Hashashiyyin
12-11-2006, 08:54
Sir Henri the Honest was a shining example to which all men of Christendom should aspire to. He loved god and country and was a pillar upon which the virtues of chivalry and loyalty were held high. His is the story of a true knight, smiting the foes of god and France in the name of the holy pope and country.
Sir Henri did not grow up in the normal decadent and arrogant atmosphere that most of his French peers grew to know. His was one of religious study and martial practice. Like his father before him, he was becoming a knight truly worthy of nobility. His early years were spent crusading with his father and when his father past, he continued the tradition and fought on in god's name. It was at this time he and Roger De Moulins came to know each other and started riding together against the heathens. As he grew older he became an aspiring commander and dreamed of leading a crusade one day.
Sir Henri was an honest and utterly immaculate knight. One flaw, say many, was he was almost too righteous and did not really connect to the common man. He had however formed around him a tight band of men and friends he knew well and had crusaded with for many years. When the Pope called a crusade on Constantinople after the Turks had unjustly siege and sacked the city, it was Sir Henri's chance to lead a crusade for god and France!
With a full army of men he headed for Constantinople with the blessings of god spurned his troops forward. Yes Sir Henri the Honest was a true example to all of Christendom.
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Although Sir Henri the Honest was a true chivalrous knight, he did make one mistake. While he was godly, he was not worldly. He did not understand or know his foe and this led him to underestimate his opponent. He did not understand that the Turkish Sultan was a wise and just man who excelled on the field of battle and trained his generals by example. He did not understand that the sultan and his generals were the Holy Warriors of the Turkish nation.
When Sir Henri the Honest arrived in Constantinople he found a bewildered Hungarian crusade army. They had not elected to siege the city as they were taken aback by the amount of building the sultan has done to Constantinople in the short time he held it. The city had exploded and was now defended by ballista towers and ringed by an impossibly large wall as well as many of the sultan’s most able troops. Undaunted, Sir Henri the Honest, knowing god was on his side, set to building the needed equipment for the siege just outside the range ballista towers. He was going to get Constantinople back for god and France!
Only a few months before the siege equipment was complete, Sir Henri the Honest got an urgent message from the Hungarian army that had set up in support behind them. A Turkish Army had appeared from the woods behind them and was headed toward the Hungarian line at top speed. Initial scouting estimates put about 500 to 600 men traveling at high speed toward the 681 Hungarians behind them. With the 1079 soldiers under his command, that put the odds at 3:1. He eagerly waited for the coming battle knowing he would easily crush the Turks with their treacherous tactics before retaking Constantinople.
Unfortunately, as said before, Sir Henri the Honest had underestimated he foe. He did not understand that Islam’s Holy Warriors would fight to the last man as he would.
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The defeat crushed poor Henri the Honest. It crushed him heart and soul. Of the 20 knights that were his personal guard, the ones that had taken up arms and fought beside him from the beginning, only 4 remained. Over 1000 men had died under his command. It was a blow from which his soul could not recover. So he retreated, north into Hungarian territory, where he was welcomed as an ally.
But this is where the true error of Sir Henri the Honest reveled itself. Because he did not know his enemy, he did not understand that while the Turkish sultan could be a wise, just and holy man, he also allowed and even empowered a sect within the Turkish society that punished wrongs against Allah's children. Sir Henri the Honest could have never known how much this sect, The Hashishim, was apart of Turkish society and how powerful they were. The Sultan and his armies are the mailed right fist of Allah's will and the Hashishim are daggered left hand.
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Sir Henri the Honest could not have known that when he brought death and pain to Allah's children, the Hashishim had started to hunt him. Thus, not more then 12 months later in a Hungarian castle north of Constantinople, a young and unassuming man from Damascus entered. A young man who's memory still burned bright with the memories of death and blood brought to his home when he was just a boy by the crusades. This war orphan turned assassin, had been hunting Sir Henri the honest and was now ready to strike. Late one night when the broken, poor sir Henri the Honest was alone, the young man from Damascus stabled a dagger into Sir Henri the Honest's heart. Thus ending the Tale of Sir Henry the Honest.
