A sword with no Country

[Julian the apostate]

Alright i've decided that for the large part it will be whatever option recieves two votes first and that option will be taken even if it is a deviation from the options given. These deviations are definately welcomed as well and i think i'm going to try and do short entries and submit every day so if there is no definative winner the.n it'll wait

here we go
I am not a king or a great man. A noble yes, but one who owns no land. I have only my youth and my sword. I would not even be so bold as to call myself a good man. I am young and my life may turn in many ways. As i have read the tales of history, stories of massacres and barbarism, I wondered whether i would do the same. Whether my star would rise as one to be feared or loved. Whether i would even be known at all, like so many soldiers throughout time. My name is Taduz and i was once a Pole. I would still call myself that but i have no land. No country any longer. I am certainly not a Russian even though that is what Country now claims this land.

It is a new year 1795, now with our last hope Kosciuszko's Uprising destroyed.

There are many places that i can go
In France, the people have taken control. Perhaps a Republic like dear Poland will be formed.

A. Find your way to France and try and enlist

In England, There is already a Parlimentary Gov. They are a strong people and surely would be proud to have a true cavalry man in their ranks

B. TO England or atleast to Hanover

America, as well holds a certain allure, it is a new world and one of our own helped in that great revolution. Perhaps there i could make myself a name and take land

C. To America, manifest destiny

D-X Any other place that you can think of,

[Seign Thelas]

C. America

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[AggonyDuck]

A) France is definately the land of great possibilities in this time and age.

[CountArach]

B - To France!

[DemonArchangel]

C.) AMERICA F*** YEAH!

[Julian the apostate]

(just noticed that tying vote by Demon Archangel after i wrote this, looks like it got sent in while i wrote this) So our hero will mantain his path but i may add another option to reach America later because of this.

As i look at my supplies i realize that i don't have enough money to get off continent, atleast not without spending most of my money. France seems to be the only way to go. There will be action there to be certain of. With action comes wealth. Something unfortunately i do not have much of at the moment. I do have one advantage though, i can use any weapon i find especially the sword at my side. My father was an odd man and had me trained in far more than simply the mounted art of the lancer. I know how to shoot, duel, use the lance of course and have seen some action with knives.
While i have a sword and my horse, spozniac (slow), i know that i may need more to make it across the multiple borders and lands that i will need to cross to reach my destination. I have a few hundred Złoty and hopefully will be able to trade for more equipment at one of the many traders along the way. I fear that finding weapons in Poland will be difficult with the previous rebellion meaning everyone is watchful for someone buying up guns.
you have 350 zlotys (you have to make the choice of what you think our hero should be given)
Question 1
A. Buy weapons here in poland you will need them on the road. (just give me a list of what you feel he should be armed with, you may need money for bribes later)
- blunderbus - 100 zlotys
- Musket - 200 zlotys
-hunting rifle - 350 zlotys
-good shot (primarily for rifles) - 50 zlotys for 100 cartridges
-bad shot (weaker quality, irregular shaped balls) -20 zlotys for 100 cartridges
-Better horse - 600 zlotys
-Meat and food - 10 Zlotys - 10 kgs of meat a massive amount
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You also have the option of selling your horse, the nag is worth at least 150 zlotys but it would mean taking quite a bit more time to reach your destination. Your sword as well an heirloom can be sold for 125 zlotys if need be. It is valuable to you of course but if you must survive
Organized choices for A
1.A Sell horse
. B Don't sell horse
2. A. Sell the saber
B. Don't sell the saber

B. THe bastard trader is a Russian, you know that he has no friends in these woods and it would take a while for his comrades to know if he was slain. While he has a few men with him surely you can "test out" what you were planning on buying. It may bring men after you but it would also bring you the money to get to France with ease


C. He is not worth your time, You will buy your weapons where they are of better quality to glorious France. Perhaps it will come with enlisting and cost you nothing
- Only buy meat for the journey, you will of course need to eat - 10 zlotys

D. Wait until you get midway there in Germany and there purchase weapons for yourself
- Only buy meat for the journey, you will of course need to eat - 10 zlotys

Question 2
You also have the question of where you wish to go.
A. To the Front on the Rhine !!!
B. TO PARIS
C. TO THE NETHERLANDS, find the French invasion force


Sorry the arming things gonna be complicated, i figured it'd be entertaining though if you got to choose

[Seign Thelas]

B. **** that Russian up.

[DemonArchangel]

B.) **** him up.

