[en] The Tavern at the Inn

[Xuca]

Funny how I ended up in history, smashing Byzantin armys :biggrin:

But:
...And although a peace treaty was concluded, strenghtened with the marriage of Samuil's son, Gavril Radomir, and Stephan Prvovenchani's daughter, Margareta, relations remained bad...
Stefan Prvovencani was the first king of Serbia, ruled 1196-1227, and Prvovencani means first crowned. It seems you mixed him with King Stephen the Great. But the rest looks good :go:

[Traveller]

Ah, sorry for that! I'll fix it right away! And I was wondering why would a Magyar use a Slavic "nickname"... :scratch:

[Mircoslavux]

Ah, sorry for that! I'll fix it right away! And I was wondering why would a Magyar use a Slavic "nickname"... :scratch:

If you ment: King Stephan I (Saint)of Hungary was originaly Slovakian - name Vajko :biggrin:

[Traveller]

Yes, I meant this Stephen I of Hungary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_I_of_Hungary), son of Geza and Sarolt! The first king of Hungary (so he's prvovencan in some way, too :wink: )...

Btw Xuca, isn't your Stephan Prvovencani also known as Stephan Dushan or they're different persons? If it's the latter, then I'll have to go back some years in school to learn more Balkan history, because it would be my second mistake here about Serbia! :lol:

[Xuca]

Sefan Prvovencani and Stefan Dusan are two different persons. Stefan Prvovencani (http://www.suc.org/culture/history/Serb_History/Rulers/Stefan_Prvovencani.html) was the first Serbian King, and Stefan Dusan (Stefan Uros IV Dusan Silni) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Dusan) was the first(and only real) Serbian Tsar.

So, it's back to school for you :lol: :wink:

[Traveller]

Argh! Now I should really buy that history textbook for 12th grade! No, wait, that's only after the Liberation wars! Wow! I should get back with at least two-three years or more! Better just read some history books, I guess... :cheers:

[Traveller]

Hey, come on! Write something too or I'll write something even longer, which will make your eyes red until you read it! :wink:

[Angryminer]

Today I'm not in the mood for writing something, but I just had a different idea about what to write after the end of the war against the byzantine.
Let's call it a "multiplayer AAR". The name derives from two aspects:
Several people are acting in it. So it's multiplayer. The people write mostly roleplay-fitting texts, so it's like an AAR.
Take an example... 5 players play on the british isle of 1000 a.d. I play the Earl of Wales, Dobber might play the Earl of East England, and so every nation on the british mainland get's it's ruler. One of the players or a different person acts as the gamemaster. He takes pictures of a game in KoH and we start take our moves just as we would in KoH.
For example, my first turn could be
"The Earl of Wales has 1000 gold and invests 200 gold in a Grainary! Because Wales has 5 workers available it will be finished in 20 days (100 work-units needed, devided by 5, 20 turns) and after that an Inn will be built. It will take additional 40 days."
When everyone has also written his moves for 60 or more days the gamemaster takes new pictures with new stats for the provinces (for example, Wales will have 7 workers available, because of the new inn). The interesting thing is that we can team up upon each other and start diplomatic sessions. Everything is allowed. Battles will be fought in the KoH-multiplayer as possible, using the Tower-mode, because it will let us buy the troops we can recruit (the towers can be ignored). If the battle isn't possible, the gamemaster decides who wins.
The goal is, of course, absolute domination over the game-map :wink: .

Interested?

Angryminer

[Traveller]

Uhm... Could you say that again? I'm a little slow with understanding such complicated things... :wink:

[Traveller]

Hey, you really are very lazy bards! Ok, I know it's still summer, but you could at least post some small logs, just to keep the fire burning...

[Kuno of Gersenau]

Kuno's log - June 29th

Damned where am I? And where are all the others? About half an hour ago I woke up in a unknown room. It seems that I'm in a castle or in a palace. I didn't go outside yet, but this will be my next step.
I feel a bit sick, and weak, like I didn't eat for a long time...i remembered that I woke up once and had fever, or did I onl dream it?
I'll leave now the room...maybe I will find somebody I know...

I'll write more later, this here is just to keep Traveller happy...:p

[Richard]

Knight Richard's adventure
Chap. 22: How can this have happened!.

June 29,1005
Our march was going extreamly well and we were moving at a good pase but things have got out o hand. The Tzar of Bulgaria, Tzar samuil has stoped our march. He says he can't let such an army go pass Ohrid without proof that we are in fact allies! Apparently he fears we are allies of the Romans, but how ????? East Aglia has a standing alliance with Serbia, Bulgaria and the other kingdoms figthing the roman empire. Luckly this "Tzar" isn't a mindless barbarian and has agreed that we can send a massage to the forces in Andrinople with a bulgarian massanger. In the meantime we can stay here in Ohrid, but still this is a mayor set back. We will be delayed for who knows how much time. Sir Dobber was mad that this had happened, but he can't do anything. All we can do now is wait for one of the commanders in andrynople to come. Dobber said that Traveler, a man that used to be a servant to Sir Nike(another great hero from the mercia campain that died in battle some months ago) and that now has become a Noble to the Bulgarian court will probably come. Hopefully he won't be deleayed for long.

