Spanish loses

[Arnelos]

As of the start of 10 B.C.:

- ND has finally attacked.

- We have lost Leon.

- We traded Santiago into GS custody for its protection, but the infadel NDers attacked and raided the city, declaring war on GS as well!

- Did we lose any troops in the battles?

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Who are the lords for Santiago and Leon? Who was the lord for Bilbao? Someone MUST have relatives involved and can write about it.

As for next turn, we'll see about that... none of my relatives were in the battle, but I'll have plenty to write about soon enough I figure

[Arnelos]

wow... I guess my idea of making the word "loss" plural was to REMOVE an s...

oh well.

I have made a list of family members thusfar. I will update this if people request in this thread any changes or people who have not given family member locations do that in the appropriate thread in this forum.

TERRITORY OF SPAIN

Ruby_Maser -- Dukedom of Pamplona
Aidun -- Dukedom of Zaragoza and Albacete
Nuclear Winter -- Dukedom of Santiago
Astrologix -- Dukedom of Barcelona and Valencia
LzPrst -- Dukedom of Vigo and Lisboa
Dejon -- Dukedom of Leon and Salamanca
MrMitchell -- Dukedom of Sevilla
History Guy -- Dukedom of Toledo
BigFree -- Dukedom of Bilbao
WhiteBandit -- Dukedom of Merida
GodKing -- Dukedom of Murcia
civman2000 -- Dukedom of Cordoba
Davout -- Dukedom of Cadiz
Togas -- Royal holdings of New Madrid and San Sebastian

SPANISH FAMILES:

Francisco Clemente (Arnelos) - Gathering Storm
Antonio Clemente (Arnelos) - with the Order of the Blood of Christ (MI in Zaragosa)
Luis Clemente (Arnelos) - with the Pikemen of the Holy Trinity (Pikemen in Pamplona)
Miguel Clemente (Arnelos) - with the Order of the Cross (MI in Zaragosa)
Gabriel Clemente (Arnelos) - with the Templar (MI near Toledo)

Pope Calixtus I (History Guy) - Pamplona?
Don Iago de History Guy Calamari, Lord Toledo (History Guy) - Toledo
Captain Headwig Calamari (History Guy) - Command of Troops in Toledo (Christ's Martyrs - MI)
Lady Toledo (History Guy) - stays in Toledo
Alfonse Calamari II (History Guy) - merchant in Madrid
Hernan Calamari III (History Guy) - military aide to Lord Toledo, in Toledo
Father Colomba Calamari (History Guy) - Military Chaplain, presumably in Toledo (with Christ's Martyrs - MI)

Counte Esteban Nunez de Vigo (LzPrst) - Lord of Vigo, in Pamplona
Viscounte Juan-Carlos Nunez de Vigo (LzPrst) - bureaucrat (Viggo)
Capitan Edgar Nunez de Vigo (LzPrst) - Commander of the Pikes of the Iron Cross (pikeman on Vigo iron)
Marco Nunez de Vigo (LzPrst) - scoundrel, trader, rogue,
thrill-seeker
Domingo Nunez de Vigo (LzPst) - Capitan of the Vigo Garrison (Pike - Vigo)
Carlos Esteves (Lzpst) - Capitan of the Chosen Few (Spear - near Vigo)

Cardinal Daniel de la Civ (civman2000) - in Pamplona
Roberto Mayor and Menor de la Civ (civman2000) - with the King's Own Lancers (MI near Toledo)
Caterino Ordonez de la Civ (civman2000) - In Pamplona
George Finkle (civman2000) - a reporter for SPIN and the barbarian from south of Spain. In Pamplona

Duke Aidun Cian (Aidun) - Duke of Zaragosa, Lord Chamberlain of the House of Lords. Currenty very ill.
Diomingo Cian (Aidun) - Royal Ambassador to Legoland
Aidun Cian the younger (Aidun) - Heir to Duke Aidun Cian. Age 11. Lives in Zaragosa.

King Justino Togas (Togas) - Pamplona, but travels with Dejon, his commander of armies
Queen Penelope (Togas) - Pamplona
Rodrigo Togas (Togas) - Pamplona
Anabella Togas (Togas) - Pamplona, has fallen in love with a Spanish noble who has gone off to war. She fears she will never see him again.
Marisa Togas (Togas) - Pamplona
Alberto Togas (Togas) - Pamplona

Tufpos Ingasmeat Mitchell (mrmitchell) - Sevilla
Sewfa Kengretardo Mitchell (mrmitchell) - Sevilla
Spamish Mitchell (mrmichell) - with the Order of the Sacred Name (MI in Zaragosa)

Thus...

UNITS WITH COMMANDERS:

Order of the Blood of Christ (MI - Zaragosa) - Arnelos
Pikemen of the Holy Trinity (Pike - Zaragosa) - Arnelos
Order of the Cross (MI - Zaragosa) - Arnelos
Templar (MI - Toledo) - Arnelos
Christ's Martyrs (MI - Toledo) - History Guy
Pikes of the Iron Cross (Pike - near Vigo) - LzPrst
King's Own Lancers (MI - Toledo) - civman2000
Order of the Sacred Name (MI - Zaragosa) - mrmitchell
The Chosen Few (Spear - near Vigo) - LzPrst
Viggo Garrison (Pike - Viggo) - LzPrst

UNITS THAT DO NOT YET HAVE COMMANDERS:

