War Diaries (POSTS 1 AND 3) Continued! Royal Highlander Greatcoat Kilt Fixed!

[Swissky]

She just told me that he had been very rough and that he would force her to marry him. ;_;

 

[JamesThompson]

I tried doing one of these but L'Aigle crashes every time, but I enjoy reading them.

 

[deathtoswadia]

I guess I'll give one of these a try. It should be noted I'm already a year and a half into this game, so here's a bit of quick backstory. I am Président Henri Jaques of La République Français. I started out as a Private in a small company of soldiers that fought in the name of L'Empire Français and hunted down bandits that plagued our glorious Empire, and was eventually promoted to Sergeant. Upon reaching that promotion I began participating in several campaigns, and distinguished myself in a campaign against Il Reigno Napoli when I captured two of their officers. During the campaign against Der Rheinbund I was charged with the garrison in Gieben, and since then was given the responsibility of many different cities.

Napoleon was one of my closest allies, but as time went on I couldn't bring myself to fight for his Empire any longer and declared open revolt against L'Empire Français and founded the Second Republic of France, hoping to bring back the values of the Republic. We control most of Der Rheinbund, Britanny, and Prussia. Here's a screenshot of our holdings.

15th of November, 1810

隐藏

I've been struggling to push forward against the Prussians for some time now, and the most recent battle against Willhelm III has left most of my men wounded, and my officers regiments have been torn apart. Marnid's regiment is the only one that is still accompanying me, and they're down to just a few dozen able bodied men. There is no hope of liberating any Prussian land. I think that the conflict with the Prussians is turning into a war of attrition. Both sides are too weak to take any territory, and we're both sending our armies directly up against one another in the field.

We are winning most of the battles. Our soldiers are more well trained, and more disciplined. I will continue chasing the officers of Prussia and wearing them down, and I pray that peace will come soon so that we can make a move against Austria. The city of Prag is lightly defended and on their border, and they'll attack it soon, but I can't reinforce it until I finish my fight against the Prussians.

 

[OttoFIN]

Oh, come on! How can you guys have so much fun when my adventures are full of peace? 

 

[sifis172]

isn't there a way to initiate war with the console commands?

 

[Inzunza]

Oh, come on! How can you guys have so much fun when my adventures are full of peace? 

Stop being such a lovely individual.

 

[Swissky]

Oh, come on! How can you guys have so much fun when my adventures are full of peace? 

When life gives you peace, make yourself into Mr. Darcy.

 

[OttoFIN]

Oh, come on! How can you guys have so much fun when my adventures are full of peace? 

Stop being such a lovely individual.

隐藏: i cri

 

[JamesThompson]

Kenneth McFadden

Backstory: I was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. I have two older sisters and one younger brother. My father is an ex-military soldier and my mother has been a mother to me. I am starting this diary because I have nothing better to do. There is nothing good for people who start out rough in life, and most are conscripted. I haven't being conscripted yet, but I am going to join the army anyways. I am going to document my life in the war for my family and anyone who may read this. Well, let's begin.



9th April, 1809: Well, I have spent the first night in the tavern of Edinburgh with my friends and saying my goodbyes. I went to my room and prepared for the last night's sleep in Edinburgh, until I return. I forgot my jacket so I went down to collect it, and a god awful thing happened. I spilled someone's drink all over him! He said that he'll duel me tomorrow. He stormed of the tavern and then a man in black, called Fielding, came over to me and said that he'd supply me with the necessary equipment and be my man for the duel. I collected my jacket and went to my room.



10th April, 1809: I couldn't sleep now, and I'm not tired. I went to Fielding's room and told me that I was ready for the duel. He got ready in a few minutes then escorted me through the streets and to the dueling fields. Rake and his right hand man were already there. I took of my jacket and stood directly infront of him. The manner of the duel was swordfighting. Well my luck stood out, because I am better at swordfighting. We dueled for a few seconds before I finally killed him. I saw him lying on the floor and Fielding escorted me to the tavern again.