Traveller, tsk died in an ambush during our march to aid Xuca.
And Hurry lol I want to get to constantinople were something will happen. :wink:

[Traveller]

Yaay, thanks! :cheers:

But, Richard, could I ask you to change something a little bit? I was planning yesterday night another chapter, but I need you to postpone your arrival with a few days. And you'll meet me not in Adrianople, but in Ohrid... Wait, I'll write the log and then we'll see how we could fit them together!

Traveller's Log - The Month of Izok (June) 30th
An unexpected delay

Today we were expecting our final reinforcements to reach us, but, surprisingly, people from Ohrid came by instead - a bagain (lower noble) and the khavkhan himself (commander of all the armies). The bagain gave me a letter:

"Great voevod,
urgent needs make it necessary for you to come back to Ohrid. I'm sending the kingdom's khavkhan to replace you in command of the Bulgarian troops in Adrianople and my personal bagain to deliver you further information.

Samuil,
to Christ the Lord devoted tsar and autocrat of all Bulgarians"


The bagain did told me that a large army had crossed our borders almost three days ago, but without warning the authorities. Due to that, we have diverted it and they had agreed to stop in the vicinity between Sredec and Skopie, while their leaders coming to Ohrid. It seems one of them has been recognized by the palace guards - a bald man, probably Dobber. Xuca was also there, bearing the news of the death of the previous Serbian king and husband to Samuil's daughter and those of his own coronation. And there was also another royal person there - the king of Mithdrill, Hawk Knight. The other commander is Richard from Anglia. All of them had been taken good care. Most of those people were speaking unknown languages, but they managed to communicate on the language of the Western Romeans. They had said that they're the distant reinforcements, coming to our aid, but they could not give a real proof for that and the tsar couldn't let such a large army enter the kingdom's heart, without clearing its intentions. Also considering that they might be who they're pretending to be, the tsar ordered to gather additional food supplies for them, although they were bringing some of their own. In any cases, be they friends or foes, reinforcements or Romean spies, they would have to spend some time in Ohrid. But in order to fully lift the doubt, I would have to ride to Ohrid and acknowledge or deny my familiarity with them. Khavkhan Ivac would take my place in the command of the Adrianople garrison, while I'm gone.
Hmm... I had forgotten that we would need somebody to acknowledge the friendly intentions of the great army - Samuil hasn't seen anyone of those, except Dobber for a short while and maybe Xuca. But they could also easily be enemy agents, coming to aid the Romeans, not us. Or at least, that's what the authorities might think. Alright then, I'll leave towards Ohrid together with the bagain and meet them there. We should be there till the end of tomorrow if we ride fast enough.
But there's another strange thing - we had no news of Sakim. If he rode to meet Dobber, then he should've been together with the others in Ohrid, but he wasn't. I guess my suspicions might be right - he fled with his men. But why? There's nothing to be afraid of now, when such a big army has came to our help...


So Richard could you postpone it with, let's say, a week? We would have to give some time to the poor Byzantines to prepare for the defense of Constantinople or an attack on Adrianople!

Shew, damn! I was wondering if TKS's alive or not, but I forgot to do some checks... Sorry for that!

[Dobber]

One problem Traveller, that must have been The Knightly Sword's ghost, for we put him in the ground after his death.

Did you miss that segment or just forget?

[Traveller]

Maybe both... :rolleyes:

[hawk_knight]

Hawks_knight log 29th of june


Our march to adrianople was going as planned. When suddenly it was stopped by The Tzar of Bulgaria, Tzar samuil. We heard from him that he could not let us march through the heart of there lands with out prove that we are not there enemies. so he decided to let Traveller from adrianople come to say that we are the reinforcements and that we are allies.

I told my men to make camp for tonight and to get some rest while they can.
i said to sir richard, Xuca and dobber that we should do the same and rest until Traveller has come.



I'm back i had some busy weeks :cheers:


:cheers: :cheers: :cheers: Bartender a round of XXLL BEER FOR EVERYONE :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

[Sakim]

Journal of Sakim - June 30th

I have continued my travels northwest, shortly after leaving Adrianople we spooted a small group of riders darting into cover along the trail bhind us. Seems someone wisely mistrusts me. Well I will change my plans, if they are watching to see where I go, I will lead them to Comrade Dobber if I can find him, surely a force of 160,000 will not be hard to find.

