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[ulsterwarrior]

Well then. I guess I'll have to stay on your good side.

[King Solterra]

Heyitsjiwon said
Done, and waiting for approval.Edit:Wow, that Fish house is pretty damn big. Could be a player in its own right.

I know, I had to expand my territory. I don't like expanding territory. The more you have the more others want it.

[King Solterra]

P.S. - My men were made for a defensive siege. But because of the Fishers, shit my offensive sieges/besieges are ones not to fuck with. I could legit take control of someones territory on the first post. WITHOUT using my men. Byebye enemy walls. But no, You guys be happy I'm not an aggressive leader.

[Heyitsjiwon]

Hmm, kind of wish I could see my vassals before making my military.

[Sadko]

From what I calculated in my head, from all the fiefs I tax 57700, from my two towns I tax 42000, I get 99700 in annual tax. And I get to spend it on my military. OHOHOHOHOHOH.

[So Boerd]

I just need the number of vassals so I can make an army divisible by the least common factor.

[Flooby Badoop]

So Boerd said
I just need the of vassals so I can make an army divisible by the least common factor.

I can answer that right now; 3. Number of vassals and wealth of fiefs are the only things not randomly decided. Otherwise, personalities, looks, points per vassal, the whole shabang is random. Except their description details, obviously. I write those.

I believe someone asked in here if fertility pertained to fishing and such. It does. Fertility is meant to be general descriptor for how much food a province can provide. House Fisher's land is rocky and shitty, but their two Fair fiefs are next to bays with a lot of fish, so they feed themselves that way.

@ Cale: Your math looks good to me, but I'm mighty tired, so I'll have to check again tomorrow. As for your territory, I can't guarantee you'll get all that land. At the end of the day, I need to make the map fit everyone. But if there's enough room for your land by the time everyone's done, I see no problems with it.

Also, Fortunes is setting up a deal to buy his crops, which we discussed in PM some time ago, if I'm remembering right.

I don't trust myself to get much done tonight, so 'till tomorrow morning/afternoon. I technically have House Cole's vassals done, in that I have all their fiefs, but their Lords details need to be rolled for, receipts and military done, etc.

@ Sadko: I look forward to seeing your army. Do not disappoint Lord Flooby. . .

@ Ulster: After I'm done with Fortunes vassals, I'll be looking over your sheet. Then it's on to Jiwons, then So Boerd's, then Nex's.

[Outcast]

Kingdom of Kaldur

Bane of our Enemies
Name of Lord or Lady: Lord Torak Harvestar.

Fiefs:
Kaldur
-Fair
-Some Resources
-Advanced Infrastructure
-Great Manor
-Great Wall

Icemark
-Fair
-Some Resources
-Advanced Infrastructure
-Stone Manor
-Stone Wall

North Ridge
-Fair
-Some Resources
-Advanced Infrastructure
-Stone Manor
-Stone Wall

Westwatch
-Fair
-Some Resources
-Advanced Infrastructure
-Stone Manor
-Stone Wall

Deep Lake
-Infertile
-Some Resources
-Improved Infastructure
-Fortified Manor
-Wooden Wall

Goliath
-Infertile
-Sparse Resources
-Basic Infrastructure
-Wooden Manor
-Wooden Palisade

Hallasholm
-Infertile
-Sparse Resources
-Basic Infrastructure
-Wooden Manor
-Wooden Palisade

Wolf Hold
-Infertile
-Sparse Resources
-Basic Infrastructure
-Wooden Manor
-Wooden Palisade

Torches Hill
-Infertile
-Sparse Resources
-Basic Infrastructure
-Wooden Manor
-Wooden Palisade

Towns:
Giant's Bane
Wealth: Fair
Population: 10,000
Fief: Icemark

Military:
Heavy Horsemen: 1500
-Mail
-Spear
-Sabre
-Horse
Arming cost: 75,000
Upkeep: 16,500

Heavy Spearmen: 1500
-Mail
-Spear
-Javelin
Arming cost: 30,000
Upkeep: 10,500

Swordsmen: 1000
-Mail
-Longsword
Arming cost: 25,000
Upkeep: 6,000

Longbowmen: 1000
-Leather
-Longbow
-Short Sword
Arming cost: 25,000
Upkeep: 7,000

Mounted Hunters: 100
-Leather Armour
-Longbow
-Spear
-Horse
Arming cost: 4,000
Upkeep: 1,100

Siege: 1320 men
-Ladders: 100
-Battering Rams: 4
-Ballista: 70
-Trebuchets: 100
Arming cost: 5,910
Upkeep: 1,506

Total forces: 5100 men, 1600 mounted (not including siege)
Total arming cost: 164,910b
Total upkeep/pay: 42,606b
Levies currently raised: None.

