The set-up and prep work you have done are very impressive. I know that the wait (the long long long long wait) for this tale will be well worth it.
Looking forward to a free Wales!
Looking forward to a free Wales!
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The Dragon Rises
The Red Dragon Rises
On Owyn's return to his castle at Sycharth he discovered that Lord Grey had insulted him further. King Henery IV The Usurper, had issued a call to arms and issued orders for all the Lords of the Realm to join him in battle against the barbarian Scots, Henry the Usurper had orderd Reginald de Grey, Lord of Ruthin, an intimate friend of the king, to deliver the call to arms, which he failed to do so, and Owyn was accused of disobeying the Crown.
Oywn Glyndwr, this proud man, over forty and grey-haired, was visited with insult and malice. He contacted other disaffected Welshmen, with promises to overthrow the Saxon once and for all.
Owyn raised his banner outside Ruthin on the 16th of September in the year of our Lord fourteen hundred. His followers proclaimed Owyn Glyndwr Prince of Wales!
Once again we turn to the pages of the book entitled "Wales - The Rough History" to better explain the scene
"The response was startling and may have even startled Glyndwr himself. Supported by the Hanmers, other Norman-Welsh Marchers and the Dean of St Asaph, he attacked Ruthin with several hundred men and went on to savage every town on north-east Wales. There was an immediate response from Oxford, where Welsh scholars at once dropped their books and flocked home. Even more dramatic was the news that Welsh laborers in England were downing their tools and heading for home. "
The sack of Ruthin
With the support of hundreds of Welshmen, Owyn descended upon the castle and town of Ruthin like the prophecised Red Dragon, his men looted the town, tore down the walls of the castle, hundreds of Englishmen were put to the sword. Hundreds of years of English rule had filled the Welshmens hearts with hatred, no one escaped there wrath.
The Lord himself was not present at the castle, so the victory was not complete...
Owyn, the Prince of Wales stood on a hill overlooking Ruthin, his eyes surveying the destruction that his men brought upon the English, he smiled and turned to his trusted friend Iago Connah.
"Iago, look what we have done." He said with a smile. "Surely this will teach the Saxons a lesson about us Welsh!"
"But where do we go from here lord?" His companion asked."Surely that Usurper will send his armies, he will kill us all!"
"Nonsense! I have wrote to nobles all over our fair land, we have the support of all of Wales my dear friend, the devil himself cannot stop us now..."
The following year town after town fell to the Welsh, all over Wales families of ancient nobility flocked to his banner... But the English were quick to retaliate.
The English Parliament at once rushed ferociously anti-Welsh legislation on to the books. Henry IV marched a big army right across north Wales, burning and looting without mercy. Whole populations scrambled to make their peace. Over the Winter, Glyndwr, with only seven men, took to the hills...
EDIT: I removed Owyn being crowned by the Bishop, That comes a few years later
The Red Dragon Rises
On Owyn's return to his castle at Sycharth he discovered that Lord Grey had insulted him further. King Henery IV The Usurper, had issued a call to arms and issued orders for all the Lords of the Realm to join him in battle against the barbarian Scots, Henry the Usurper had orderd Reginald de Grey, Lord of Ruthin, an intimate friend of the king, to deliver the call to arms, which he failed to do so, and Owyn was accused of disobeying the Crown.
Oywn Glyndwr, this proud man, over forty and grey-haired, was visited with insult and malice. He contacted other disaffected Welshmen, with promises to overthrow the Saxon once and for all.
Owyn raised his banner outside Ruthin on the 16th of September in the year of our Lord fourteen hundred. His followers proclaimed Owyn Glyndwr Prince of Wales!
Once again we turn to the pages of the book entitled "Wales - The Rough History" to better explain the scene
"The response was startling and may have even startled Glyndwr himself. Supported by the Hanmers, other Norman-Welsh Marchers and the Dean of St Asaph, he attacked Ruthin with several hundred men and went on to savage every town on north-east Wales. There was an immediate response from Oxford, where Welsh scholars at once dropped their books and flocked home. Even more dramatic was the news that Welsh laborers in England were downing their tools and heading for home. "
The sack of Ruthin
With the support of hundreds of Welshmen, Owyn descended upon the castle and town of Ruthin like the prophecised Red Dragon, his men looted the town, tore down the walls of the castle, hundreds of Englishmen were put to the sword. Hundreds of years of English rule had filled the Welshmens hearts with hatred, no one escaped there wrath.