[Julian the apostate]

I smile at the Russian swine as he stares at my clothes judging me. He knows that i have money and he smiles back at me. He thinks that i'm the fool and is obliging, letting me try anything i want so that i can spend all of my money at his lousy overpriced stand. I ask for his two best rifles and a musket to test and he smiles even wider. There is money for him to make. Slowly the locked chests are opened by his guards and loaded. Carelessly the first rifle was given to me and i was pointed towards the target.
I aimed at it the target and slowly pulled my finger down, letting down pressure right at the threshold. "Its not firing, Russian," i howled harshly at the trader, "the next gun, damnit". The man was horrified. Demanding that all the guards give their guns to his new client. Guns were pushed onto the table behind me another shoved into my other hand. I watched as they nervously smiled at me, hopeful that the next weapon would atleast fire this once before breaking on me. I smiled back as my hands found the trigger and my arms braced for the blast of the two rifles. This was going to hurt.
"BAMM"
The two closest guards slammed backwards and the rest stood in shock for a moment. I dropped the next two with a brace of pistols on the table next to me as the first of them began to react. There were two left, now. The worthless trader of course was hiding in one of the tents. The final two guards were unsure of what to do, largely hired muscle without much experience. They fired quickly without any thought of aiming while i sat behind one of the tables waiting. I liked the rifles or at least the two that i had fired. The one in my hands now however was beautiful. The barrel had a beautiful blue tone to it and simply felt perfect. I aimed slowly, trying to get an idea of where they hid among the myriad of tables. I hit the first one perfectly, punching a whole through one of the solid tables that was followed by a pained scream.
In a few seconds, the last guard finailly surrendered and i held the camp. Unfortunately this led to a dilema. What to do with my prisioners
1. What do you do with the remaining guard and the trader
A. Shoot them
B. Tie them to a tree
C. Let them go with a false idea of where your going
2. There are horses and rifles as well as dozens of other options in the camp. The roads however will soon be guarded and you must decide whether you want to choose roads or take the forest paths
A. Bring horses and take the roads
B. Take the forest paths
Unfortunately or fourtunately, Several villagers have also appeared. They have taken weapons and some have pledged to follow you not many of course only a few (5). You know that having men under your command will help when you reach franch but it will make it almost impossible to hide. There are atleast 20 men comming out of the surrounding forest. many want you to lead them in a new revolt and to protect them from Russians like the demons you just shot.
A. Stay in Poland and defend your people
B. Bring the young men willing to join with you and arm them
C. Leave them and get out as fast as you can

(this one will take longer to work out with 3 different sets of choices)

[Seign Thelas]

1. A. Shoot them. No reason to let them live.
2. A. Take the horses and take the roads. Be fast.
3. B. Take and arm them. Strength in numbers.

[DemonArchangel]

A.) Not worth the powder. Stab them to death.

B.) Take the horses and be fast

C.) Arm the young men.