We have seen a huge force on the horizon, we will approach them as friends, after all Comrade Dobber is still my friend and the other's know me not at all, so I am just a friend sent out to find the force.

*Will edit and add to if Dobber will grant me audience and engage in some joint dialect while we are both online!**Oh shoot he left while I was posting! I will stay on for a while and if you return Dobber, let's start a dialogue in the story!*

[Dobber]

June 30 - Dobber's Log


Curses, curses ,curses! Another delay! All the time we spend in camp depletes supplies we could have available during the seige. The men lust for battle! I long to see my friends. I have made new friends and have gained honor and respect from the Commanders I now travel with, and have 35,000 men under my command, but I want to be with the men I crossed the seas with.

What is that you say? A party of men riding this way! It is to soon to be Traveller, who could it be? Outside my tent I could see them in the distance, no efforts to hide their advance, so they must be friendly. Best to be watchful though. I made my way to the other Commanders and we awaited the arrival of this band of riders.

*Sakim, I would be happy to enter into a dialogue with you, but I think it would be a better read if we dialogued via messenger and one of us posted the dialogue!*

[Prince Eric of the Lorah Clan]

:cheers: :cheers: :cheers: Bartender a round of XXLL BEER FOR EVERYONE :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

The beer is served!:cheers:

[Dobber]

June 30 - Dobber's Log

Later in the day.

A messenger form the camp guards brought news to the other Commanders and myself that the band of riders was outside the camp, they are of Arabian descent and the leader was asking of me. Messengers from Sakim perhaps, has there been some sort of trouble? We sent a detachment of men to escort the group to us.

What a surprise, it is Sakim himself! After introducing Sakim to my fellow Commanders, Sakim turned to me:

"Comrade Dobber, I request an audience with you alone, there are some matters I must discuss with you in private!"

"Why of course Sakim, if my comrades do not object!"

After receiving approval from everyone, Sakim and I retired to my tent.

"Why the secrecy? What is of such great importance, Sakim?"

"Comrade Dobber I have some very disturbing news, but before I impart this news to you I am asking as a friend for 24 hours confidence from you!"

"Sakim, you worry me, I know not what to say!"

"What I am about to ask of you requires your silence for 24 hours, after that length of time do with it as you seem fit. We have had each others trust for some time now, I would not be here now if I felt that trust was gone."

"Sakim, you are my brother, we formed that bond when we were slaves together on that ship years ago, we escaped the tyranny of those who shaghaied us because we trusted each other as brothers would. I admit, I am somewhat disturbed and perplexed by this request, I do not understand why you have to ask such a question, that is what worries me. The kind of friendship I alsways felt we had does not require such assurances."

"Comrade, it is just, so much has happened since you left us to ride north. There are those at Adrianople that are beginning to show an indifference to me. I guess that caused me to doubt, I momentarily forgot your sense of loyalty and honor. Forgive me."

"Okay Sakim, you have my word, tell me what troubles you so."

"Comrade, I ask that you not join up with the forces in Adrianople, I ask that you resign your Command and return to Mercia as a favor to me!"

"What?? I cannot do that, you know I can't, you just answered that yourelf with your comment about my sense of loyalty and honor! I cannot believe this, what is it Sakim? You know I have never turned my back on my friends and I cannot a nd will not now. You are not the only friend I have in this! What is your motive?"

"Comrade, I do not want to face a friend on the battlefield. That is the reason for my request. I have a greater loyalty than you, I hope you can understand. My Caliph awaits my arrival in Constantinople! He is supporting the Byzantines and I am to help Command his forces there. I never meant to hurt you in anyway, Dobber. I had hoped I could persuade you to abandon the cause so we would not have to face each other on the battlefield."

"Sakim, Why?"

"You have your place of honor among your people, I also have my place of honor among mine."

"You have betrayed me, Sakim. You have abused my trust! I should have you bound and executed! Be glad I am a Knight of Honor, that when I give my word to somebody I do not dishonor myself by breaking it! I do not betray a trust! And in that I am the better man, you have your 24 hours, you are to leave camp immediately! When we next meet, it will be on the battlefield! When we cross swords you will feel my disdain for traitors! You shall know my wrath!"

"I will be there, it won't be hard to find me! We shall see who is the better man!"

"Be gone!"

With that, Sakim left the tent and rode from the camp with his men. I must control the anger within me and regain my composure before returning to meet with the other Commanders. The enemy will definitely know our strength, they probably do already, I am sure Sakim would not have left our allies before gleaning that information and I am sure it has already been dispatched to the garrison at Constantinople. But we do now know that the enemy knows our strength and we can prepare with that in mind. Sakim tipped the hat to us for we now have some idea of the preparations they will make and expect a stronger defense.


*Okay, next! And where is my beer, my throat is dry after that!*