The Lord himself was not present at the castle, so the victory was not complete...
Owyn, the Prince of Wales stood on a hill overlooking Ruthin, his eyes surveying the destruction that his men brought upon the English, he smiled and turned to his trusted friend Iago Connah.
"Iago, look what we have done." He said with a smile. "Surely this will teach the Saxons a lesson about us Welsh!"
"But where do we go from here lord?" His companion asked."Surely that Usurper will send his armies, he will kill us all!"
"Nonsense! I have wrote to nobles all over our fair land, we have the support of all of Wales my dear friend, the devil himself cannot stop us now..."
The following year town after town fell to the Welsh, all over Wales families of ancient nobility flocked to his banner... But the English were quick to retaliate.
The English Parliament at once rushed ferociously anti-Welsh legislation on to the books. Henry IV marched a big army right across north Wales, burning and looting without mercy. Whole populations scrambled to make their peace. Over the Winter, Glyndwr, with only seven men, took to the hills...
EDIT: I removed Owyn being crowned by the Bishop, That comes a few years later
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Thanks for dropping by Stroph, I see that in the librAARy my AAR is no longer listed as abandoned Although 1419-1419 is a bit incorrect, currently still in 1400 and the AAR hasnt really begun yet
That brings me to another point, whilst I was checking out the LibrAARy I stumbled across another Welsh AAR: The Dream of Macsen - a History of Wales by Pishtaco, its a bloody good AAR and this man knows quite a bit more about Wales than I do, I recomend that you all take a look
Anyway, two updates in less than a week, arnt you all lucky, you never know I may update it again soon
Although 1419-1419 is a bit incorrect, currently still in 1400 and the AAR hasnt really begun yet That brings me to another point, whilst I was checking out the LibrAARy I stumbled across another Welsh AAR: The Dream of Macsen - a History of Wales by Pishtaco, its a bloody good AAR and this man knows quite a bit more about Wales than I do, I recomend that you all take a look
Anyway, two updates in less than a week, arnt you all lucky, you never know I may update it again soon
stnylan said:
Hehe, indeed...
Anyway, its been long enough and its time for an update, hmmm, now I need to write one up, well its early morning and there's plenty o time so hopefully Dros ryddid gollasant eu gwaed will get its update today!
The second coming
Our hero, Owyn, was not dettered by the Kings show of strength, day and night he harrassed the Kings baggage and launched suprise attacks against the superior enemy without himself being captured. The Usurper, that bastard King Henry IV retired with his army to England. He left his son, the so called Prince of Wales Henry, in charge under the stewardship of the earl or Northumberlands son, Henry Hotspur.
On Good Friday in the year of our lord 1401, Glyndwr and a band of men managed to capture Conway Castle, the bastard King returned once more to Cymru with his army with the intent of subdueing the Welsh people and he was not victorious. Our hero continued fighting with his inferior forces, down from the mountains of Gwynedd they came, fighting battles at Grosmont. Campstone, Mommouth, Craig-y-dorth and other lands which lay in the south of our great land, Thomas Earl of Worchester was given command in South Cymru.
In the year of our lord 1402 the Scot invaded England. The Scot, after burning and plundering in England, were trying to return to their own country, but they were forced by Henry Percy, earl of Northumberland and his son, Henry 'Hotspur' , to stop and choose a place of battle. They selected a hill near the town of Wooler called Homildon Hill, where they assembled with their men-at-arms and archers. When the Percies men saw this they left the road and climbed the holl facing the Scots. Without delay the Earls archers, drawn up in the valley, shot arrows at the Scotish formation to provoke them to come down. In reply the Scottish archers directed all their fire at the Earls archers; but then felt the weight of the archers arrows, which fell like a storm of rain, and so they fled.
