ELVENKING.
What a gift to return to Middle Earth, this character, these extraordinary people…. See you in Mirkwood!
Lord of the Rings, The Hunt for Gollum.
2027.
@warnerbros
>Be cruelly forgotten by History of the Hundred Years' War.
>Be one of the most greatest warrior in western Europe XVth century.
>Born into a Castilian lineage linked to the Banda order.
>Be orphaned at the age of 12 after your father's death
>Begin your career as a merchant and pirate on the Gascon coast before seeking your fortune on land.
>Cross the Pyrenees mountains at 22 to link your destiny to the Kingdom of France in the midst of civil war.
>Learn the art of war in the service of Marshal of France Jean de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, fighting in Paris, Picardy, and Beauce.
>Earn a reputation as a fearless warrior, always the first to accept challenges in single combat against enemy champions.
>Refusing to betray the future King Charles VII at the Treaty of Troyes, preferring to leave your master to remain loyal to the French cause.
>Create your own mercenary company with only fifty men and become an independent "war entrepreneur."
>Save the life of your former master, Lord L'Isle-Adam, by warning him of an impending massacre at the siege of Villeneuve-le-Roi, out of pure and grateful loyalty.
>See your pennon fly behind the great royal standard after being properly integrated into the Dauphin's army.
>Miraculously survive the disaster of the Battle of Verneuil, where the elite of the French army is decimated.
>Capture the fearsome "Bastard of Armagnac," André de Ribes, and refuse an enormous ransom to deliver him to the king's justice.
>Be summoned as the last resort by the governor of the Dauphiné to counter the invasion of the Burgundian Prince of Orange.
>Win the decisive victory at Anthon, 3 to 1, saving the Dauphiné and Lyon from Anglo-Burgundian domination.
>Use cunning and ambush in the woods to annihilate an army of 4,000 men with only 1,600 soldiers.
>Capture over a hundred lords in the battle and amass a colossal fortune in ransoms.
>Receive the title of Squire of the French King's Stables and the lordship of Pusignan as a reward for your services.
>Break through English-Burgundians lines at the siege of Lagny to resupply the starving town under a blazing sun.
>He confronts his former master, the lord of Isle Adam, refusing to fight each other out of loyalty to their past relationship.
>See your nomadic army reach a record number of 10,000 men.
>Give your troops their name, the "Rodrigois," feared throughout central France.
>Nearly capture the English city of Bordeaux for the Kingdom of France.
>Return to Castile to save the throne of King Juan II in the midst of a civil war against the Spanish nobles.
>Save the king in Toledo with a daring feat by donning his own tunic to lure the enemy and allow the sovereign to barricade himself in.
>Obtain the unique and hereditary privilege of dining at the king's table every year on Epiphany and receiving his own clothes.
>Be named Marshal of Asturias and Grandee of Castile before retiring from the world.
>End your days humbly in a monastery you rebuilt yourself.
>Be Rodrigue de Villandrando, the fearless mercenary warrior, the forgotten of the Hundred Years' War.
The brutal death of Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester during the 1218 Siege of Toulouse.
His head was crushed by a rock fired from a mangonel operated by the women of the city.
Art by Ramon Acedo.
I love these designs.
He gave Legolas jack-chains, a form of light/cheap plate arm protection from the late middle ages.
Gimli's rocking a "middle eastern" style maille shirt with reinforcing plates riveted all over.
@KingdomComeRPG@expedition33 My game of the year, one of best games of all time and exceeded everything the first one did and so much more, congrats on the success of the game!
Bertrand du Guesclin was one of the most legendary and respected knights of France; a paragon of martial valour.
In 1369 he lured a man to his death under the pretence of safe conduct.
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This is a crusader song written during the Fifth Crusade in 1221 by obscure French troubadour Huon de Saint-Quentin.
I attached English subtitles.
Listen to this and imagine you're a 13th century crusader embarking on an overseas crusade together with other valorous knights!
Did you know the legendary Teutonic Knights went to war against a band of vicious pirates in Gotland?
This is the story of the Gotland campaign of the Teutonic Knights in 1398 and how they destroyed their pirate enemies. 🧵
(Artwork used in this thread belongs to Joseph Feely)