parts of the hall, are burning. (Trubaldsome 1) The horse is spooked by the sudden inferno and rears back, tossing both Waery and Trubaldsome to the ground just as a second royal regiment catches sight of them.
After Several Meetings (A Few Days Before The Above Fiasco)...
(Mahtan 5) You deconstruct and reconstruct the ballista several times over, until finally you're able to devise a version that requires less parts and thus takes less time to construct and is easier to travel. They're still pretty big though.
An Indeterminate Time...
(Locanil 2-1) You don't make any progress teaching today, and it feels as if you're treading water. With the current class size, many of the students get distracted and it feels almost as if they're somehow forgetting the things they've already learned.
The Steward informs you that the trade caravan likely will not leave until the situation within the Kingdom (and the situation with Preston and Miring) is less chaotic.
Elsewhere in the World...
In the Southern Eelspine Range...
(Zimtar Raiders 5) Your men utilize several of the less-lethal traps found in the hunting lodge to set up a crude trap. They then drop some of your food stores near the traps. Several days later, one of them reports back: You have successfully captured the bears! Nobody really knows how to go about training a bear though. (3) Your men utilize the digging tools, and eventually come across some copper deposits.
In an Unknown Region...
(Sir Jormund 1) You begin to wander towards the North-west, but you soon lose track of your bearings. Eventually it gets to the point where you're not even sure if the sun is rising or setting, preventing you from telling east from west and north from south. (5) You do come across the site of a recent bloody battle. Vultures pick at piles of dead, and several of the soldier's shields are covered in a blackened leather adorned with dried blood in the shape of a wolf's head. In the distance, you can see what looks like a patrol.
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Topic: You are King! (Spring 315a) (Read 188598 times)