The earl of Douglas, the Scot's leader, saw the flight. Not wanting to seem to desert the battlefield, he seized a lance, rode down the hill with a troop of his horse, and charged the archers. But he trusted too much in his equipment and in that of his men, who had been improving their armour for three years. For the earl of Northumberland's archers, although they re-treated, were still shooting, and with such vigour, determination and effect that they pierced the armour, perforated the helmets, pitted the swords, split the lances and penetrated all the Scot's armour with east.
Despite his elaborate armour, the earl of Douglas recieved five deep wounds. The rest of the Scots, who did not come down from the hill, turned tail and fled the arrows. But flight did not avail them for Percy's archers followed them, so that the Scot were forced to give themselves up for fear of the deadly arrows, The Earl of Douglas was captured, as were many of those who fled, but many were drowned in the River Tweed becuase they did not know the fording places.*
Whilst campaigning in the South of Cymru, Owyn Glyndwr managed to capture Lord Grey, and Edmund Mortimer (Who according to Gods own law was the true heir to the English thrown). Once again the King set out to destroy the Welsh, trying to seek Owyn out in open battle to defeat him in open battle, but Owyn refused to meat the Bastard King in open battle. People from all over Cymru were once again all flocking under the banner of Owyn Glyndwr, up and down the country revolts broke out, nothing could stop the Welsh people now! Owyn himself stuck to his plan of lauching suprise attacks upon the enemy, and God himself was on Owyns side, granting him weather favorable to push the King back out of Cymru.
In the year of our lord 1404 the Usurper and his army retreated back to England, Owyn toured the lands of Cymru, hailed all over as the true Prince of Wales, he also recieved envoys from the bastard King to arrange a ransom to be payed in return for the freedom of Lord Grey.
*(OOC: The passages about the battle at Homildon Hill was almost copied word by word from a chroncile who's name I forget... twas a good passage and I couldnt resist stealing it)
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Well thats all for todays update, not sure when you'll get another but I might start writing more frequently, I forgot how much fun it was to pour my books and websites, trying to find some small detail to add in
There may be a small problem though, the basic scenario I created for this AAR and its savegames were created last year under one of the 1.07 Beta patches, and Im sure the save game and scenario wouldnt work under 1.08, luckily I still have about 5 of the old Beta 1.07 patches on my PC so I'll create a duplicate EU2 Folder just for this AAR, so hopefully my savegame will still be playable (and it better well be, 15 pages of notes I have based on what Ii did in that savegame!)
Thanks for all your patience, and your comments are always appreciated.
Kurek
Our hero, Owyn, was not dettered by the Kings show of strength, day and night he harrassed the Kings baggage and launched suprise attacks against the superior enemy without himself being captured. The Usurper, that bastard King Henry IV retired with his army to England. He left his son, the so called Prince of Wales Henry, in charge under the stewardship of the earl or Northumberlands son, Henry Hotspur.
On Good Friday in the year of our lord 1401, Glyndwr and a band of men managed to capture Conway Castle, the bastard King returned once more to Cymru with his army with the intent of subdueing the Welsh people and he was not victorious. Our hero continued fighting with his inferior forces, down from the mountains of Gwynedd they came, fighting battles at Grosmont. Campstone, Mommouth, Craig-y-dorth and other lands which lay in the south of our great land, Thomas Earl of Worchester was given command in South Cymru.
In the year of our lord 1402 the Scot invaded England. The Scot, after burning and plundering in England, were trying to return to their own country, but they were forced by Henry Percy, earl of Northumberland and his son, Henry 'Hotspur' , to stop and choose a place of battle. They selected a hill near the town of Wooler called Homildon Hill, where they assembled with their men-at-arms and archers. When the Percies men saw this they left the road and climbed the holl facing the Scots. Without delay the Earls archers, drawn up in the valley, shot arrows at the Scotish formation to provoke them to come down. In reply the Scottish archers directed all their fire at the Earls archers; but then felt the weight of the archers arrows, which fell like a storm of rain, and so they fled.