Sir Henri did not grow up in the normal decadent and arrogant atmosphere that most of his French peers grew to know. His was one of religious study and martial practice. Like his father before him, he was becoming a knight truly worthy of nobility. His early years were spent crusading with his father and when his father past, he continued the tradition and fought on in god's name. It was at this time he and Roger De Moulins came to know each other and started riding together against the heathens. As he grew older he became an aspiring commander and dreamed of leading a crusade one day.
Sir Henri was an honest and utterly immaculate knight. One flaw, say many, was he was almost too righteous and did not really connect to the common man. He had however formed around him a tight band of men and friends he knew well and had crusaded with for many years. When the Pope called a crusade on Constantinople after the Turks had unjustly siege and sacked the city, it was Sir Henri's chance to lead a crusade for god and France!
With a full army of men he headed for Constantinople with the blessings of god spurned his troops forward. Yes Sir Henri the Honest was a true example to all of Christendom.
https://img223.imageshack.us/my.php?image=henir1rw1.jpg
https://img223.imageshack.us/my.php?image=henri2bs3.jpg
Although Sir Henri the Honest was a true chivalrous knight, he did make one mistake. While he was godly, he was not worldly. He did not understand or know his foe and this led him to underestimate his opponent. He did not understand that the Turkish Sultan was a wise and just man who excelled on the field of battle and trained his generals by example. He did not understand that the sultan and his generals were the Holy Warriors of the Turkish nation.
When Sir Henri the Honest arrived in Constantinople he found a bewildered Hungarian crusade army. They had not elected to siege the city as they were taken aback by the amount of building the sultan has done to Constantinople in the short time he held it. The city had exploded and was now defended by ballista towers and ringed by an impossibly large wall as well as many of the sultan’s most able troops. Undaunted, Sir Henri the Honest, knowing god was on his side, set to building the needed equipment for the siege just outside the range ballista towers. He was going to get Constantinople back for god and France!
Only a few months before the siege equipment was complete, Sir Henri the Honest got an urgent message from the Hungarian army that had set up in support behind them. A Turkish Army had appeared from the woods behind them and was headed toward the Hungarian line at top speed. Initial scouting estimates put about 500 to 600 men traveling at high speed toward the 681 Hungarians behind them. With the 1079 soldiers under his command, that put the odds at 3:1. He eagerly waited for the coming battle knowing he would easily crush the Turks with their treacherous tactics before retaking Constantinople.
Unfortunately, as said before, Sir Henri the Honest had underestimated he foe. He did not understand that Islam’s Holy Warriors would fight to the last man as he would.
https://img215.imageshack.us/my.php?image=henrislosexp7.jpg
The defeat crushed poor Henri the Honest. It crushed him heart and soul. Of the 20 knights that were his personal guard, the ones that had taken up arms and fought beside him from the beginning, only 4 remained. Over 1000 men had died under his command. It was a blow from which his soul could not recover. So he retreated, north into Hungarian territory, where he was welcomed as an ally.
But this is where the true error of Sir Henri the Honest reveled itself. Because he did not know his enemy, he did not understand that while the Turkish sultan could be a wise, just and holy man, he also allowed and even empowered a sect within the Turkish society that punished wrongs against Allah's children. Sir Henri the Honest could have never known how much this sect, The Hashishim, was apart of Turkish society and how powerful they were. The Sultan and his armies are the mailed right fist of Allah's will and the Hashishim are daggered left hand.
https://img208.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hashishinguildxi4.jpg
Sir Henri the Honest could not have known that when he brought death and pain to Allah's children, the Hashishim had started to hunt him. Thus, not more then 12 months later in a Hungarian castle north of Constantinople, a young and unassuming man from Damascus entered. A young man who's memory still burned bright with the memories of death and blood brought to his home when he was just a boy by the crusades. This war orphan turned assassin, had been hunting Sir Henri the honest and was now ready to strike. Late one night when the broken, poor sir Henri the Honest was alone, the young man from Damascus stabled a dagger into Sir Henri the Honest's heart. Thus ending the Tale of Sir Henry the Honest.