Royal Court:
Family
-Lord Torak Harvestar (aged 37).
-Lady Rose Harvestar (adult wife, aged 37).
-Thorn Harvestar (young son and heir, aged 18).
-Rowan Harvestar (adolescent son, aged 15).
-Renn Harvestar (adolescent daughter, aged 15).
-Bale Harvestar (child son, aged 9).

Courtiers
-Detlan Nanuak (adolescent courtier, aged 16).

Optional Concerns:
Original Receipts:
Total Population: 99,000
Population Living in Towns: 10,000
Crops Produced per Annum: 446,200
Surplus Crops per Annum: 50,200
Total Growth Bonus: 6.0%
Income per Annum: 191,500
Current Treasury: 191,500
House History House Harvestar is an ancient house, and has ruled the Kingdom of Kaldur since it was first settled. The land is a harsh place, covered in thick snow and ice in the colder months. However, it is also rich in resources, and the people are prosperous. The most serious problem face by the people of Kaldur is that of the Giants - incursions into Harvestar lands happen constantly, and although most are simple raiding parties that are easily repulsed, occasionally a more organised threat appears. One of these incursions, as a brighter-than-usual Giant chieftan attempted to carve out a kingdom for himself, was thrown back in a fierce battle by Lord Torak's grandfather Lord Sefton. The battle was won, but cost Sefton his life. Sefton's son Thiazzi was Lord for many decades, but passed away after eating bad meat, leaving Torak Lord at the age of 24. The legacy of the Giant incursions still stands - many of the castles in the land are built very sturdily, particularly the capital in Kaldur Fief. The town of Giant's Bane stands near the sight of the battle between Sefton and the Giant King.

[The Nexerus]

Just to clarify, we can't start the game with baileys, military baileys, messenger posts or watchtowers?

[Flooby Badoop]

Nope, cannot.

[King Solterra]

Flooby, then the Fishers have too many fiefs. I don't want it to where people walked about 5 minutes and ended up at another fief, that is extremely unrealistic.

[Flooby Badoop]

Cale Tucker said
Flooby, then the Fishers have too many fiefs. I don't want it to where people walked about 5 minutes and ended up at another fief, that is extremely unrealistic.

They have 67 points, do they not? As the Stouffers and Vealcooks combined have 33, then the Fishers are able to have that many fiefs. I don't see what you mean when you say that last part, since travel times dictate that it would take 18 hours to cross a fief with advanced infrastructure, 24 with improved, and 48 with basic, plus any additional time created by the number of troops travelling. Certainly not 5 minutes.

EDIT: Would anyone be interested in reading a longer history of Lundland, from during the years when all the lords were seperate, to present day? I could try and incorporate everyone's histories into it as well.

[Flooby Badoop]

Vassals of House Cole

[ The crest of House Aldran: the Overlord's crown over House Trisch's old colours. It is meant to symbolize their past as House Trisch's royal guard. Their motto is 'Duty Before All Else.' ]

Lord Crispin Aldran II is the Lord of Aldranland, Strongmist, Ambershore, Rubybay, Glittersky, and Fronquill. He is age 67, average of height and weight, gray of hair, with a thick beard, and brown of eye. He is married to Lady Katrine Aldran, age 67, born to a royal guardsman. He has three sons [ Balthazar, age 30, Arthur, age 27, and John, age 25. ] and three daughters [ Adelaide, age 49, Rita, age 47, and Katerjine, age 45 ]. He has no living siblings, though his nieces and nephews occasionally come out from the woodwork.

House Aldran was born when late Lord Crispin himself was offered the fief in the newly settled western lands over a century ago, in gratitude of saving the then-Overlord's life of Phillip II, shortly after his older brother had been assassinated. Ten years afterwards, vassalage was exchanged from being directly to the Overlord, to your House as part of an agreement made by your father.

The once frontier-land has since grown into a bustling hive of activity, with the great Aldranport at as its crown jewel. Lord Crispin is still fiercely devoted to the Overlord, and though he respects you, he places his loyalty to the House that gave him his nobility before the House he happened to come serving through a suspected Faustian contract. Otherwise, he is a man of just nature and wise judgement, with only his wife being equal concerning effective administration of their fief.

His sons take after him in most ways, save his two youngest, who act little better than hedge knights, competing in tourneys all across Lundland, indulging in earthly pleasures, despite both being married. The eldest son is far more austere, and some would perhaps say uptight.

Their eldest daughter is a boorish and jolly lady, married to Lord Westfield, the vassal of the Attolian king. The other two daughters are married into houses of lesser import.