The earl of Douglas, the Scot's leader, saw the flight. Not wanting to seem to desert the battlefield, he seized a lance, rode down the hill with a troop of his horse, and charged the archers. But he trusted too much in his equipment and in that of his men, who had been improving their armour for three years. For the earl of Northumberland's archers, although they re-treated, were still shooting, and with such vigour, determination and effect that they pierced the armour, perforated the helmets, pitted the swords, split the lances and penetrated all the Scot's armour with east.
Despite his elaborate armour, the earl of Douglas recieved five deep wounds. The rest of the Scots, who did not come down from the hill, turned tail and fled the arrows. But flight did not avail them for Percy's archers followed them, so that the Scot were forced to give themselves up for fear of the deadly arrows, The Earl of Douglas was captured, as were many of those who fled, but many were drowned in the River Tweed becuase they did not know the fording places.*
Whilst campaigning in the South of Cymru, Owyn Glyndwr managed to capture Lord Grey, and Edmund Mortimer (Who according to Gods own law was the true heir to the English thrown). Once again the King set out to destroy the Welsh, trying to seek Owyn out in open battle to defeat him in open battle, but Owyn refused to meat the Bastard King in open battle. People from all over Cymru were once again all flocking under the banner of Owyn Glyndwr, up and down the country revolts broke out, nothing could stop the Welsh people now! Owyn himself stuck to his plan of lauching suprise attacks upon the enemy, and God himself was on Owyns side, granting him weather favorable to push the King back out of Cymru.
In the year of our lord 1404 the Usurper and his army retreated back to England, Owyn toured the lands of Cymru, hailed all over as the true Prince of Wales, he also recieved envoys from the bastard King to arrange a ransom to be payed in return for the freedom of Lord Grey.
*(OOC: The passages about the battle at Homildon Hill was almost copied word by word from a chroncile who's name I forget... twas a good passage and I couldnt resist stealing it
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Well thats all for todays update, not sure when you'll get another but I might start writing more frequently, I forgot how much fun it was to pour my books and websites, trying to find some small detail to add in
There may be a small problem though, the basic scenario I created for this AAR and its savegames were created last year under one of the 1.07 Beta patches, and Im sure the save game and scenario wouldnt work under 1.08, luckily I still have about 5 of the old Beta 1.07 patches on my PC so I'll create a duplicate EU2 Folder just for this AAR, so hopefully my savegame will still be playable (and it better well be, 15 pages of notes I have based on what Ii did in that savegame!)
Thanks for all your patience, and your comments are always appreciated.
Kurek
I finally cast my eyes on this tale yesterday. I also followed the link to the abandoned start (the six pages of comments without gameplay ) and enjoyed myself with that thread as well.
Two things stand out: it looks like this will be one well-researched and deep story. I'm looking forward to actual game events, but even just the history and background is fun to read.
Secondly, I noticed that you started your abandoned thread exactly one year ago! So congratulations on this milestone!
Hope to see another update soon.
) and enjoyed myself with that thread as well.Two things stand out: it looks like this will be one well-researched and deep story. I'm looking forward to actual game events, but even just the history and background is fun to read.
Secondly, I noticed that you started your abandoned thread exactly one year ago! So congratulations on this milestone!
Hope to see another update soon.
Woohoo! One year anniversery! One year and no AAR.. yet There will not be a proper AAR for a few weeks at the least yet, I stopped giving dates as I can never keep to them Anyway, if your good boys and gals then expect some sparodic updates of the background story now and then, and before you know it it will be 1419... which reminds me, I need to find those notes from the actual game *surveys his mess of a bedroom and goes off into the corner, crying*
There will not be a proper AAR for a few weeks at the least yet, I stopped giving dates as I can never keep to them Anyway, if your good boys and gals then expect some sparodic updates of the background story now and then, and before you know it it will be 1419... which reminds me, I need to find those notes from the actual game *surveys his mess of a bedroom and goes off into the corner, crying*
Kurek said:Woohoo! One year anniversery! One year and no AAR.. yet
1 year?
man this has been going on along time.......So will the next update be the actual AAR?
Arrgh! I thought that Kurek had finally gotten around to starting this! Don't torture me like that!
