[en] The Tavern at the Inn

[hawk_knight]

bartender a XXL Beer for me :cheers:


and a XXL Beer for nike :cheers:


@Nike, i have made the same mistake again :biggrin: :lol: :rofl:
I will do it right now :go:

[Xuca]

Give me a beer too. :cheers:

@Nike:shta shipka? Ne razumem

[Prince Eric of the Lorah Clan]

Here is your beer, hawk night, Nike and Xuca... :cheers:

[Dobber]

April 18 - Dobbers log

At last we are at sea! I need to talk to the ship's captain and find out how long the voyage will take to reach the Mediteranean and then on to the north African coast where I hope to find my old friend, Sakim. I summoned Commander Angryminer to have him talk to some of the veteran seamen and find out what we can expect on our voyage to Constantinople.

I am somewhat troubled in leaving, King Navatar has shown little inclination toward preparing to aid our Bulgarian allies. I am still not trusting of him. Once so many of our fighting men are gone, what is to keep him from opening the doors of Mircea wide and inviting the Normans to come right in and take over. But I have given my word to Sir Nike to come to his aid and a man's word is the worth of the man.

Soon, the envigorating smells of battle will once again fill my nose, very soon.

[Largefry07]

It's been too too long since I have been in this ol' traven. But now i have returned.

Drinks for everyone. :cheers:

[Dobber]

Have you returned to tell a story along with us or just to drink and listen?

[Nike]

10x for the beer, Eric! :cheers: And 10x for the beer, Hawk Knight! :cheers:

Give me a beer too. :cheers:

@Nike:shta shipka? Ne razumem

Tha Battle of Shipka Pass (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Shipka_Pass) is one of the most heroic and famous batles in the recent Bulgarian history. Many poems (like Ivan Vazov's "The Volunteers of Shipka" (BG) (http://www.cl.bas.bg/vlib/Ivan_Vazov/Shipka.htm) (EN) (http://www.slovo.bg/showwork.php3?AuID=283&WorkID=10654&Level=3) ), pictures (http://www.encyclopedia.bg/history/images/231.jpg) and songs tell of the bravery and determination of the Bulgarian volunteers, who started throwing everything they could find down at the invading enemy, when they ran out of ammo. And at the last moment the Russian reinforcements came and helped to hold the line. I took that part of the story from this battle. :cheers:

[Xuca]

Thanks for the history lession. But do you know how Shipka pass got it's name? ls it by it's shape? ln Serbian shipka - a rod,a metal stick.

[Richard]

Wait wait, What day is in the story, coz hawk knight is on may 2nd so I fallowed him and now dogger is on april 18 :scratch: I'm a little confuse.

Anyways a round of beer for everyone, But give me 2 :wink: :cheers: :cheers:

[Dobber]

Richard, We are telling each his own story, around a common theme or goal. It is as though we are reading from our journal, in my case my logbook. My next entry will likely be dated 2 or 3 weeks later.
It is each one's account of the event's surrounding them. Those that are in May already, just didn't have anything exciting happen on their march or just didn't desire to record any thoughts through the course of their journey.
I myself am trying to weave several plots into the story and hope that some will pick up on them and bring them into their story as well.

I feel it necessary to build background to my story. I think it makes it more interesting, but I could be wrong.

[Sakim]

Journal of Sakim - 30th of April

There are many that grow restless, they long for the taste of blood and the smell of sweat and fear. They are disenchanted with our leaders, and angry about the treaty with rulers of Byzantium. Here along the northern shores, we do not prosper from the treaty as those along the borders of Byzantium do! Many are looking to me for answers, if only I knew what to do. We are not enough to overthrow our brethren, though the discontent grows daily. I will pray to Allah and ask him what to do, He will send an answer!

[Richard]

Oh, I see, thanks for answering my question dogger.

Knight Richard's adventure.
Chap. 3 The first blood is spilled.

