Yurka
23-02-2006, 19:46
"Castle Black"
Castle Black is in a large, black construct built on an island in the middle of the river, with toll bridges on either side. Originally a large church or monastery, it's original inhabitants have long since left or were killed when Baron Matthius arrived and took control of the area with a small band of soldiers. He currently charges a large toll to cross the river at this point, and also takes a small amount of tribute from a cluster of towns to the south, making him a bit richer than most of his status because of it.
Other than being built in the middle of a small river, Castle Black is also five stories high, with numerous arrow slits over the toll bridges and in other hard to notice locations. It is also a thin building, with not much space to house all of the troops the Baron would like, not to mention store enough food for them. Due to this, he only houses thirty-five soldiers in the small establishment. Twenty-five archers, and five of his best knights. The others are stationed at the town to keep it well protected, along with his small amount of Cavalry. As of yet, her than when the Baron took the 'castle' it has never been breached. The rest are kept in barracks in the towns to the South, and arrive by sending messages down the river itself.
The towns to the south are small little settlements, and house in total roughly 600 men, women, and children. They are primarily concerned with farming, along with some trees nearby used for lumber. Other than that they are not very rich in minerals, and most of everything the Baron's army uses are gathered through trade or raiding other landholds.
The Baron Matthias is a dark haired rather attractive man, in his late twenties. His earlier wife was killed of a disease two years ago, and he has as of recently been searching for a suitable replacement. He has numerous children, and as his only son was killed by a wild boar roughly the same time. Since then he has left everything to his other "son", Alexia, though he is always ready to marry her and his other daughters off should it benefit his namesake. Other interesting facts about the Baron are his love of the large organ in the center of the palace, and the fact that he has a rather prominent torture chamber in town, where he has anyone who owns his ire "dealt with".
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Total Population: 582 (Including Royal Family)
Leader: Baron Matthias (http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/Kutulmak/lucifer03.jpg)
Royal Family: 10 Daughters, 1 Son.
Peasants: 360 Primarily Farmers; Mills; Bakers etc.
Traders: 90 (Blacksmiths, Fletchers, Hunters, Stablemen)
Soldiers: 150
-70 Archers (Longbow, Hardened Leather Armor)
-50 Footsoldiers (Polearms, Hardened Leather Armor)
-30 Cavalry (Horse, Chainmail, Sword/Mace, Iron shield)
Coat of Arms: A large black snake wrapped around a red tower.
Castle Black is in a large, black construct built on an island in the middle of the river, with toll bridges on either side. Originally a large church or monastery, it's original inhabitants have long since left or were killed when Baron Matthius arrived and took control of the area with a small band of soldiers. He currently charges a large toll to cross the river at this point, and also takes a small amount of tribute from a cluster of towns to the south, making him a bit richer than most of his status because of it.
Other than being built in the middle of a small river, Castle Black is also five stories high, with numerous arrow slits over the toll bridges and in other hard to notice locations. It is also a thin building, with not much space to house all of the troops the Baron would like, not to mention store enough food for them. Due to this, he only houses thirty-five soldiers in the small establishment. Twenty-five archers, and five of his best knights. The others are stationed at the town to keep it well protected, along with his small amount of Cavalry. As of yet, her than when the Baron took the 'castle' it has never been breached. The rest are kept in barracks in the towns to the South, and arrive by sending messages down the river itself.
The towns to the south are small little settlements, and house in total roughly 600 men, women, and children. They are primarily concerned with farming, along with some trees nearby used for lumber. Other than that they are not very rich in minerals, and most of everything the Baron's army uses are gathered through trade or raiding other landholds.
The Baron Matthias is a dark haired rather attractive man, in his late twenties. His earlier wife was killed of a disease two years ago, and he has as of recently been searching for a suitable replacement. He has numerous children, and as his only son was killed by a wild boar roughly the same time. Since then he has left everything to his other "son", Alexia, though he is always ready to marry her and his other daughters off should it benefit his namesake. Other interesting facts about the Baron are his love of the large organ in the center of the palace, and the fact that he has a rather prominent torture chamber in town, where he has anyone who owns his ire "dealt with".
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Total Population: 582 (Including Royal Family)
Leader: Baron Matthias (http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/Kutulmak/lucifer03.jpg)
Royal Family: 10 Daughters, 1 Son.
Peasants: 360 Primarily Farmers; Mills; Bakers etc.
Traders: 90 (Blacksmiths, Fletchers, Hunters, Stablemen)
Soldiers: 150
-70 Archers (Longbow, Hardened Leather Armor)
-50 Footsoldiers (Polearms, Hardened Leather Armor)
-30 Cavalry (Horse, Chainmail, Sword/Mace, Iron shield)
Coat of Arms: A large black snake wrapped around a red tower.