The King Fell at St Alban's
1455: The dust begins to settle following the First Battle of St Alban's. The Duke of York, Richard and his allies the Earls of Warwick and Salisbury have emerged triumphant against the King's forces. The King's advisors and commanders are captured and his chief councillor Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset is captured and executed. Yet the King, Henry VI is nowhere to be found. Richard sends 50 men to search for the King. After a few moments the King is found, he lays dead at the side of a road, a stray arrow having struck a killing blow to him. Henry's son, Edward is now King and at age 2 is one of the youngest Kings in English history at this point. Richard meanwhile has just committed the mortal sin of Regicide. The future of England is now uncertain.
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9. Have fun! Not everything has to be 100% realistic, it just needs to be plausible (i.e. an extremely unpopular noble can become Regent or King, but he cannot rule as Regent or King without a revolt or something). Just make sure there is no ASB.
1. Each post should cover no more than a year, though you can go into as much detail about the events that occurred in said year.
2. No contradicting previous posts.
3. You can make reference to a butterfly that occurred in a previous year, so long as it doesn’t contradict a previous post.
4. You don’t need to cover what’s happening in every country in a year, just write about what you want to or are knowledgeable in.
5. No wanking countries/dynasties, you can screw them so long as it doesn’t make another country OP.
6. You must wait until at least one person has posted after you before posting again.
7. You can contribute to this story in any format you want to (i.e. narratives, or extracts).
8. No killing characters out of the blue unless it adds to the story. I.E. person Y can't just die of poisoning some day, but Person Y can die of poisoning if it has been previously mentioned that Person X's agents have infiltrated Person Y's court or it there have been rumours of a traitor in Person Y's court.
9. Have fun! Not everything has to be 100% realistic, it just needs to be plausible (i.e. an extremely unpopular noble can become Regent or King, but he cannot rule as Regent or King without a revolt or something). Just make sure there is no ASB.
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