May 3rd, 1005
So, the morning came and with it a tranquil field filled with many birds and I remembered why I was here fighting( for fame and fortune), but this was to change quickly as we heard the horns and feets of 1,000's of men marching toward the battlefield and the horrors that were to fallow. Hawk knight had prepared a master plan with my help. I was to take command of his army and take it muscle to muscle versus our enemy horde, while he was to flank the right side of the enemy with his dragons and one of his commanders flanked the left with horsemen. So I took the troops and position them alone the field and we waited as the enemy aproached. It was magness as they were superior in numbers, almost 2 to one. The first blow came of our part when I order the archers to fire, and 100's of men fell liveless in the field. Then their archers fired and many of our men fell as well. The enemy charged, and you could see the ground shake as they shouted " YAHHHHH!!!" :knight: and runned against our lines. Then I gave the order and our men charged as well, and the air became filled with the smell of blood and death as the 2 lines clashed blindlesly:swordfigh. Many man fell in the first minute of fight in both sides, but we were loosing badly as they were superior in numbers, our only hope was the plan. I almost died, when a bysantiun pulled a spear right into the chest of my horse and I was sended flying into the hard ground. I stood almost counciusless for a moment, but quickly recovered and was fighting again. Then out of no where hawk knight appeared and flanked the right side with his fearsome dragons,it was amaizing what this creatures could do,the other lord attacked with the horsemen from the left.Our enemy broke some of their formations and it was just what we needed. I lead my men trough this hole and attacked from the rear. There was no dought we had won, for our enemy was now surrounded with no way of scape. They surrendered by sunset and now we hold many prisoners. Eventhough it was a great victory, it didnt felt right as many men won't be returning home to their wifes and children in both sides. I lost more than 1,000 of my men and many are wounded, hawk knight lost many more. Now I see something that I didnt saw before. I understood that not all wars are fought for fame and fortune, but for freedom and defending your homeland,when I saw the bravery this men fought and die with. They had a cause beon my and our enemy understanding, which is the cause we won this great battle. So now we camp near Deadmen's field :yawn: :sad: ( as we named the battlefield)where we buried the dead.We will continue our march tomorrow.

[Angryminer]

Angryminer's Tale
Chapter 6

We have boarded ships and are on route. I have never been to the sea so long. Once I was on a small ship on a lake for fishing, but now I am almost a week on the sea. I spend most of the time looking at the cost so I don't get sick...
As Sire Dobber told me I talked to the crews of the most ships. Two of the hired captains have been working for a trader before and already visited these seas. They both said that there was a war between the french and the portugese. We should be very carefull because both parties used privateers to support their war on the sea. It may happen that some of this privateers actually decide to attack us, so they warned me.
The weather isn't the best possible, in fact it is rainy, but the winds are mostly strong and we are travelling south fast. We will soon leave the save french waters...

Angryminer

[the knightly sword]

knightlys journal , 4th may 1005

Finally i have recuited a army of my own.many came not just from mercia but also highlander from scotland , recuiters from ireland , even from saxony. i couldint follow my brave friends to assault as the province of york needed an ruler who orginizes them after the war with the terribile normen. ive had a desk full of reports of battles with bysantium. but my deepest thought is about italy. they were supposed to attack sire dobber from sicily when he was recuitng men in the moorish lands .but they have been quite for a while i suspect they have made an secret peace treaty with byzantium and will attack as soon as our armies in byzantium are weaken. I left york to venture of and wage war against the duke of milano pierre tombale partizan.he is a great enemy to mercia and our allies.

[Dobber]

Wait a minute, Richard and Hawk-knight were in Bulgaria on May 3rd, how did they get back to mithdril by May 5th?

[the knightly sword]

ahhh sorry my mistake , its so confusing this story should be more orginized , could some on make a dictonery. it cant go on confusing like this it has to go on with one line and one goal.

p.s i removed the part about mithdril.

[Xuca]

Adventures of Xuca

2nd may

The morale of men is high, following recent victories over Byzantium. Everybody took good quality weapons and armor from the captured and killed Byzantins, so now we look like a Byzantin army! Just hope that our allies don't mix us with the enemy when they arrive. Byzantins are pressing again, but Nike's plan, if it works, will bring us another victory. l will send a messenger to my king to send reinforcements, as even if we win again, we still have too little men. the ships will be ready tomorrow and Nike has already gone behind enemy lines to organise a revolt. We will bring weapons to them, as there is three times more captured weapons than our soldiers!
But what if we meet more Byzantin ships when we sail off? Let's hope we won't...

[Nike]

What do you mean? Richard and Hawk Knight have never been in Bulgaria, I think. Hawk Knight couldn't leave, because he received news of enemy in his lands. And Richard heard of Xuca's victory while he was still travelling across Europe, so he decided to go help Hawk Knight.

And what exactly is so confusing TKS? I don't understand the part with the dictionary.

@Xuca: I don't know where the name comes from, but on Bulgarian "shipka" means "briar" (a form of bush), "hip" (it's fruit) or it could also mean "small hot pepper".

Oh, and welcome to our new bard in the Tavern - Sakim! Beer's on me! :cheers:

[Angryminer]

I guess what TKS wants is a chronologic order of the entries. That's what I meant with timewarp. I think the Story thread (http://forum.sunflowers.de/showthread.php?t=4095) will help TKS with the orientation. Great work, Hawk_Knight! :go:

Angryminer

[hawk_knight]

I guess what TKS wants is a chronologic order of the entries. That's what I meant with timewarp. I think the Story thread (http://forum.sunflowers.de/showthread.php?t=4095) will help TKS with the orientation. Great work, Hawk_Knight! :go:

Angryminer

thank you angryminer :go: :cheers:


bartender a XXL beer for me and a XXL beer for everyone :cheers: