Terra Mariana
Prince-Bishop Albrecht von Buxthoeven, Third Bishop of Livonia, by grant of His Royal Highness, King Philip of Swabia and by Papal Bull issued by His Holiness, Pope Innocent III, is seeking men who are devout of heart and strong of arm to journey to the new town of Riga, in Livonia, to join the new Holy Order of Schwertbrüderorden to convert the last heathen tribes of Europe so that they may know the Glory of Our Lord by peaceful means or that of force and to claim the new lands in the name of the Blessed Virgin, Mary.
Those who answer the call shall be rewarded with the issuance of land in the new land of Terra Mariana.
Answering the call, you boarded the cob, Delphin, in the fair city of Lübeck, Holstein on Dienstag, 9 März, in the Year of our Lord, 1234. The cob spent four days at sea before stopping off at the city of Visby on the Danish owned island of Gotland, located in the middle of the Baltic Sea. The cob remained in port for three days, where it unloaded cargo and took on a group of merchants.
During the week spent both onboard the Delphin and in port at Visby, the four heroes learn that each of them has answered the call of the Pope and are all looking to begin a new life in Livonia, becoming close friends in the process.
The Delphin left Visby two days ago. The light is just starting to fade as the Delphin sails into the mouth of the mighty River Dvina. The date is currently Donnerstag, 16 März.
Terra Mariana Comments
Heathens. Heathens all!
Here’s something to whet your appetite while you’re all waiting:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oeselians
Muahahahaha!
Is eveybody else getting Raptured? I’ve been bad so I know I’m staying ;-) I was kinda doing the same thing, though, waiting til more of the others posted. We’ll just have to be patient, I guess. I know this, from playing in another game with Nick, if he says he has something cool planned then it’s worth waiting for…
Ian/Francesco
Apologies once again that I have not been able to move things on, as I mentioned in the comments a week ago, I am pretty much tied up for the next few weeks.
I have something interesting in store for you as soon as I have the time to move things on, but it would just end up as a big mess if I try and squeeze it in whenever I have a few spare minutes.
Did everyone get raptured? I don’t want to hog all the place in the campaign log, so I decided to abstain until some other people had posted, but…
This is a short but very useful piece on what warfare was like at the time of the campaign. Definitely worth 10 minutes of everyone’s time to get an understanding on what to expect:
http://www.lituanus.org/1990_1/90_1_02.htm
Thanks for that – that will come in very useful as I was starting to struggle for names already!
This link below is for seriously hardcore history nuts only!
http://ebookee.org/The-Popes-and-the-Baltic-Crusades-1147-1254-repost-_290294.html
Naming suggestions here: http://www.gaminggeeks.org/Resources/KateMonk/
Some nice source material here for those playing Scandinavians:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GZHCAUP8
Can you add to the unfolding story on the Adventure Log?
It will be more of a Play By Wiki than a Play by Post, but I think the finished result looks better as it ends up being more literate.
Ok, so I don’t quite understand this. It’s a Play by Post game, so where do we make the posts. If I want my character to do something, do I post it in the Adventure Log Area or the Forums or somewhere else?
You have to send Nickpendrell a heads-up saying: I want to join, and then join. Then you go to the characters page and add a character.
how do i post a character on this thing?
is this where you do it/what i’m on right now???the comment thing…