The Keltoi Tribe
22-02-2006, 11:02
Castle "DeBriey", home to the Compte Herbrand DeBriey. Herbrand DeBriey is a 29 year old man, his wife, Hawis is 26. His sister, Catherine, aged 25, is a nun and works at taking care of the chapel, under the guidance of their mother, Alix, who is 48 years old. Compte De Briey has 3 children: two daughters, Helene and Ferri aged 11 and 6 respectively, and a son, Oulry aged 8.
The county is flat to the west and rises in low but rocky hills to the east. A river traverses the land from east to west. To the north of the river on the plains is the Count's hunting wood. Near the center of the county, there is a steep hill overlooking the river from the south, which rises about 60 metres (185 ft) over the plain. This hill is topped with a small shrine wich serves as a shelter, and a small stone wall (rocks piled together, 1.5 meters [5 ft] high) surrounds the crest. This serves as a keep for the castle, as a staircase leads from the main house's garden to the chapel. All other paths up the hill are treacherous normally, and very dangerous in full battle armour. The main house has a battlement 5 metres (16 ft) high and 3 metres (10 ft) thick connecting it to the keep-hill, and the entire complex has a pallisade with a walkway made of dirt around it.
The main house itself is two floors high, with 3 metre thick outer walls. It is 30 metres (98 ft) long and 20 metres (66 ft) wide. Its main purpose is, however, comfort and not war. It has a low tower (one extra floor) at the front and two higher towers (three extra floors) at the back. To the left of the building is a courtyard which is surounded by the battlements, and the keep-hill staircase begins just 15 metres behind the main house. The roof of the main house is accesible from the towers and soldiers usually patrol it.
About a hundred metres away from the Castle is a town in which about 250 people live, and with the only nearby bridge across the river in it. The bridge of course has a toll on it. These people exclusively work on farms to the south of the river, as they are unwilling or unable to pay the toll on the bridge. Further west along the river and slightly further south is another town, this one of 150 people. The main road in this are comes from the northwest, goes down to the river and follows it for a while to the bridge, then connects the two towns together in a straight line, then heads off to the south. There is another settlement in the hills where about 50 people live, mainly mining the iron-rich hills. This settlement would be rich if the citizens didn't have to pay the toll at the bridge to come to town. I keep a force of 50 soldiers, equiped with light leather armor, iron rimmed shields, 2 metre spears which can be thrown short distances and short swords. They are trained mainly as horsemen, but they can also fight on foot. There are also 20 longbows kept in the castle, but the soldiers recieve minimal training with them. Pikes and sheilds are kept to equip 250 more soldiers. When the soldiers are off duty, they usually go hunting in the local forest. The stables keep about 60 horses, and the kennels 20 hounds.
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The county is flat to the west and rises in low but rocky hills to the east. A river traverses the land from east to west. To the north of the river on the plains is the Count's hunting wood. Near the center of the county, there is a steep hill overlooking the river from the south, which rises about 60 metres (185 ft) over the plain. This hill is topped with a small shrine wich serves as a shelter, and a small stone wall (rocks piled together, 1.5 meters [5 ft] high) surrounds the crest. This serves as a keep for the castle, as a staircase leads from the main house's garden to the chapel. All other paths up the hill are treacherous normally, and very dangerous in full battle armour. The main house has a battlement 5 metres (16 ft) high and 3 metres (10 ft) thick connecting it to the keep-hill, and the entire complex has a pallisade with a walkway made of dirt around it.
The main house itself is two floors high, with 3 metre thick outer walls. It is 30 metres (98 ft) long and 20 metres (66 ft) wide. Its main purpose is, however, comfort and not war. It has a low tower (one extra floor) at the front and two higher towers (three extra floors) at the back. To the left of the building is a courtyard which is surounded by the battlements, and the keep-hill staircase begins just 15 metres behind the main house. The roof of the main house is accesible from the towers and soldiers usually patrol it.
About a hundred metres away from the Castle is a town in which about 250 people live, and with the only nearby bridge across the river in it. The bridge of course has a toll on it. These people exclusively work on farms to the south of the river, as they are unwilling or unable to pay the toll on the bridge. Further west along the river and slightly further south is another town, this one of 150 people. The main road in this are comes from the northwest, goes down to the river and follows it for a while to the bridge, then connects the two towns together in a straight line, then heads off to the south. There is another settlement in the hills where about 50 people live, mainly mining the iron-rich hills. This settlement would be rich if the citizens didn't have to pay the toll at the bridge to come to town. I keep a force of 50 soldiers, equiped with light leather armor, iron rimmed shields, 2 metre spears which can be thrown short distances and short swords. They are trained mainly as horsemen, but they can also fight on foot. There are also 20 longbows kept in the castle, but the soldiers recieve minimal training with them. Pikes and sheilds are kept to equip 250 more soldiers. When the soldiers are off duty, they usually go hunting in the local forest. The stables keep about 60 horses, and the kennels 20 hounds.
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