I've decided to start playing Mount & Blade: Warband's campaign again tonight, and ran into some interesting situations. For quite a while now I've been carrying 10 prisoners with me wherever I go, unable to find a place to put them. Every castle has a prison, so I thought I could simply drop them off there whenever I wanted, but you can't. After doing a quick Google search I found my answer, and sold them off to a slave trader in a town called Tihr (which turns out is a pretty happening town). After gathering a decent number of men (30), I set out and took on a few battles.
After winning several battles I decided to return to Tihr, sold off a few more prisoners, and headed to the castle. That was when I met Lady Thera, the only one of four women who would even consider holding a conversation with me. At this point my name was well known amongst everyone in the town, with many saying I "struck fear in men", so I thought getting a woman wouldn't be all that difficult. After being rejected 3 times in a row my expectations slowly dwindled until I met Thera. Apparently she likes strong, bold men like me, and I managed to create a relationship with her. Unfortunately I was told to come back in a few days, because she felt things were moving too quickly.
After waiting several days, slaughtering a few men in the mean time, I returned to Tihr to see if I could progress things a bit with my new lady friend. Apparently she's rather high up on the royalty chain, or at least in that castle's, so the guards weren't too happy to see someone like me asking for Lady Thera. I was told that her nurse would find a way to sneak her out of the castle to see me. Fantastic. She actually wants to see me, enough to sneak out of a damn castle. Marrying her should be a cinch...
I finally make my way to her and we start chatting it up, and ask if we have a future together. She informs me that I'm not the only man looking for a future with her, so I demand to know who the other guy is. After some persuading, she finally gives a name: Jaral Gerald. I ask her nurse where I might find Gerald, and I start my search for him. I quickly find him and challenge him to a duel, which he accepts. We draw our swords and commence dueling, and I beat him within seconds. The man fought like a coward, and I'm offended he even offered a future with my Thera. I quickly race back to Tihr, but my lady is no where to be seen. I ask for her location and am told she is was last seen in a nearby castle just a short horse ride away. I pack my things and commence galloping.
I arrive at the castle and am again greeted by frowns by the guards, but luckily her nurse thinks otherwise and arranges a secret meeting for me and Thera. After a good first impression, dueling another man, and even reciting fucking poetry, I'm thinking this is it. I'm asking this bitch for her hand in marriage. I again ask about her future, when she informs me that, basically, I need to have a better name for myself. At this point I didn't know what to think. Right now I'm actually playing the game, finishing up a few side quests until I can meet her again. I just delivered some cattle to a small village and am on my way to see Thera, when her nurse met me in the field and delivered me a letter. Basically, this bitch wants to see me pronto but her father won't permit it. Still, she conjured up a plan to the two of us to meet somewhere.
Wish me luck.
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