[ He's going to ignore that it would be insults. Instead, his voice gets soft. Soft and very much serious. It's such an abrupt departure from his loud and jovial tones normally. ]
Eichenwalde was a castle and the location of a decisive battle in my world. It's where my King and all my Brothers stood against the onslaught of a foe we had no hope of defeating. I was young and stupid and went off half-cocked and nearly got myself killed. Instead, I got my King killed. My king and the rest of the Crusaders. I was one of the few of my order that survived that battle. We won. We bought enough time for my country to mount a counter attack and defeat our enemy, but the price was 57 of my brothers and sisters in arms as well as the man I loved more than anything in the world. That is Eichenwalde.
Eichenwalde was one victory in a war that lasted too long before and even longer after. A war I have been fighting in one form or another for the last 30 years of my life.
no subject
Thank you. You honor me.
[ He's going to ignore that it would be insults. Instead, his voice gets soft. Soft and very much serious. It's such an abrupt departure from his loud and jovial tones normally. ]
Eichenwalde was a castle and the location of a decisive battle in my world. It's where my King and all my Brothers stood against the onslaught of a foe we had no hope of defeating. I was young and stupid and went off half-cocked and nearly got myself killed. Instead, I got my King killed. My king and the rest of the Crusaders. I was one of the few of my order that survived that battle. We won. We bought enough time for my country to mount a counter attack and defeat our enemy, but the price was 57 of my brothers and sisters in arms as well as the man I loved more than anything in the world. That is Eichenwalde.
Eichenwalde was one victory in a war that lasted too long before and even longer after. A war I have been fighting in one form or another for the last 30 years of my life.