Judas Maccabeus said:Arrgh! I thought that Kurek had finally gotten around to starting this! Don't torture me like that!
My Bad Judas
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Er, aye isnt abandoned but its on hold for a number of reasons, the main one being that I've lost all the notes I made o
And theres another problem, I have EU2 patched up to 1.08, the savegame and minor file mods for this AAR is from one of the 1.07 beta's and I cannot install another copy of EU2 as I've also lost my bloody EU2 CD, I have the case and manual just not the CD! But thats a minor problem as I have extensive notes from the main period of the AAR... Just need to find them.
This is what happens when you let your girlfriend clean your bedroom! Be warned!
o And theres another problem, I have EU2 patched up to 1.08, the savegame and minor file mods for this AAR is from one of the 1.07 beta's and I cannot install another copy of EU2 as I've also lost my bloody EU2 CD, I have the case and manual just not the CD! But thats a minor problem as I have extensive notes from the main period of the AAR... Just need to find them.
This is what happens when you let your girlfriend clean your bedroom!
Be warned!
The Ransoming of Lord Grey
Well heres a continuation of the tale, still not 1419 but its getting closer...
The Ransoming of Lord Grey
When the Usurper, Henry IV, heard of the capture of Lord Grey he was furious, Lord Grey was one of Henrys men and was a valued lord, so an envoy was sent to our hero, with orders to negotiate the freedom of Lord Grey.
"May I ask what brings you here?" said Owyn. "It surely is not to give me greetings from the King!"
"He does, in fact, send greetings," replied the envoy diplomatically, "but he would also like to know of what has come of Lord Grey"
"I have imprisoned him, but I assure you and your King that he is well cared for, which is more than he deserves after his treachery to me!" Owyn spat in disghust.
"Yes, well to get quickly to the point at hand, my Lord, King Henry, wishes that Lord Grey be released, as he is a loyal subject of the crown."
Owain smiled at the envoy and stroked his beard, "Surely he cannot expect me to release his precious Lord Grey just becuase it strikes his fancy!
"He is prepared to pay ransom" The envoy replied.
"Oh a ransom is it? And pray tell, what does the mighty King think his precious Lord Grey is worth?
"A few thousand marks." suggested the Kings man.
"A few thousand? Let us be precise and say... well ten thousand."
"Ten thousand! Thats a fortune, I do not know if the King shall agree to that amount."
"Well return to him and tell him, and tell him I shall accept no less."
Thus Owyn turned his back to the envoy and ended the conversation.
The envoy returned to London and told the Usurper of Owyns demands, outraged he was at the pricely sum, but finally he agreed and sent the envoy back to Cymru.
"I have brought the ten thousand marks you asked for." he said.
"I have more to ask." now said Owyn, the envoy turned pale.
"I doubt that my King shall grant you any more money."
"I do not want money."
"And I doubt the King shall want to grant you anything else!"
"Then Grey shall die a prisoner."
"I... I cannot make any promises." The envoy stammered, "But perhaps if its not too much..." Owyn interupted the Envoy;
"I want ownership of Lord Grey's manor in Kent." he demanded.
So back to Londed traveled the weary messenger, and once again, much to his displeasure, the King gave his consent to the demand. Owyn recieved the news with delight, it had taken a year for the ransom to be settled and Lord Grey had been set free, but before the envoy could depart Owyn had more business to settle with the envoy.
"There has been no mention of Lord Edmund Mortimer, who is also my prisoner, what of a ransom for his freedom?"
The envoy smiled this time and replied, "The King shall not pay a ransom for that Lord, you can keep him locked away for as long as you like."
Wheras Lord Grey was a trusted servent of the Usurper, Motimer could not be trusted. The Usurper would of much prefered to keep Mortimer permeneatnly in our Hero's clutches as Mortimer had a legitiment claim to the English crown. As a result of this, Owyn and Mortimer became trusted friends, Mortimer was released from his captivity and married Catrin, the daughter of Owyn.
The affair of Lord Grey and the King's contemptuous attitude to Glyndwr enbittered the Welshman and, although he was already middle-aged, he was roused even more to free the Welsh lands from England, he toured the mountains, hills, forests, and plains, seeking out villages and towns, rousing the Welsh into a frenzy...
