M2

I’m the adviser for the Duke of Huntington. We have a terrible infestation of Viking raiders. My lord’s lords and merchants are asking for more knights. They obviously don’t understand that we are stretched out on the French front and we are simply out of knights. The lords and merchants are trying to establish a messenger contact, but the Vikings keep killing them. They finally sent a messenger hawk.

                The lords sent us a message saying that the lords and merchants have declared war on us. The rebels have advanced their troop’s position to our perimeter surrounding us. We got ready for war. We mounted all our turrets and put archers on the walls with shifts so we may be prepared. I was just about to take a nap when we got a message from the rebels. It read, “We are really mad, our workers and knights are being killed and are dying of an infection called Black Death. Once you are taken down we will appoint a new duke and rid this world of the Vikings and Black Death. This is our final warning come out and you will be accepted in our new kingdom.”

                Having read this I understand their point and want to help them. I shared my thoughts with The Duke and tried to dissuade him from waging war. He was so furious the duke called the guards and ordered me beaten. The guards came into the room and beat me with the butt ends of their swords. They kept it up until I dropped unconscious. I woke up in a small cell. There was a piece of paper, and it said you are sentenced to the death penalty. I was horrified, and I yelled for help. Someone heard me because an assassin came by and said “If you come to the resistance I will free you, and get you out of the city.” I agreed and left.

                I was welcomed as the person with a brain into the resistance. I was good a friend with one of the lords. He gave me a seat at the board and appointed me as chief of the army. I was amazed, and God must be on my side. I decided to attack and have the assassins go in and kill the duke. We had a bloody war for two days. The assassins came back with six chests filled with gold. We could not charge them with homicide. We beat the army and I was appointed duke.

                I later got married and had a child named Arthur. I had ruled this kingdom far too long. I had many trustworthy people and the most was Merlin. I had to fake my death. I made someone pretend he was me. The suitors took the bait. They killed the man. Arthur was adopted and Merlin put the sword into the stone and only Arthur could pull it out so he could be king. As for me, I went back to New York and have a happy life.