Great Offices of State
Lord Chancellor [Geoffrey fitzHenry]: Giles de Braose [d'Aubigny]
Lord High Treasurer [Richard fitzNeal]: Geoffrey of Tournemine [de Blondeville]
Lord Great Chamberlain [Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford]: [Robert Whitehands]
Lord High Constable [Henry de Bohun]: Henry de Bohun [Mandeville]
Lord Justiciar [Ranulf de Glanville]: Andre l'Ecrivain [installed by de Beaumont]
Lord High Steward [Robert Whitehands de Beaumont]: Earl Richard de Clare [de Clare]
The Regent: Eleanor of Aquitaine
The Heir: Before his departure, Richard names Arthur as his heir.
Ranulf de Glanville is released from prison and joins the Crusade.
Ranulf de Glanville is murdered in Normandy by William de Braose under contract from Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Scotland becomes an acknowledged independent Kingdom, with no need to recognize England as an overlord.
William the Lion of Justice does not go on Crusade, though several local Scottish leaders do.
The White Tower is remodeled and expanded into a modern fortress; the citizens around the keep are removed and compensated.
The Kingdom of Denmark and Kingdom of Aragon become full participants in the Crusade, carrying much of the English armies in a combined fleet of enormous size. Richard de Redvers is placed in command of the English part of the fleet. The Kings of Aragon and Denmark control the rest.
The Crusade will set off from Provence, stop briefly for final supplies in Sicily, and then sail to Acre.
No attempt will be made to make peace with the Byzantines.
The de Clares will become Earls of Leinster and Glamorgan. William Marshal remains Earl of Pembroke and becomes Earl of Waterford and Protector of Ireland as well. Prince John retains Gloucester.
Roger de Bigod becomes Earl of Norfolk, displacing Gundreda de Beaumont, his wicked stepmother.
William de Ferrers is permitted to re-fortify Tutbury Castle.
Aubrey de Vere swears eternal enmity with the House of Beaumont; plans both dark and terrible are hatched.
A policy of non-interference in Wales persists for Richard's reign. Some of the Marcher Barons resent this, but it is backed by the de Clares.
Nothing is done about Prince John's marriage. Gloucester remains under interdict.
The Council of Pipewell results in a mixed outcome. Geoffrey fitzHenry is confirmed Archbishop of York. The pope does not consent to remove Baldwin of Forde in the middle of the crusade. Godfrey de Lucy becomes Bishop of Winchester. fitzNeale and Longchamp are not made bishops, though both remain in Royal favor. A Saxon, Edgar Uxbridge, becomes bishop of London. Brother Jean, prior of Battle Abbey, rounds out the appointments of Bishops, though Richard does seed a son of the Marshal and Hugh de Puiset's bastard son as officers in the York diocese, thereby to cause Geoffrey enough trouble to keep his eye off the throne.
Philip of Cognac was found by Giles de Braose. While he does not, in the end, become the King's Squire, his appearance at court causes more than a few eyebrows to be raised, particularly those of Eleanor of Aquitaine, who had the pleasure of knowing Richard when he was Philip's age. The boy is reunited with his "father," Sir Robert Faulconbridge, who finds himself suddenly granted a cushy position in the court of Aquitaine, far from England and Prince John.
Some elements of Andre l'Ecrivain's law code are ultimately included in the declaration of laws released just before Richard departs for Provence. Notable inclusions include a recognition of the rights of the cathedral chapters to elect bishops with the king's consent.
Giles de Braose is engaged to Marie de France.
Geoffrey of Tournemine marries Nichole d'Aubigny
Geoffrey of Tournemine becomes Earl of Northumberland.
The following nobles take the cross
King Richard Lionheart
Earl William d'Aubigny
His sons William and Alan
Earl Roger de Bigod
Earl Ranulf de Blondeville
Earl Waleran de Beaumont
Saer de Quincy
Earl William de Mandeville
Earl Richard de Redvers
Aubrey IV de Vere
Robert de Vere
Baldwin of Forde
Geoffrey de Say
And various other barons.
Things that Happen
Things that Happen
Gm * Man of Angles * Sionnach * Scealai *
Every phrase and every sentence is an end and a beginning,/Every poem an epitaph. And any action/Is a step to the block, to the fire, down the sea's throat/Or to an illegible stone: and that is where we start.
We die with the dying:/See, they depart, and we go with them./We are born with the dead:/See, they return, and bring us with them./The moment of the rose and the moment of the yew-tree/Are of equal duration. A people without history/Is not redeemed from time, for history is a pattern/Of timeless moments. So, while the light fails/On a winter's afternoon, in a secluded chapel/History is now and England --Eliot, Little Gidding
Every phrase and every sentence is an end and a beginning,/Every poem an epitaph. And any action/Is a step to the block, to the fire, down the sea's throat/Or to an illegible stone: and that is where we start.
We die with the dying:/See, they depart, and we go with them./We are born with the dead:/See, they return, and bring us with them./The moment of the rose and the moment of the yew-tree/Are of equal duration. A people without history/Is not redeemed from time, for history is a pattern/Of timeless moments. So, while the light fails/On a winter's afternoon, in a secluded chapel/History is now and England --Eliot, Little Gidding
Re: Things that Happen
Players are permitted to deploy the Winter Phase rules from the core book on their characters.
The game is otherwise ended. Go in peace.
The game is otherwise ended. Go in peace.
Gm * Man of Angles * Sionnach * Scealai *
Every phrase and every sentence is an end and a beginning,/Every poem an epitaph. And any action/Is a step to the block, to the fire, down the sea's throat/Or to an illegible stone: and that is where we start.
We die with the dying:/See, they depart, and we go with them./We are born with the dead:/See, they return, and bring us with them./The moment of the rose and the moment of the yew-tree/Are of equal duration. A people without history/Is not redeemed from time, for history is a pattern/Of timeless moments. So, while the light fails/On a winter's afternoon, in a secluded chapel/History is now and England --Eliot, Little Gidding
Every phrase and every sentence is an end and a beginning,/Every poem an epitaph. And any action/Is a step to the block, to the fire, down the sea's throat/Or to an illegible stone: and that is where we start.
We die with the dying:/See, they depart, and we go with them./We are born with the dead:/See, they return, and bring us with them./The moment of the rose and the moment of the yew-tree/Are of equal duration. A people without history/Is not redeemed from time, for history is a pattern/Of timeless moments. So, while the light fails/On a winter's afternoon, in a secluded chapel/History is now and England --Eliot, Little Gidding