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Most of that is adapted from something else I read which had a really good account of the affairs of Glyndwr and Lord Grey, I mainly made minor changes to the diaglogue here and there, added some bits in etc... Just thought I'd mention that.
Well heres a continuation of the tale, still not 1419 but its getting closer...
The Ransoming of Lord Grey
When the Usurper, Henry IV, heard of the capture of Lord Grey he was furious, Lord Grey was one of Henrys men and was a valued lord, so an envoy was sent to our hero, with orders to negotiate the freedom of Lord Grey.
"May I ask what brings you here?" said Owyn. "It surely is not to give me greetings from the King!"
"He does, in fact, send greetings," replied the envoy diplomatically, "but he would also like to know of what has come of Lord Grey"
"I have imprisoned him, but I assure you and your King that he is well cared for, which is more than he deserves after his treachery to me!" Owyn spat in disghust.
"Yes, well to get quickly to the point at hand, my Lord, King Henry, wishes that Lord Grey be released, as he is a loyal subject of the crown."
Owain smiled at the envoy and stroked his beard, "Surely he cannot expect me to release his precious Lord Grey just becuase it strikes his fancy!
"He is prepared to pay ransom" The envoy replied.
"Oh a ransom is it? And pray tell, what does the mighty King think his precious Lord Grey is worth?
"A few thousand marks." suggested the Kings man.
"A few thousand? Let us be precise and say... well ten thousand."
"Ten thousand! Thats a fortune, I do not know if the King shall agree to that amount."
"Well return to him and tell him, and tell him I shall accept no less."
Thus Owyn turned his back to the envoy and ended the conversation.
The envoy returned to London and told the Usurper of Owyns demands, outraged he was at the pricely sum, but finally he agreed and sent the envoy back to Cymru.
"I have brought the ten thousand marks you asked for." he said.
"I have more to ask." now said Owyn, the envoy turned pale.
"I doubt that my King shall grant you any more money."
"I do not want money."
"And I doubt the King shall want to grant you anything else!"
"Then Grey shall die a prisoner."
"I... I cannot make any promises." The envoy stammered, "But perhaps if its not too much..." Owyn interupted the Envoy;
"I want ownership of Lord Grey's manor in Kent." he demanded.
So back to Londed traveled the weary messenger, and once again, much to his displeasure, the King gave his consent to the demand. Owyn recieved the news with delight, it had taken a year for the ransom to be settled and Lord Grey had been set free, but before the envoy could depart Owyn had more business to settle with the envoy.
"There has been no mention of Lord Edmund Mortimer, who is also my prisoner, what of a ransom for his freedom?"
The envoy smiled this time and replied, "The King shall not pay a ransom for that Lord, you can keep him locked away for as long as you like."
Wheras Lord Grey was a trusted servent of the Usurper, Motimer could not be trusted. The Usurper would of much prefered to keep Mortimer permeneatnly in our Hero's clutches as Mortimer had a legitiment claim to the English crown. As a result of this, Owyn and Mortimer became trusted friends, Mortimer was released from his captivity and married Catrin, the daughter of Owyn.
The affair of Lord Grey and the King's contemptuous attitude to Glyndwr enbittered the Welshman and, although he was already middle-aged, he was roused even more to free the Welsh lands from England, he toured the mountains, hills, forests, and plains, seeking out villages and towns, rousing the Welsh into a frenzy...
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Most of that is adapted from something else I read which had a really good account of the affairs of Glyndwr and Lord Grey, I mainly made minor changes to the diaglogue here and there, added some bits in etc... Just thought I'd mention that.
A certain tale about the tortoise and the hare comes to mind, and its (possible) complete irrelevance here.
Please keep it up.
Please keep it up.
You can't start an AAR and not expect people to beg for udates!!! I may be English but what the hell; Cymru embath!
When your girlfreind is in your bedroom, the last thing she should have any time for is cleaning .
Kurek said:This is what happens when you let your girlfriend clean your bedroom!
When your girlfreind is in your bedroom, the last thing she should have any time for is cleaning
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