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This roleplay takes place during the middle ages.

Life of a Peasant:

*Most peasants can be placed into one of two groups- craftsmen or farmer. The farmers worked the fields daily, planting, harvesting, and fertilizing the plants. They paid for their rights to use the land directly in the form of their harvest, and keep the excess to be sold or for their own family use. Most farmers were not free and were bound to their land. Some were free and were known as villeins. These people were theoretically allowed to leave and go where they pleased, however, that was often not the case. The craftsmen were usually trained in the home by a parent who was in the profession, or by going into an apprenticeship with another skilled craftsmen in the town. The craftsmen built their goods to sell, and paid a tax to the lord for their right to use the land. Their life mainly consisted of making their goods and services available to the public of the town, coming to help when the town or castle needed repairs, or training the younger generation with their craft. Their profit from the sales was used to buy food from the farmers, and other items which kept the cycle of sales and purchases flowing to keep the medieval economy going. Most of the peasant had a few meager possessions, including benches, tools, pots and wooden bowls, cups and spoons. Many households also had a simple wooden chest to keep valuables in. Beds were not a common thing, and most slept on a sort of straw mattress on the floor. They slept in their work clothes, covered by an animal skin usually. Some houses had linen towels, woolen blankets, and livestock were also a common possession for them to own, normally chickens, cows, or a pig. If the wife in the family was not helping with the craftsmanship or the farming, she usually occupied her time with raising the children and having a small garden, called a croft. This was usually located next to the house. Some of the farmers lived in town and made the daily commute to their farms, but others lived outside of the protection of the walls on the farms. Generally, farmers did not merely subsist on the crop they grew, and could also produce a cash crop which would be sold. The money from this was used to pay their taxes and buy the necessary supplies for living. Religion was an important part of the life for the peasants, and it was taken very seriously. In fact, before the strong, tyrannical government emerged in the tenth to thirteenth with the king as its ruling figure, the church could also be considered a contending force with the king, sometimes overthrowing the king and placing a puppet of the church in command.

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November 23, 2012 at 7:00 PM

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Life of Royalty:

*The lives of nobles and royalty in the middle ages was one of great privilege and frequent danger. Privilege in that they ate well, drank fine wine, had a better chance of living long lives and had people around to serve them. Dangerous in that politics was treacherous and often deadly; society expected men to fight in almost constant wars and even pastimes were dangerous. Unlike the image of medieval tournaments being rather stately affairs, they were more like mini-wars with a very good chance of getting killed.

Princesses would learn to embroider, dance, have a knowledge of Courtly Love, go hunting and hawking and possibly learn a language and some rudimentary use of the globes and music. A little later than the Middle Ages, Henry VIII's first wife, the Spanish princess Katherine of Aragon, would sew his shirts for him. All women were considered inferior to men. They were expected to dress sumptuously, as it would show off their families' wealth and power. Princesses, like all women, were expected to obey their fathers (or brothers, or the man of the family) in all things; it was not unknown for a girl to be beaten for disobedience. They would be seen as a commodity, and a marriage arranged for them as soon as possible - even when they were still in their cradle. However, the marriage didn't actually take place until they were at least 12 years old or later, and they were not expected to consummate it until both parties were able. It wasn't unusual for a young girl to be betrothed to a much older prince or king; this was because love didn't come into marriage, it was to cement a royal or political alliance and/or for their families to gain more land and wealth.

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November 23, 2012 at 7:09 PM

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Rules:

The normal rules basicly. You must even genders. Keep track of all your people! This isn't like those fairytale princess stories! Ummm....Toe.x3 Any questions, ask. Don't make any royalty unless I give permission. You can be a knight. There are only going to be a few of them as well. Who ever asks first, gets them so.:3 Rawr.

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November 23, 2012 at 8:24 PM

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Peasant || Knight || Royalty:

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November 23, 2012 at 8:36 PM

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My People:

Name: Monica

Age: 16

Gender: Female

Peasant || Knight || Royalty: Royalty

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Name: Musetta

Age: 17

Gender: Female

Peasant || Knight || Royalty: Peasant

Looks:

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Name: Nathan

Age: 16

Gender: Male

Peasant || Knight || Royalty: Peasant

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Name: James

Age: 17

Gender: Male

Peasant || Knight || Royalty: Peasant

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November 23, 2012 at 9:17 PM

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Decaying Hearts

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They are all more.... medievally??? Than the photos.

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November 23, 2012 at 9:20 PM

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I LIKE PIE!!!!

"Me? I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly... stupid."- Jack Sparrow, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

"There will come a time when you have a chance to do the right thing. I love those moments. I like to wave at them as they pass by."- Elizabeth Swann and Jack Sparrow, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

"Curious. Your friends appear to be quite desperate, Jack. Perhaps they no longer believe that a gathering of squabbling pirates can defeat the Flying Dutchman. And so despair leads to betrayal. And you and I are no strangers to betrayal, are we, Jack? [Jack, who has been looking through various containers, stops and glances at a P mark on his arm] [turning to face Jack] It's not here, Jack. What? What isn't? The Heart of Davy Jones is safely aboard the Dutchman, and so unavailable for use as leverage to satisfy your debt to the good Captain. By my reckoning, that debt has been settled. By your death... yet here you are. Close your eyes and pretend it's all a bad dream. That's how I get by."- Lord Cutler Beckett and Jack Sparrow, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

"Clergyman, on the off chance that this does not go well for me, I would like you to note it-hearing now-that I am fully prepared to believe in whatever I must, and be welcomed into that place where all the "goody-goodies" want to go once they pop their clogs. Savvy? We have a word for that, Jack. You can convert. I was thinking more of an as-needed basis."- Jack Sparrow and Philip Swift, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

November 23, 2012 at 9:30 PM

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Decaying Hearts

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Opening Post:

Monica sat in her room. She thought of how lucky she was that she had not be force to marry at a young age unlike her 12 year old cousin who was meeting her fiance today for the first time. She was unmarried and was 16. Maybe no prince would marry her and she would never be wed. She thought. She sighed and stood. She walked through the castle and went out to the horses. She felt knights following her the whole time and watching her as she pet her large white horse, Grace. She watched the children playing nearby and sighed once again.

Nathan helped his father in his shop. He tried his best to keep his focus on the work, though his mind was somewhere else today.

Musetta pulled weeds from the garden and watched the other peasants.

James walked down to the bread shop to buy some bread with what little money he had.

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November 23, 2012 at 9:31 PM

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