11th April, 1809: I woke up this morning and thanked Fielding for accompanying me. I knew that it was my first kill, but it was exciting. I think I am ready for the war. So I packed my bags and I joined a caravan and I am en route to the military depot.



12th April, 1809: We have arrived at the military depot. I went into the headquarters and one of the generals, called Sir John Hope! I introduced myself politely but he didn't even want to see me. I thought it was a bit rude. Anyways, I went to the liasion, got my Private rank and my uniform. I have made some friends in the depot, and we are told that we are going to be in an official army within a week.

隐藏: A picture of Kenneth McFadden, a Private

Revival of war diaries.

Also... to be continued...

 

[Bluehawk]

]I was born in the Scottish highlands, specifically the town of Edinburgh.

Choose one.

 

[JamesThompson]

]I was born in the Scottish highlands, specifically the town of Edinburgh.

Choose one.

Updated.

 

[Inzunza]

]I was born in the Scottish highlands, specifically the town of Edinburgh.

Choose one.

Terrain was different back then.  Edinburgh was on a mountain, Madrid touches the pacific, and Rome was in the Sahara.

 

[JamesThompson]

Removed Post.

 

[Inzunza]

Well, that's interesting. Should I change it once more?

Yes, instead of Edinburgh your character should be from Addis Ababa.  And should have a campaign focusing on fighting the Italians.  In the late 1800's.

That'd suffice, I'd say.  :3

 

[Swissky]

Logbook of Thomas Heurlin, Lieutenant of Jägerkompanie Nr. 10

21st of May, 1809.

That rat Johann Sigismund Riesch got me drunk and tricked me into adultery, I told Kaiser Franz about this but he would not have it. Me and Johann were supposed to talk about how we could help eachother reach greater heights in the Empire but he thought it was a better idea to betray me and earn a promotion. I've been demoted from Major to Lieutenant by my Kaiser, now my wife Lady Genevieve doesn't want to see me.

22nd of May.
I explained what happened to my wife and she's ready to give me another chance but I may not ever see her face again, for I am to take Venice with an largely outnumbered force.

25th of May.

I took Venice, although my casualties are high, the enemies casualties are even higher. I'm now on my way to lay siege to Milano with the help of a few Generals.

27th of May.
Arrived at Milano.

28th of May
Took Milano with ease, the most of the garrison surrendered due to lack of supplies but a handful remained in the castle which we charged. They all lay dead before us.

1st of June.
I was ordered by my supervisors to bring 80 men with me and scout around Salzburg for bandits, I found them shortly afterwards and instantly engaged them. They were 30 and we were 80, we quickly decimated them but five took cover in an old cabin, we set it on fire and two had died from their wounds but the remaining three were still fit for battle. Two ran at us, they were quickly shot down, I thought the third had somehow bled to death inside the cabin but now he showed himself and fired an old musketoon from medium range at me and two of my Sergeants. One died and the other wasn't even hit but I was hit with small shrapnel on the left of my face. He ran towards me with the butt of the musketoon first but I pierced him with my sabre, killing him and fell unconscious. I was taken to Salzburg hospital and wondered if my Kaiser had rather have me dead.

3rd of June

I slept for an entire day and woke up early in the morning, I was served breakfast a few hours later and nearly puked. Is this fit for a dog or a man?

 

[matmannen]