St. Isadore's Lancers (MI- Zaragosa)
St. Peter's Brigate (Pike - Zaragosa)
Knights of St. John (MI - Zaragosa)
God's Wrath (MI - Zaragosa)
Swiss Guard (Pike - Zaragosa)
Order of the Holy Spirit (MI - Zaragosa)
Swiss Guard (Pike - Zaragosa)
The Savior's Men (Pike - Pamplona)
Watch Rider (Horse - Pamplona)
Pikes of the Red Rose (Pike - Pamplona)
Brothers in Christ (Pike - Pamplona)
Jesuit Guard (Pike - Pamplona)
King's Second Guard (Pike - Pamplona)
Brotherhood of the Sacred Cup (MI - near Pamplona)
The Crusaders (MI - Toledo)
Order of the True Cross (MI - Toledo)
St. Iago's Pike (Pike - Toledo)
Order of the Jaguar (MI - Toledo)
Lance of God (Pike - Toledo)
The Swiss Guard (Pike - Toledo)
Pikes of Innocence (Pike - near Madrid)
Spanish Martyrs (MI - near Madrid)
Christ's Pilgrims (Pike - near Valencia)
Disciples for Christ (Pike - Salamanca)
Republican Volunteers (Spear - Salamanca)
Sevilla Guard (Spear - Sevilla)
The Pope's Bannermen (Pike - near Santiago)
Armada Rider 1 (Horse - in GS)
Armada Rider 2 (Horse - in GS)

We also have a Catapult in Zaragosa and a whole bunch that will be brought from GS, but those don't need family members to command them.

Please claim unclaimed units.

[Hot Mustard]

My family runs weapon shops in each major town of Spain (> size 3). Knowing what was coming, my relatives in Santiago fled with the garrison to Zaragoza, while those in Leon fled to Pamplona.

I am the Duke for Leon and Salamanca, but since my duties keep me travelling Spain, I have always run them remotely. I sent instructions for those maintaining my house in Leon to evacuate to Pamplona as well.

The reason I sent the warnings and notices that I did, to select families (not just my own, btw), is this: Only those with short tempers and those who might become symbolic targets for Arabian agression need to be evacuated - for their own good. The rest of the populace is safe enough under Arabian occupation, for the time being. We have known for hundreds of years that they wanted to rule this area - there is little chance of them killing innocents or razing cities.

[mrmitchell]

So spice it up. Your Leon and Santiago families barely made it away from the Neu Demogyptican hordes. They had to crawl through bushes of pricky thorns for miles. The slightest breath from them would have set off the alarm and got them drawn and quartered by the enemy.

[mrmitchell]

Sewfa Kengretardo Mitchell has the Sevilla Gaurd btw

Stufpos is interim governor of Sevilla while Spamish is out on the front lines

[Togas]

Killed:

Cardinal NW's Republican Guard near Santiago
A Med Inf division S of Santiago

The Sword of God (last swordsman, elite) in Santiago.

--Togas

[History Guy]

Wait, was Santiago razed or was it merely captured?

[civman2000]

LOL, Roberto de la Civ isn't commanding the King's Own Lancers, he's just a sergeant.

[GodKing]

captured

[Arnelos]

Originally posted by civman2000
LOL, Roberto de la Civ isn't commanding the King's Own Lancers, he's just a sergeant.

We have an insane number of units in this country and very few nobles...

If a prominent member of one of the great noble houses happens to be in the unit, it should be assumed that he's the commander of said unit

That said, units are commanded in STACKS and the stack commander might obviously be someone else.

[LzPrst]

add two nobles plz, Domingo NdV Capitan of Vigo garrison and Carlos Esteves Capitan of The Chosen Few.

also, Juan-Carlos the bureaucrat is in Vigo, with a greasy hand in all ongoings of official...ness (i'm tired its late, i'm not bothering to think of a better wording)

and Marco NdV is on the frontlines, activities unknown...

[Arnelos]

updated

[mrmitchell]

Sewfa Kengretardo Mitchell has the Sevilla Gaurd btw

[History Guy]

(in comes a bloodied officer dragging a long sword behind him...his face, red and smeared with blood, is hidden to most everyone except Gastronome Neecap, who recognizes him at once as his brother, Sergeant Pugdog Neecap...the Sergeant walks to a general in control of the Santiago withdrawal, and begins to weep...)

Your roads are cut, sir. Damn me if I see why we cut them roads, but cut they are all the same. The Arabs couldn't have used our roads, but we were ordered, sir, ordered to cut them anyway. So, sir, we overturned some wagons and broke some dams. The road washed itself away.

Yes, sir, we cut the bloody roads. They'll never be used again by no man, never, sir. We cut them.

But the Arabs were on us immediately afterward. Two regiments we had up on that hill. Two of them. The price of your precious road, sir. Yes, sir, the Arabs bounded up on their white horses and cut them all to pieces.

Yes, sir, I fear that we lost many a brave boy there, cutting that road.

So, sir, never forget the value of a man, never forget it. And never forget the value of a road. Two thousand men cut a road for you and died to do so. To annoy the enemy, we let them slaughter our boys. They cut their throats like pigs, men good as you or I, sir, but there they died all the same. Never forget that. Never forget that they never surrendered, not a single one. I watched from a distance at this baleful slaughter. I wanted to go back there, but I'd been ordered to withdraw with my company. We couldn't have saved them.

Those boys up there, sir, they died for us, for Spain. But most of all, they died for you and your road.

Remember their sacrifice.

(then, Neecap recedes into the gloom of battle...)

[Arnelos]

What is this doing in the INTERNAL forum?

Get it out there in the public forum where it belongs, my man!

(might want to create a new thread for it, dunno)