Peel Castle, the Stanley Eastates

[The Mad Skylord]

PEEL CASTLE & STANLEY MANOR
Peel Castle, summer dwelling of Lord Stanley & Stanley Manor, winter dwelling of Lord Stanley

Livery

Locations: Peel Castle is on Mann
Stanley Manor is in Highworth, in Wiltshire

Regional Bonuses

Mann:

Fishing Industry: With Mann being a barren rock off the coast of southern England, the inhabitants of this island turn to fishing as their major industry. Grants a 5% income boost to Wool Ships and Wine Ships.
Wiltshire:

Drylands and Hilltops: Wiltshire’s most recognisable feature is the chalky hills that roll across the landscape. They provide easily defensible terrain to those who do battle in this region. +1 defenders in battle in this region.

Provinces

Mann
Mann - Poor Income.

Wiltshire
8. Highworth - Average Income.
9. Cricklade - Average Income.

Lancashire
12. Warrington - Prosperous Income.
13. Whiston - Prosperous Income.

Finances

Poor: 1 x 200 = 200
Sparse: 0 x 250 = 0
Average: 2 x 300 = 600
Prosperous: 2 x 350 = 700
Rich: 0 x 400 = 0

Total: £1'500

Infrastructure

N/A

Soldiers

N/A

Lord Thomas Stanley

SIR THOMAS STANLEY 1st Earl of Wiltshire, 2nd Lord of Mann, 2nd Baron Stanley, Lord Admiral of England Born 1437(44) Livery: A golden eagle's claw on an impaled field of green and tawny orange. Status: Married, to Lady Eleanor Woodeville. Children: Thomas Stanley - Born 1471(10), Jacquetta Stanley - Born 1472(9) Traits(6): +1 Battles +2 Wealth +3 Charisma Supine: - Amiable: This character is a pleasant person who tries very hard to get along with everyone s/he meets. Indeed, perhaps too hard, at that...they also tend to excessively seek validation from others, and at worst can be described as clingy ticks. +1 Charisma, -1 to duel rolls. - Idealistic: This person is a strong believer in higher ideals and the innate goodness of man. On the one hand they tend to be inspiring and uplifting figures, on the other they can be taken advantage of by those who live well beneath their expectations. +1 Charisma, -1 to rout/assassination/escape rolls. Sanguine: - Confident: This character is very self-assured, brimming with confidence and difficult to shake even under pressure. However, taken to an extreme, they can show a suicidal disregard for their life and the lives of others, and fail to take...well, failure into account when planning. +1 battle rolls, +1 to rout rolls against this character. Biography: Sir Thomas Stanley is the oldest son of Sir Thomas Stanley the Elder, founder of the Royal Navy and mastermind behind may of said Navy's innovations and designs. When Thomas the Elder died in 1471, his son inherited all his titles, including the post of Lord Admiral. He continued the work of his father, and tripled the number of ships that his father had left him in 1471. He married Lady Eleanor Woodeville, a marriage that would stand him in excellent stead. He support Queen Elizabeth in her bid to sit as the rightful wife of Edward IV, and enjoyed great influence at court because of it. It was this support that would earn him elevation to the Earl of Wiltshire. Extremely loyal to the House of York - and King Edward IV in particular - Thomas participated in the renewal of the Hundred Years War with glee. Leading his Navy out into the Channel and blockading French cities while they were under siege was not a glamorous task - but it was important. During his spree of blockades, the French sallied out and he met them in a fierce naval battle that would see the French fleet brutalized and the English fleet relatively untouched. Unfortunately this moment of glory was but a singular event - for the French never contested the Channel again. With the war won and the coffers empty, Stanley protested in vain at the "mothballing" of two thirds of his magnificent Navy. This grief, however, was eclipsed by the death of his king, Edward IV, in 1481.

[Oznerol]

OOC: Will make this more detailed tomorrow.

The queen requests Lord Wiltshire to come with full force to Hampshire, where a loyal host is awaiting allies, including Stanleys, to move against the unlawful traitors.