Bio

隐藏

Name: Nicola Savchenko
Ethnicity: Zaporochian Cossack
Nationaliy: Russian

April 30 1809

隐藏

****!!! Those filthy Austrians barely feed me in this prison cell. Why am I here? Well, I happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time, and all those farmers I robbed, and happened to kill, of course. Don't judge, I don't. I set out of S:t Petersburg hoping to make something of myself. I started forming a band of Russians, prussians, poles and various deserters. Everybody are preoccupied in this ******** war, so who is going to stop us, right? This land is ours we thought. So we began small, started targeting unarmed traveling austrians, soon we upgraded to smaller military patrols; fate was smiling on me, I thought. But everything started when I got cocky. A polish military commander needed help fighting a austrian force, so I obliged. Thinking myself invinsable I rode into battle on my steed. Things wer going well, but then I meet the cuirassier. No matter how hard I struck his armour my sabre just wouldn't wound him, then he struck me with the flat of his sword, I guess he pittied me; and everything went dark.
When I came to a polish lineinfantryman stood over me, shaking me. From the little I could understand he was saying, we won, we won. Thank god, what would have happened to me if we didn't. When I turned to my left lay a familiar face, the cuirrasier who struck me down. What goes around comes around I thought -I was to learn to profound thruthfullness of that statement- I freed the cuirassier from his armour and took it for myself.
Being wounded I lead my little raggady band to Poznan, there we would rest, let the wound heal. Well, on my third day in the tavern I heard a familiar sound. Cannons, and load shouts in German. Yes, it was those ******** austrians again. They just had come to Poznan with a huge army. Being a wanted man I just couldn't simply leave the city, they would catch me, and then what? Well, soon the austrians prepared to storm. I decided to do my part. If they take this city they will find me, and then I am a dead man, so I might as well take the risk of falling in this iminant battle in the hopes of driving these pigs away. Remember I had this cuirrass of mine, I am invinsable, right?
Well, so the austrians came marching. They were fast, only had time to shoot one bullet before they were upon us; no matter I thought. Plunging into battle with my sabre in hand I faced an austrian officer. I had never seen such skill with the blade before, he was fast, to fast. He struck me once across the stomach, he didn't penetrate the metall, but the pain. He rasied his sword once more, wen't for the head, swung, and then everything went dark. When I came to, well, you can guess dear reader.They barely feed me, and I wonder how long till I will hang for my crimes.
The lock is rattling, somebody is unlocking my prison cell door, is this really the end? Oh, god, is this the end? What am I leaving this world but these notes and a reputation as Nicola the would be highway man...

Pray for me...

10 June 1809

隐藏

A whole month has passed since I was let out of the Austrian prison, I guess they have bigger fish to fry. Since my release I have been busy, I left my career of crime behind me, and joined the russian army. Then again I am basically doing what I did before, the only diffrence is that part of my loot goes to my superiours now. As I have had some experience leading a bandit gang I was assigned a smaller Cossack company. Well, that is what the paper work says. In reality I was told to gather the scum of russia, and go kill Prussians. I can do that.
My little comany though is growing, we are now almost a conventional company. Anyway, I'm babbling, I have recently run into morale issues; some soldiers started deserting. Apparently the men wernt very fond of an empty food wagon, but what can you do, times are tuff! I ordered the men to raid a prussian village we ran into. This allowed us to refill our food wagon, and it also let the men blow of some steam, by god , they need it.
My dream is to make this comapny of mine into a legitamet regiment some day, but for that I need funding. I just today actually founded a bakery in Grodno, using the francs I got from selling all the loot from the village. It's not much but it's a start.

Perhaps things are changing for the better...

4 July 1809

隐藏

I am shocked at how well things are going for me. Me and my company of cossacks are doing our duty, and the poor ****s we raid are left at our mercy. But who cares, it's war. **** the the peasants, **** the prussians, and especially **** their king. All the revenue from our raids is put to good use. I have expanded my business to one bakery, one winery, one weavery, and just today, one smithy. All the revenue this is going to give me will be used for the good of my company. Actually I was given a great honour. My cossack company has been awarded the honour of serving as Cossack Guards. This is a move in the right direction, but I am still merely a private. I am hoping that through future endevours I will gain Tsar Alexanders glance...

24 July 1809

隐藏

I am writing this as a prisoner of war. I got cocky, again, ****! After a long march through the russian steppes my men were getting weary, they hungered for blood, death and the spoils of war. Some started desering so with haste we marched to the Prussian border. We attacked the very first village we saw, that was my mistake. I decided not to scout for any enemy positions, that was my mistake, for just as we attacked the village a Prussian force almost three times the size of mine came to the villagers rescue. My men fought bravely, I myself cut many down with my sabre before I was hit by a bullet. When I finally woke up it was clear that the battle didn't go our way. I recently traded a Polish turncoat officer to King Wilhelm for a significant price. But he was an officer, I am merely rabble. I doubt Tsar Alexander will pay the same price for me...

