Lorsh
Varlot
You are Meleagan Vizierdrake, Castellan of Castle Charondale, son of the decrepit Lord Leogan, and regent of his domains.
You preside over Charondale Village as its master (de-facto), though most day-to-day business is done by the bailiff, your servant Alvor. The villages of Nostron and Pelwick are managed by your vassals, the knights Sir Eatton and Sir Camlore, respectively. These men too have bailiffs doing most of the management of these villages, while they are engaged in knightly pursuits such as hunting, training, and attending your court. The villages under your domain mostly provide crops, leather, salted fish, and occasionally heads of cattle as taxes, in addition to coin rents. There are tanneries in Charondale Village that are obligated produce a number of sets of leather armor, though they must be paid to surrender more than what they owe. In Charondale Village, there are also several inns where travelers sometimes stop in to visit, including men for hire.
You are mostly directly responsible for the administration of Castle Charondale, a small stone castle with several outlying buildings. Most of the male servants double as your personal soldiers; your retinue is comprised of 50 men, including all its commanders. Many lordlings in Midduch have few retained men under their command, but since it has been less than a year after Guy Edban's peasant rebellion in Serbeck Barony, many lords still have a decent amount of men on hand. Your footmen carry shields and hand weapons (such as a short sword, axe, or mace) by default, though spears are kept in the armory. You also have 14 bowmen. Both types of men generally wear boiled leather armor from the tanneries in Charondale, though your best troops wear mail underneath.
The recent days have been gloomy. It seems like hysteria has swept the realm, and that the natural order is fragmenting at the seams. The sunlight hours of the past few days have been reduced, and the clouds overhead have grown dark and menacing. Not only that, but people across your lordship, peasant and gentleman alike, report being stricken with an odd melancholy.
The reeve of Charondale approaches you in your hall, a sinewy man in pale blue linens. People didn't really think of ever approaching Lord Leogan with their problems, at this point, the mantle was firmly on your shoulders in all but name. "Your Castellancy," he says, bowing. "Something is amiss in Charondale village. The people have found something... it's, well... we don't know how to explain it, exactly. There doesn't seem to be any danger, but one of the farm beasts down there will not die," he explains. "I swear by Paragon it's true. So does the bailiff, your Castellancy."
COFFER
Silver: 4502
BUTTERY
Ale: 125 gallons
Wine: 238 gallons
STOREHOUSE
Butler Report - Available Siege Provisions: 559 days
Wood: 24
Stone: 0
Iron: 0
Cloth: 0
Leather: 0
Wagons: 8
ARMORY
Spears: 0
Glaives: 0
Shortarms: 10
Longarms: 1
Bows: 15
Crossbows: 1
Shields: 13
Padded armors: 0
Maille: 5
Jackoplates: 0
PENS
Warhorses: 4 (3 in use)
Riding Horses: 5
Oxen: 2
Cows: 10
Population: 61
Officials
Meleagan Vizierdrake (Castellan): You are the commander of the castle and acting lord.
Sir Crannic (Steward): Your steward organizes things in your household, manages supplies, checks your landholdings, and acts as your general domestic advisor. Your steward is capable of controlling troops as well.
Sir Nyren (Captain): Your captain is your chief military advisor and tactical consultant. He typically acts as the second-in-command of your host, and has the authority to command troops in your absence.
Father Heyjah (Cleric): The household cleric is the lord's religious advisor and sometimes also the chief clerk, as a cleric can always be counted on to be literate.
Lord Leogan
Lady Syllei
Lady Moonei
Servants
[Retainers]
17x Vizierdrake Veteran Footmen
4x Vizierdrake Veteran Archers
16x Vizierdrake Footmen
10x Vizierdrake Archers
7x Other Servants
Lordship Population
Total: 1264
Freemen: 234
Serfs: 1040
SETTLEMENT: Castle Charondale
POPULATION: 61
OFFICIALS: You (castellan)
SETTLEMENT: Village of Charondale
CENSUS: 667 (527 serfs, 104 freemen)
OFFICIALS: You (master), Alvor (bailiff)
PRODUCTION: Farms, fishing, tanneries, inns
TAX: High
SETTLEMENT: Village of Nostron
POPULATION: 211 (153 serfs, 50 freemen)
OFFICIALS: Sir Eatton (master), Lonwald (bailiff)
PRODUCTION: Farms
TAX: High
SETTLEMENT: Village of Pelwick
POPULATION: 439 (360 serfs, 70 freemen)
OFFICIALS: Sir Camlore (master), Janton (bailiff)
PRODUCTION: Farms, cowherding
TAX: High
Charondale
Reports
-You are acting commander of Lord Leogan's retinue.
