((Been lurking forever in your AARs ever since the early years of your tag-swap AAR and thought "Why not join in".))
Name: Joseph von Thun
Date of birth: 12th of June, 1402
Class: Courtier (Swiss noble refugee)
Religion: Catholic
Bio:
As the only son and heir of one of the wealthiest peasant families around the city of Thun, Joseph was already used to hard work in early years. With this, and aided by the early death of his parents in 1429, he brought it to high personal wealth. So much wealth, in fact, that he could afford to buy a noble title from the landholders while also allowing him to learn foreign languages like it was expected from the local nobles. He chose Aragonese back in the day because he was always impressed by how strong they were and how they could resist the ambitions of both the Moors and the Castillians.
Apart from languages, he too was an educated person in maths and economic questions.
Recently, the ambitions of the dukes of Burgundy started to cast growing concern over Joseph. He'd never been brave, and despite the deep friendship between the Swiss and their neighbours, they'd soon be in war against each other. As he'd heard, the heir to the Burgundian throne, Charles, was a masterful tactician and he would surely want to take Swiss lands. With this in mind, he turned his back to the lands of his fathers and went to the only Country his foreign language knowledge could help him - Aragon.
((I do have a question, btw. How do you handle dead generals if they were named after one of my fellow players? Does that flag them as *dead* or not?))
Name: Joseph von Thun
Date of birth: 12th of June, 1402
Class: Courtier (Swiss noble refugee)
Religion: Catholic
Bio:
As the only son and heir of one of the wealthiest peasant families around the city of Thun, Joseph was already used to hard work in early years. With this, and aided by the early death of his parents in 1429, he brought it to high personal wealth. So much wealth, in fact, that he could afford to buy a noble title from the landholders while also allowing him to learn foreign languages like it was expected from the local nobles. He chose Aragonese back in the day because he was always impressed by how strong they were and how they could resist the ambitions of both the Moors and the Castillians.
Apart from languages, he too was an educated person in maths and economic questions.
Recently, the ambitions of the dukes of Burgundy started to cast growing concern over Joseph. He'd never been brave, and despite the deep friendship between the Swiss and their neighbours, they'd soon be in war against each other. As he'd heard, the heir to the Burgundian throne, Charles, was a masterful tactician and he would surely want to take Swiss lands. With this in mind, he turned his back to the lands of his fathers and went to the only Country his foreign language knowledge could help him - Aragon.
((I do have a question, btw. How do you handle dead generals if they were named after one of my fellow players? Does that flag them as *dead* or not?))
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