Happy Hastings Day!
Today marks the 947th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. Harold Godwinson had led his men south after his victory against Harald Hadraada at Stamford Bridge due to the haste caused by WIlliam I landed at Hastings. They scrambeled into a shield wall and held of infantry for a long time. Eventually, William ordered a feint in which his infantry would retreat, making Harold's men follow them in victory. William's cavalry charged down the broken shield wall. Survivors were shot from a distance. William I, now William the Conquerer, took the British crown and near enough changed British history.
Rhodoks: English?
Its widely accepted what most of the factions are: The Nords are Norsemen, the Khergits are Eurasian, the Swadians are either the Holy Roman Empire or some other knightly kingdom, the Vaegirs are Slavic, the Sarranids are middle eastern, but the Rhodoks are shrouded in controversy. Italian, Swiss, or maybe English?
The first thing I noticed about the Rhodoks is the hats: those kettle hats are very English in my opinion. The crossbowmen use falchions like the English (check) and their skill may be a reference to the Church attempting to ban this weapon in the 13trh century. However, their spearmen may be Scottish mercenaries. They live in highlands (like the Scottish) and their spears may be a reference to Robert the Bruce's sheltron formati…
Lord renaming
I want to propose to the admins of the page that I think a group of contributors would be taksed especially with sorting out the names of pages, especially those with outdated Lord prefixes.