Bretonian The Lords of the Black Pond

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Black as the flood, black as our blood,
for glory and corn and a death in the mud!


- the chant of the Yfel men.


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In the Valley of Omber, where the waters run dark, no green ever thrives on the dead tree‘s bark.

The sun shines wanly and the hills eat the light, the wind howls tiredly through the ruined towers high.


Far in the south of fair Bretonia lay a small province located around the Valley of the Omber river, known as the Vale of Yfel. On the steep mountain range towering over the river that divides the valley, the Lords of the Vale have built their high castles, crumbling over centuries of mismanagement, blackened with the fire of uprisings and the foul waters that roar through the deep beneath them.

Flowing from the Black Pond, a fountain steeped in legends, located somewhere in the mountains north of the valley , the Omber river's wicked currents wind through the hills of the Yfel Vale, where trees bear no fruit and the cattle and peasants look strange and sickly alike.

No good men are born south of the Black Pond, a saying goes. And as the fields don't yield enough crops to feed the vicious inhabitants, their violent nature and their high lords' quest for glory led these Bretonians to the Blood Bowl tournaments in the East. High prizes and an honorable death on the Blood Bowl pitches of the Empire attract these new contestants from far Bretonia and they come with all the dirty tricks a life in the Vale of Yfel bestows upon you.

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Players & Peasants

The noble Lords of Black Pond:
Lord Paxter Darkrun: Son of Lord Pontius Darkrun, very excellent Blitzer and Knight.

Lord Wenzel Gloomvale: Son of Lord Wislav Gloomvale, oustanding Blitzer and Knight.

Lord Gaulard of Palewood: Son of Lord Gaul "The Butcher" of Palewood, who was Son of Lord Gorn "the Cannibal" of Palewood. Most excellent Blitzer and Knight.

Lord Umre of Urnhill: Son of Lord Umbar "The Impaler" of Urnhill, who murdered his father, Ullys of Fairhill, by impaling him and subsequently changing the name of the castle. Most brilliant, fearless and fearsome Blitzer and Knight.






Yeomen:
Hôren the Black: Sworn to Lord Paxter Darkrun, very cruel.

Flurin the Cruel: Sworn to Lord Wenzel Gloomvale, moderately cruel.

Beron the Breaker: Sworn to Lord Gaulard of Palewood, not as cruel but very strict.

Ombir the Ox: Sworn to Lord Umre of Urnhill, actually a serf but too strong to be contained.

Peasants:

Haller the Blind: serf of Hôren the Black. owes Lord Paxter Darkrun his life, a broken pot and two seeing eyes .

Willem the Dancer: serf of Hôren the Black, owes Lord Paxter Darkrun his life and his toungue for calling him a bad dancer. Can dance fairly well.

James the Simple: serf of Flurin the Cruel, owes Lord Wenzel Gloomvale his life.

Pebbo: serf of Beron the Breaker, owes Lord Gaulard of Palewood his life. Actually Ombirs Brother.

Doug the Ill: serf of Ombir the Ox, owes Lord Umre of Urnhill his life.

Timde the Stomper: serf of Ombir the Ox, owes Lord Umre of Urnhill his life and a ruined velvet shoe.

Hagger the Hurdler: serf of Beron the Breaker, owes Lord Gaulard of Palewood his life and is in fact a terrible Hurdler, hence owes Beron the Breaker a wooden fence, three chairs and a bottle of wine.

 
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"We lost against a pack of half-naked savages, how can this be?!" Lord Umre of Urnhill blustered at the end of his long dining table.

"B-But Mylord, the match ended in a draw!" Doug stammered before quickly ducking away from a goblet flying across the room.

"That is a loss! I want the guy who couldn't take down their Runner whipped 50 times so he won't be too slow next time."

"But - But Mylord, he wasn't too slow, the Runner covered his muscles in lard and slipped from his hands! It ...It was impossible to hold him down!"

"Then whip his hands fifty times, so he will remember to properly grab him next time!"

"fifty whip lashes for both hands or for each, Mylord?"

"For each!! And fifty for you for asking stupid questions!"

"V-Very well, Mylord ..."

Closing the doors behind him, Doug caught a sympathetic look from the guard leaning next to the Entrance.

"Lashes, eh?"

"Three times fifty." Doug sighed and made his way back to his village, he was not a smart man.
 
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