Sunday, 18 November 2007

Today I'm writing something special, for inspired by Bernard Cornwells historical fictions (Which have been a constant cause of a lack of sleep.), and a particularly exciting siege in Medieval II, I have decided to write some fiction of my own. Here follows the first part of my attempt at some mildly historical fiction. Comments and criticism are greatly appreciated.

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King Rufus of England looked over his camp outside the fortress of Gaza and smiled. What had begun as an entirely unsuccessful crusade to Antioch and turned into a splendid campaign of plunder, pillage, and punishment for the Arab infidels. King Rufus had been a poor leader at home, and his court of Nobles had effectively banished him on the god forsaken crusade. Rufus was no idiot, but there was little he could do and so he set out to carry out God’s work with an army of England’s finest

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