Fiefs

Aldranland

Fair [ 8,000 people ( 15,000 from fief, 3,000 from infrastructure, -10,000 from town ), 4.6 crops per person, +.7% growth )

Some Resources

Advanced Infrastructure

Stone Manor

Stone Wall

Holds the town of Aldranport: 10,000 pop., Fair Wealth

Strongmist

Fair [18,000 people (15,000 from fief, 3,000 from infrastructure), 4.6 crops per person, +.7% growth ]

Resourceless

Advanced Infrastructure [ +3,000 starting pop., +1,500 bullis, +600 crops, +.2% growth ]

Wooden Manor

Wooden Walls

Ambershore

Fair [18,000 people (15,000 from fief, 3,000 from infrastructure), 4.6 crops per person, +.7% growth ]

Resourceless

Advanced Infrastructure [ +3,000 starting pop., +1,500 bullis, +600 crops, +.2% growth ]

Wooden Manor

Wooden Walls

Rubybay

Fair [18,000 people (15,000 from fief, 3,000 from infrastructure), 4.6 crops per person, +.7% growth ]

Resourceless

Advanced Infrastructure [ +3,000 starting pop., +1,500 bullis, +600 crops, +.2% growth ]

Wooden Manor

Wooden Walls

Glittersky

Fair [18,000 people (15,000 from fief, 3,000 from infrastructure), 4.6 crops per person, +.7% growth ]

Resourceless

Advanced Infrastructure [ +3,000 starting pop., +1,500 bullis, +600 crops, +.2% growth ]

Wooden Manor

Wooden Walls

Fronquill

Fair [18,000 people (15,000 from fief, 3,000 from infrastructure), 4.6 crops per person, +.7% growth ]

Resourceless

Advanced Infrastructure [ +3,000 starting pop., +1,500 bullis, +600 crops, +.2% growth ]

Wooden Manor

Wooden Walls

Military

500 Knights [ Plate Armour, Lance, Longsword, Horse, Horse Armour ]

1,000 Pikemen [ Leather Armour, Pike ]

1,000 Swordsmen [ Mail Armour, Longsword ]

1,400 Crossbowmen [ Leather Armour, Crossbow, Shortsword ]

76 Ballista

20 War Galleys

30 Great Galleys

40 Great Longboats

100 Longboats

250 Fishing Boats

Lordship Receipt

Total Population: 108,000 [ 8,000 from Aldranland, 10,000 from Aldranport, 18,000 from Strongmist, 18,000 from Ambershore, 18,000 from Rubybay, 18,000 from Glittersky, 18,000 from Fronquill ]

Population Living in Towns: 10,000 [ Aldranport ]

Crops Produced per Annum: 454,400

Total Growth Bonus: 5.4%

Income per Annum: 154,000 [ 98,000 from taxation, 40,000 from town taxation, 7,000 from resources, 9,000 from infrastructure ]

Current Treasury: 154,000



[ The crest of House Hastings; four yellow buellts over a black field. It is meant to symbolize their piety and devotion to their friends. Their motto is ‘Our Word is Our Bond.’ ]

Lord Cynefern Hastings is the lord of Honeybough, and Goldengrove. He is age 45, tall of height and average of weight, gray-brown of hair and brown of eye. He is married to Lady Lucia, age 39, the daughter of an Ordained knight. He has three sons [ Luccio, age 21, Florence, age 19, Zephyr, age 15 ] and one daughter [ Maria, age 23 ]. He has one sister [ Cunygyde, age 47 ], who has two sons [ Aedan, age 31, Bruce, age 26 ].

House Hastings was a late arrival during the settlement of the fertile westernlands. Abandoning their ancestral home, the family of landed knights headed west when granted a county of idyllic woodland. Though settling the land was difficult at first, the land and its fauna were soon tamed, and ever since, their lands have lived in prosperous peace.

The lands of House Hastings are perhaps best known for producing exquisite honey, juicy berries, and very sweet, creamy-flavoured wine, which are sought even among foreign lords for their unique taste.

Lord Cynefern himself was quite a handsome and gallant man in his youth, and won the heart of an Ordained beauty after unseating her father in a tourney.

But the nagging of aging bones and a wife have caused him to start putting his glory days of tourneys and battles behind him. He still takes an active role in administering his lands, but is beginning to give his eldest son, Luccio, a firsthand education. The boy is very reluctant to this, however; armed with the rugged muscle of a Lundlander, and graced with the lethe beauty of a southern Ordained, he can’t seem to help but charm every woman he meets, and these passions often distract him from learning.

Florence and Zephyr could not hate Luccio more. They were not as lucky in the gene department, but what they lack in looks and muscle, they make up for in cleverness. Lately, they seem to be conversing with each other in private quite often. Cynefern is no fool, and is keeping an eye out for his oblivious Luccio.

