William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings, Earl of Northampton, Lord Chancellor of Wales
Former Title:
Baron Hastings;
Lord Secretary of the State
Born: Circa 1431
Age: 36
Trait points:9
Traits:
Survival +2
Charisma +1
Logistician +3
Battles +2
Duel + 1
Battle history:
Towton
Defense of London
Sir Michael Moody:
Age:45
Born: June 2, 1422
Rank:Knight
An trusted knight under Earl Hastings. Went to the Holy Roman Empire on the behalf of the King. Fought at Towton, killing half a dozen enemy soldiers.
Captain Rudolph Reinhart
Age: 41 (Born 03/02/1424)
Profession: Captain of Switzers/Solider in service of Earl Hastings
Traits:
Battles: +3
Capture +2
Survival +3
Duel +2
Bio:
Captain Rudolph Reinhart is an semi-retired captain of the Switzers. he has spent his life fighting as an mercenary captain, most recently at the battle of Wallingford against the Lancasterian menace. He is a fearsome warrior, knowledgeable in the ways of war. He received his fee for fighting with King Edward IV, and lost nearly an 100 men during the battle and had a brief audience with him before the battle as well. He wasn't always an greedy mercenary captain and was a bit disgusted to hear he sliced off a woman's head, even though the Queen did try to assassinate him. He is now planning on joining the Lancesterian cause. Not necessary as an mercenary captain, but as an loyal solider, unheard of for an mercenary captain.
War log:
Old Zürich War (1440-1446)
Thirteen Years' War (1454- ongoing, actually served 1454-1455)
Siege of Belgrade (1456)
Current wars:
War of the Roses (Ongoing);
Battle of Wallingford/ Yorkish Victory
Northamptonshire: Average Income, Average Militia 30,000 Crowns, 1,000 militia
Northamptonshire:
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
Fotheringhay Castle: Originally built by Simon de Senlis in 1100, Fotheringhay Castle has had many owners throughout history, from various Scottish princes to the Earls of Chester. It became a royal property since the 1220s until Edward III handed it to his fourth son Edmund of Langley, ancestor of the Dukes of York, shortly before his death in 1377. Langley extensively renovated the old and battered castle into a fortress worthy of a King's son, and it eventually became a favored residence of a certain later Duke of York - Richard of York, one of the original major actors of the Wars of the Roses, whose youngest son Richard was born within its walls. While it keeps its original motte-and-bailey layout, the castle's defenses now consist of a moat, a stone curtain wall with a fortified gatehouse, an inner ditch, inner ramparts built of stone, and a polygon-shaped keep on the raised motte at its heart. +5 Siege rolls, -5 Raid rolls, and if the outer walls were to fall the defenders can hold out in its keep for half a year (3.5 days).
Last edited by Blastoise Groudon; October 27, 2016 at 11:03 PM.
Sir Michael Moody is in the throne room of Hastings when a messnger rushes in and speaks to Moody;
Sir Michael! Sir Michael! Hastings has been imprisoned... I mean, the Earl has been sent to the Tower! I just came from the palace with all haste. Your master has been arrested for treason! I do not know where the King is. They say he is sick, but I do not believe them. Please, leave while you still can. I do not know where you can go, but please, make haste! Agents of Norfolk can be here in a few hours.
Moody could not believe what he just heard. He stomps the floor in anger.
Those traitors! How dare they arrest Hastings! He can't help it Edward could not think for himself! It's on Norfolk, on the Earl of Hastings! Thank you friend, I must make haste to safety. I had nothing to do with this, but I may be guilty by association. I may not be believed by the traitors and if I go to France, I will surely be executed. Give me some privacy friend, I must think briefly before I leave... Thank you for your help. Please get me my weapon and Armour ready, along with my horse and supplies.
A convoy arrives at the estates of Earl Hastings. The knight leading them hands over caskets filled with 40,000 crowns, as per the orders of King Edward IV. A letter is also delivered to Earl Hastings from the Duke of Norfolk. The duke humbly apologizes for his treatment of the earl, and that Hastings' loyalty to the king is beyond the shadow of a doubt.
Earl Hastings is quite happy with the 40,000 crowns that he has received. He is amused though that Norfolk said that in the letter. He would have had me killed, no doubt, thought Hastings.
Hastings Chambers; Baron Hastings
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