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Et tu Tyaethe?
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Et tu Tyaethe?
If anyone here is killing Eadwig it's me.
High blood pressure will do him in!
Giving people instructions is for people whose best attribute as a commander is 'not going to die and break morale mid battle'.
How'd you know I planned on killing Eadwig?
This is kinda a cool website if you've never seen it https://www.heroforge.com/load_config%3D807437/. You can make rough approximations of your characters with it. I tried to make Eadwig, but they only had exaggerated glaives and the lances looked ridiculous. But hey! It is sorta Eadwig! Maybe early 40's
I realized when Vita put up my CS into the list, I have been spelling my character's name wrong between my CS and my posts. Aethlemund in the CS and Aethelmund in the actual posts. All part of my plan that Eadwig doesn't actually know how to spell his name
Someone best get posting soon! Let's get through the first encounter before the month is up!
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I went ahead and read your profile again hunting for some since you asked so nicely. The only one I noticed offhand is that sheriff is used with sort of a more modern/wild west context. The medieval shire-reefe was similar (and, I am not extraordinarily well read on this topic, so I could be mistaken) but more of a position appointed to a local by the crown. If I remember correctly, Magistrate eventually replaced the word Sheriff in the middle ages and is a more accurate description of the office. So, closer to a judge/administrator than an officer?
Ah yes! That bit was added almost as an after thought. I was thinking almost in terms of Sheriff of Nottingham, but that'd definitely be too significant of a position for Eadwig to have gotten at that age. I actually just did some more research and I think a constable was what I was going for, or whatever Thalns equivalent would be.
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We're more or less the resident "Gives too much of a shit about the details" duo for historical accuracy. Although I've more or less just been going with the flow and trying not to nitpick the small stuff. Or the large stuff.
It's fantasy, so eh. Anachronisms abound along with mixing arms and armour from entirely different cultures.
Ooh, let me know if I have any anachronisms! I'm not going to change them, but I like learning more about history.
albeit it's often so finely crafted that it actually grants more freedom of movement than maille armor does and doesn't feel as heavy as it is, since the weight's distributed.
To go off of that, some armor was so well made that NASA was looking at it while designing early space suits (specifically the Apollo suits and King Henry's plate butt armor)
http://imgur.com/gallery/3j1jA
It is good to mention I based Eadwig's equipment based off of his social status. He is a commoner so he likely cannot afford full plate, and the equipment he has is likely gained from savings and from scavenging during war.
http://regia.org/research/misc/costs.htm
This link gives a price for a lot of common medieval items during the Anglo-Saxon period. Notice that a sword in Britain is 24K pounds, and 660pounds in Western Europe, and a horse costs 3k. I am not sure how accurate the prices are, but its a fun thing to take into account if anyone wants to. Of course this is a fantasy roleplay, so we can have whatever we want no matter what so long as it is fun and makes a good story.
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The helmet would be a stechhelm, but DSIII doesn't have anything patterned off of that, whilst DSII doesn't have the rest of the set. Though on top of that, I'm pretty certain the bio points out that it's made thicker than it has any need to ever be. :p
Eh, if you can carry it without issue it's never too much armor. Keep going until Tyaethe can handle tank shell fire.
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