12 August 1809

隐藏

My suspitions proved to be accurate, my Tsar didn't care about my captivity. But I was able to flee from mine captors one evening. To my astinishment the prussians had kept my equipment unspoiled, it seems they think higher of me then my own Tsar does. When putting my second captivity behind me I was attacked by bandit gangs several times, to my dishonour I was in their captivity two more seperate times actually. In the end I tracked them down and slaughtered every last one of them.
In russian I made a tour and swiftly enlisted about 100 cossacks. To the border we rode and we raided another village, good times. When turing back I was hunted down by a prussian commander. My force, about 94 cossacks, his force, about 100 line infantrymen with support from the Liebhussar corp and a smaller battery. Into musket fire we rode and we cruhed every last one of them. M company lost 8 cossacks, and about a third of them got severly wounded.
When collecting our dead my comrades called to me. Within a pile of dead prussians hid a certain Prussian officer. He is my prisoner now, and I will make King Wilhelm pay a hefty price for him. Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg is his name...

15 August 1809

隐藏

****, we have been resting in Grodno. On morning some of my men came bursting into my room, it seems Ludwig, our dear prussian guest fled during the night. He must have had contacts in the city that helped him flee. Very well, but ths isn't the last he has seen of me...

Game got a bit buggesd so Nicolo Savchenko had to die. No problem though, I look forward to make another Russian or German character and share his progression with you.

Stay tuned...

 

[Swissky]

Those filthy Austrians barely feed me in this prison cell.

You should count yourself lucky. 

I was served breakfast a few hours later and nearly puked. Is this fit for a dog or a man?

 

[matmannen]

I was served breakfast a few hours later and nearly puked. Is this fit for a dog or a man?

It appears the austrians treat common bandits better then their own soldiers. Emporer Franz doesn't deserve tha title... 

 

[Swissky]

I would rather wait 91 years and get transferred to Switzerland in order to get some müesli from Dr. Bircher-Benner instead of this ****. 

 

[matmannen]

Bio

隐藏

Name: Ádam Borza
Ethnicity: Hungarian
Nationality: Austrian

Backstory

隐藏

Bah, this beer is so bittter, but this is what you get when you don't have the fracs for anything better. Just arrived at vienna after leaving my home, my past, leaving everything behind me. My father was a hunter living close to the Ottoman borders, he made sure to teach me everything he know of hunting, stalking and trapping. I guess he wanted me to follow in the tradition of our family; hunting. As far as I know my father has been hunting his entire life, and so did his father, and his grand father and so on. Apparantly when called on we served as Grenz infanrty and cavalry, we know the land ofcourse, I never experienced it though.
When I came of age, I just couldn't settle with the lot he had given me; a hunter, really? So I left. I left my father and started applying my learned skills elsewhere. First I started guiding caravans through the rugged bandit infested borderlands. I helped fight of bandits trying to rob us, but soon I joined the bandits and started raiding the caravans I had once protected. My part of the job was to deliberatly lead the caravans into ambushes.
Soon my life would change through a simply messege. It was given to me while in Budapest on the lookout for new caravans. It was a simple messege from my old village elder. It said: Come quick, it's your father...
I guess my old village leder had made sure to keep tabs on me, did he know of my banditry, what will my father say? I put it of for a few days, finally I left for my childhood home. I bailed in the middle of a mission, the others won't let me back into the gang now. When I arrived I was perplexed. Large parts of the village seemed to have been burnet down, many were in mourning. It was already to late, my father was dead. Not from age nor sickness, but wounds. Raiders had attacked the village, ottoman raiders I was told. I got on my horse and galopped and galopped until the my horse refused to go any further...

Well, ow I am here at a cheap ass inn in Vienna. What will I do with my live, I don't know. One thing is for sure, I will go down to the bar and buy myself another grog, I'm not even close to drunk enaugh...