Fiefs

Honeybough

Fair [ 18,000 ( 15,000 from fief, 3,000 from infrastructure), 4.6 crops per person, +.7% growth ]

Some Resources [ +7,000 bullis ]

Advanced Infrastructure [ +3,000 starting pop., +1,500 bullis, +600 crops, +.2% growth ]

Great Manor

Stone Walls

Goldengrove

Fair [ 18,000 ( 15,000 from fief, 3,000 from infrastructure), 4.6 crops per person, +.7% growth ]

Some Resources [ +7,000 bullis ]

Advanced Infrastructure [ +3,000 starting pop., +1,500 bullis, +600 crops, +.2% growth ]

Fortified Manor

Wooden Walls

Military

2,050 Spearmen [ Leather Armour, Spear ]

500 Longbowmen [ Leather Armour, Longbow, Shortsword ]

500 Horsemen [ Leather Armour, Spear, Shortsword, Horse ]

Lordship Receipts

Total Population: 36,000 [ 15,000 from Honeybough, 15,000 from Goldengrove, 6,000 from Infrastructure ]

Population Living in Towns: 0

Crops Produced per Annum: 166,800 [ 36,000 * 4.6, +1,200 from infrastructure ]

Total Growth Bonus: 1.8%

Income per Annum: [ 36,000 from taxation, 14,000 from resources, 3,000 from Infrastructure ]

Current Treasury: 53,000

[Sadko]

Fortunes is very lucky with his vassals, unlike my previous ones, yes, Flooby, the hunchbacked old man who ran into woods naked on all fours howling and doing vicious, stupid shit. That one.

[Ashgan]

Flooby Badoop said
EDIT: Would anyone be interested in reading a longer history of Lundland, from during the years when all the lords were seperate, to present day? I could try and incorporate everyone's histories into it as well.

Once every sheet is up, that sounds fantastic, yes.

[King Solterra]

Flooby Badoop said
They have 67 points, do they not? As the Stouffers and Vealcooks combined have 33, then the Fishers are able to have that many fiefs. I don't see what you mean when you say that last part, since travel times dictate that it would take 18 hours to cross a fief with advanced infrastructure, 24 with improved, and 48 with basic, plus any additional time created by the number of troops travelling. Certainly not 5 minutes.

If I had the original size of my territory, each individual Fief would be so clustered together it would be unrealistic. Most castles can't be seen by another castle. An individual castle itself is supposed to be the fortress that protects land on an almost endless scale. And that doesn't mean there's another castle on the end of the first castles protection. There is even more land between that castles protected land and another castle.

Flooby Badoop said
EDIT: Would anyone be interested in reading a longer history of Lundland, from during the years when all the lords were seperate, to present day? I could try and incorporate everyone's histories into it as well.

Yeah, the village on the edges of both territories is gonna have some fun history, right?
(I'm talking about the village my Lord was born in, in case you forgot)

[Ashgan]

Figured I'd post an update just to let you guys know: I don't typically post WIPs, which is why I haven't submitted one. That said, my sheet is close to being final, with only the royal court needing to be defined. With luck, I can put it up later tonight. I'm excited to see what you guys think, as I put a lot of flavor into it.

[The Nexerus]

^I'll read it.

Cale Tucker said
If I had the original size of my territory, each individual Fief would be so clustered together it would be unrealistic. Most castles can't be seen by another castle. An individual castle itself is supposed to be the fortress that protects land on an almost endless scale. And that doesn't mean there's another castle on the end of the first castles protection. There is even more land between that castles protected land and another castle.

The amount of space on the map that you're given is not absolute, and depends on the number and type of your fiefs. It isn't the case that everyone is given a definite space, which is then divided equally to each of their fiefs.

If you requested a certain segment of land on the map, you will not be receiving that area and that area alone unless you specifically engineered your fiefs so as to make your House fit into that area and that area alone.

[Flooby Badoop]

Cale Tucker said
If I had the original size of my territory, each individual Fief would be so clustered together it would be unrealistic. Most castles can't be seen by another castle. An individual castle itself is supposed to be the fortress that protects land on an almost endless scale. And that doesn't mean there's another castle on the end of the first castles protection. There is even more land between that castles protected land and another castle.Yeah, the village on the edges of both territories is gonna have some fun history, right?(I'm talking about the village my Lord was born in, in case you forgot)

I do see what you're saying, but the way the game needs to work, each fief needs to have its own manor. You're absolutely right in that castles would protect over a large amount of land, and I had thought about putting up restrictions as such, but as it's impossible to know exactly how everyone's land is going to be made up, or where I'll need to fit them on the map, it really wouldn't be fair to restrict your castles. Thus, each fief can have its own castle.

The history would focus solely on the lordships and politics. Minor House details wouldn't come into it.

[Flooby Badoop]

Dub post, disregard.