-You have 2 household knights, Sir Nyren and Sir Crannic.
-You have 2 knightly vassals, Sir Eatton and Sir Camlore. Together, they have 2 squires.
LORDLY RETINUE (Commander: Master Meleagan Vizierdrake)
50 men (+1 lady)
Meleagan Vizierdrake
Lady Moonei Vizierdrake
Sir Crannic
Bailiff Alvor (Vizierdrake Cavalry)
12x Vizierdrake Retainer Veteran Footmen
4x Vizierdrake Retainer Veteran Archers
10x Vizierdrake Retainer Archers
22x Vizierdrake Retainer Servant Spearmen
LOCAL MILITIAS (Commanders: Sir Eatton, Sir Camlore, Bailiffs)
116 men
Sir Eatton, Master of Nostron
Sir Camlore, Master of Pelwick
Squire Camlore (Vizierdrake Man-at-Arms)
Squire Eatton (Vizierdrake Man-at-Arms)
Bailiff Lonwald (Vizierdrake Cavalry)
Bailiff Janton (Vizierdrake Cavalry)
4x Charondale Levy Light Cavalry
8x Charondale Levy Footmen
99x Charondale Volunteer Rabble
HOUSE VIZIERDRAKE DETACHMENT [ATTACHING TO: Lord Edwin Harwood's Army] (Commander: Sir Nyren Vizierdrake, Household Captain)
86 men
Sir Nyren
5x Vizierdrake Retainer Veteran Footmen
16x Vizierdrake Retainer Footmen
3x Pelwick Levy Light Cavalry
1x Charondale Levy Light Cavalry
12x Charondale Levy Footmen
13x Nostron Levy Footmen
15x Pelwick Levy Footmen
2x Pelwick Levy Peasant Spearmen (10x Padded Jacks)
6x Mercenary Veteran Crossbowmen (Mounted)
FALLEN
NAME: Meleagan Vizierdrake
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
AGE: 21
SEX: Male
ETHNICITY: Boldic
HISTORY:- The Vizierdrake House's origins date back to the infancy of what would become the Kingdom of Carmondy. It is said that its founder was a mighty Calgaric warlord who fought against the Aedor invasion, who fought so bravely that the then victorious Empards, admirative of his pugnacity, would appoint him to serve as vassals to their imperial governors. The Vizierdrake House would become one of the most powerful family of the province, even achieving a golden age where the Emperors themselves would take advice on them and rely on their support. However, they eventually entered an irremediable downfall, worsened by the collapse of the Aedor Empire, until the name of Vizierdrake was practically forgotten from the courts of power, only known by the experts of aristocratic lineages. Among the last reminescences of the Vizierdrake House, is the family of Meleagan. Meleagan Vizierdrake is a lordling ruling over the rural sub-feodum of Charondale, north of the Middle Duchy. His old father still technically holds the title, but he is too senile to actually take care of any of his noble duties. Thus his only son is in practice governing his land. Though Meleagan did learn the sword's way like his father wanted him to (in memory of the family's history), he is not much of a fighter. Meleagan is way more interested in the ways of the mind, and he managed to, at his own scale, make of the family's castle a haven for erudites and scholars. Though, in secret he did also make it attractive for more shady individuals, taking advantage of the remoteness of the place and the disinterest his name is undergoing to run some businesses away from the Crown's watch.
NOTABLE RELATIVE(S):
Leogan Vizierdrake: Meleagan's old senile father, lord of Charondale.
Syllei Vizierdrake: Meleagan's mother, wise but tired by the years and by taking care of her husband.
Moonei Vizierdrake: Meleagan's little sister, old time rivals but towards which Meleagan feels a paternal protective attachment since their father's debility.
Wertlin Argor: an old erudite who served for Leogan's liege lord before retiring in Charondale. He taught a lot to Meleagan, even to write when he was a young child.
Jan: a young townfolk of Charondale who became Wertlin's apprentice, and Meleagan's best (maybe only) friend. He left for the capital about a month ago, but the two has been sending letters to each other.
Fwynn-one-handed: a relation Meleagan doesn't actively show around. He is his main contact when it comes to "shady business"
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