April 10th 1809

隐藏

Strange things happen. When climbing down the strairs to get the other grog I accidentally bumbed into a pompous ******* who can't see the diffrence between an acident an a delibarity offence. Anyway, one thing lead to the other I cut him down with a sword. But thinks would stop getting wierder I went from a drunk in a cheap inn to battling next to a bunch of costums officers against a whole gang of smugglers. Anyway, that little adventure is finally over and I am back to being a drunk. What will I do with my life? I was able to win a few fracns in a fist fight, but they won't get me far...

May 28th 1809

隐藏

Wow, two months have already passed. I ended up joining the austrian army, can you believe it? I am leading a small company of Chevaux-leger, scouting for the bigger army we have done our duty. The war in north has gone very well; poland is almost entirly conquered, and they have now sued for peace. Emporer Franz included me in the spoiles of war and awarded me the village of Praga. The war in the south though has been an utter disaster. All of austria propor and hungary has been conquered by the small kingdom of Naples. They have conquered my homeland, and I can't do anything about it, me and my small company scouts. It makes me furius that the emporer let Austria be so heavily beaten by a small italien kingdom. **** the emporer...

Maybe, I don't know? Maybe it's time to move on. My father is dead, what more binds me to this country?

July 11th 1809

隐藏

So I did it, I left the austrian army. No hard feelings it seems. I tried picking up goods peddling, but I just didn't work. I couldn't even haggle decently. Well, in Hannover I ran into a young lass called Ymira. She told me some sob story about how she flees from an older suiter and her father demanding she respond to this suiter, I didn't care very much. What cought my ear was who her father is; he is a rich hannovorian merchent. Thinking fate had dealt me a good hand I took Ymira under my wing. I would teach her warfare and in return she would help me with my trading endevours. And did they go well. Me and Ymira travelled across europe from Edinburgh to Naples we travelled, and rich did we become. I ended up founding several small sclae industries through out the cities. Sadly our ways parted when we were assailed by a pair of bandits in the russian tundra.
I tried looking for her in local inns without any luck; is she even alive? I bumped into a local named Bunduk, strange name for a russian. He asked to come with me on my travels, as serving in the local garrison had become a bore for him. Well, I obliged, but we didn't get far until we were attacked by bandits. I tied, but I couldn't hold them back. I was knocked from my horse, and off the horse skill doesn't matter when you are foighting 20 at one moment.
Now I am alone again, I have no Ymira to help me in my trade, and gods know what I will do. I am now a successfull trader and business owner, perhaps some army will have me lead and fund a regiment or so. We'll see...

August 9th 1809

隐藏

I tend not to write in my journals very often it seems. Anyway, I tried my luck and asked to the astrian army again. I made sure to bring light to the finacial benefits I would bring to the austrian army. Holy ****, they actually acceoted me. Not only that I was appointed a small comany of Cuirrasiers. It seems money is the priority, not loyalty, money can buy anything in these desperate times. Seeing that the relationship between Austria and Prussia is a bit tense at the moment I decided to give the situation a little push. I ambushed a smaller company of about 100 men and destroyed them to the last man. I took their commander as a POW in the process. I ended up selling him to king Wilhelm for over 3000 francs. Sadly I lost a few of my soldiers in the process.
I got word that Ymira had emerged in Paris. Risky, travelling through Nappes lands is risky, but it is a risk worth taking. Ymira has medical knowledge that are invaluable to me. Long story short, I tired to sneak into Paris but I was detected by the local guards. I managed to beat them down and run though, so no problem.
On the way home I decided to attack Frankfurt. The french had recently taken it from the Rhen confederation. I lost about 15 cuirrasiers, but we stormed the fortifiactions and cut them down. I am hoping that Emporer Franz will award me the city. Not soon after a small french force tried attacking the city. The defence was deseprate, but we managed to hold them back. Lost about 20 more cuirrasiers though. I am refilling my ranks with local Germans, but this is only temporary. I need to return to austria to bolster my ranks with native austrians, hough I can't leave the city defensless. What will I do?

August 10th 1809

隐藏

I can't believe it. Emporer Franz refuses to award me the city. Instead a offers me 900 francs, seriously? I make triple that from my businesses alone. Instead he will award it to some milk drinker. maybe, atleast I will give me a promotion my my endevour?