[Ayachuco]

1.A Shoot Them
2.B Use the woods as a ops base
3.A Stay in Poland and prevent the Russians from making your people serfs

[Julian the apostate]

alright still don't have a winner for the third option

[AggonyDuck]

B. Bring the young men willing to join with you and arm them

[Warluster]

1 A
2 A
3 B

[shlin28]

1A
1A
2B

[Seign Thelas]

Newwwwwww chapter?! :)

[Julian the apostate]

Slowly, nervously I stare at the peasants around me. They have no where to go now with a dead Russian on their hands and already taxed into poverty. I stare at them pitying them for the first time in my life and seeing us as we were: one people. "Brothers," I screamed into the night air, "sons of Poland, All that will come with me. We march to new futures and brighter hopes in France" and with that we were off. There were five young men with me and then one older man. We rode furiously through the night and then rested and hunting during the day, avoiding travellers. Even after we'd crossed the border into Prussia. I am however at one Dilema? How do I train them? they are not Nobles and I doubt I have to train them as horsemen but will their lives mean anything as line infantry once we reach France. I fear they will not. Also I do not know where in France we are to go? There is Paris and then the border forts as well as a dozen other locations all with their own recruiters and power schemes. And another thing, do I pay them? I know that they are only serfs but they work like dogs for me expecting nothing. Should I reward them nonetheless

1 Training
A. Rifles
B. Musket
C. Pikes?
D. try to teach them the horse
2. Where do we enlist
A. Paris
B. The border
C. The south
3. How do you work with the serfs
A. Pay them
B. promise them a share in loot
C. They volunteered for this and moreover are lower class

[Rodion Romanovich]

1 Training
A and D (not for fighting on horseback, but for moving fast between fights)

2. Where do we enlist
C

3. How do you work with the serfs
B. promise them a share in loot

[shlin28]

1A
2C
3B

[Seign Thelas]

1. A
2. A
3. A

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[Ayachuco]

1.A
2.C
3.B

[Julian the apostate]

The French border is rife with small groups of citizen guards and other town militias that guard the border nervous and xenophobic. We can barely communicate with eachother even though my french is flawless, their language, however, is filthy with slang and curses. Our fervor for their cause, however, wins them to our side and wins us valuable information. French troops have occupied Amsterdam and are continuing to march forward. Indeed it seems that the south is not entirely what we thought it would be. However there is still some hope, we have not run out of food and we are clearly well received. Thus we yet again face several options. The town mayor also confirms that there are bandits about. How do we deal with that question as well
1. Do we stray from the path
A. head north
B. stay south
C. stay on the frontier
2. Also there is the question of the bandits
A. stay on alert at all times and try and move only at night
B. Hunt the hunters, find the bandits and kill them
C. move through the country as fast as possible, its too dangerous not too
3. The men demand to go to Church as well, They are used to only having mass every few months when a priest can be spared but they expect it now for some reason
A. Ignore the demand, God will forgive you after you gain glory
B. Return to God
C. sarcastically attack the demand
D. let them go if they ever are near a priest

[Rodion Romanovich]

1B
2C
3B

[shlin28]

1C
2A
3D

[Ayachuco]

1.B
2.A
3.D

[Julian the apostate]

The bumbling idiots, I have under my command have finally learned some sense of stealth albiet its not that they are actually capable of applying it outside of when they don't need to. Their riflery has in fact improved with practice and for once food comes from a source other than myself. Wee can sustain ourselves here but odd rumors have come from some of the surrounding cities. They say that Napoleon is actually not in the North but planning on staging an attack on Milan and the Cities of Northern Italy. He is not a tremendously well known man but i have heard stories of short stature and grapeshot in Paris. It is most likely our best chance of action now that France and Spain have declared Peace. There are other questions as well. With only 10 men at my command we will be integrated into another corps and company. Perhaps even seperated but there are options
1. Where we goin?
A. to napoleons army stationed nearby
B. to milan
C. North
D. any other random direction
2. We do not have a full company of men
A. Try to conscript local farmers, we have weapons to give them but the language barrier may be a problem
B. The men are for my benifit not I for theirs, when we reach Napoleons army I will join the cavalry and they will find a place wherever they can
C. Attempt to find a Polish regiment in the French army whenever you find one

[shlin28]

1A
2B

[Ayachuco]

1.A
2.A

[Rodion Romanovich]

1B
2C