Many moons ago in a far off place lived a handsome prince with a gloomy face for he did not have a dragon. When this noble prince finally got his dragon after years of begging he got a green dragon. He was so excited about his new dragon that he decided to go on an adventure with his new dragon. He soared the skies, with the wind in his hair, and a skip in his step. But what he didn’t know was that the green dragon had a fatal malfunction.
He soared over seas and woods and many other interesting plains. But the doomed day had come when he reached the desert. When he reached this desert if he would have had a blue dragon he would have had an amazing time breathing lightning and such. But on the contrary he had the abominable green dragon. When they reached the desert this green dragon was so weak that he could not last. He eventually fell out of the sky flipped over crushing the once noble prince. The green dragon is far better than the blue dragon because of the green dragons lack of strength in hot climates and in other abilities.
The blue dragon as we all know is far better than the green dragon. The blue dragon is pensive, lawful and vain. While the green dragon is backbiting and cruel. Both of the dragons are good at tracking. The blue dragon breathes lightning while the green dragon breathes a toxic chlorine. The blue dragon has a good sense of moral while the green dragon runs wild and reeks of chlorine. The green dragon constantly scares noble lords and ladies with his use of camouflage. While the blue dragon is an amazing thinker, they will always be calm no matter what.
Although some peasants may say that the green dragon trumps the blue dragon because of it’s hunting skills, but they do not realize that the green dragon uses those skills to hunt humans, an innocent squire was attacked by his lord’s green dragon only two moons ago. If the peasant is really annoying then s/he might say that the green dragon trumps the blue dragon because of his strength. But that annoying peasant is lying to you. The blue dragon has just as much strength the only difference is while the green dragon is out killing innocent squires the blue dragon is saving his strength for something important.
If the breeding of green dragons excels like a few kings have suggested it would end in mass destruction of the human race. First there would be enough green dragons to rise up and start to kill entire towns one at a time. In the end there would be only green dragons roaming the earth.
But there is something you can do. Protest against the kings that believe in the breeding of green dragons if you are a peasant. Some of you may die in the act but it is worth the lives of everyone in the entire world. If you are a lord you could go to your king and have a civilized conversation about the matter. Do everything you can do to stop the rain of the repulsive green dragon before it even starts.
Peasants By: Sir William Fyre
Today, Most peasants work in the marshlands we call “Farmland”, many of these people won’t survive to the age of 30 due to the lack of proper hygiene and witchcraft. But all of these peasants make living in the castle possible - if we let them die, who would give us food and work the fields. We would be left in a famine and be unable to repel any invaders. If there is anyone who makes it possible to live in the castle, its got to be the peasants. If the peasants were to die, we would be left without armor for knights and kings, without swords for slaying our enemies, and transportation.
These social inferiors, the people work themselves slowly to their death, work many jobs around our castles. We wouldn’t have servants, maids, and cooks. If we let all of them die, there would be no one left for us to rule over, get taxes from, and keep out invaders, many of these peasants try their hardest to keep themselves alive, and we remain selfish enough to keep all the wizards trapped in our castle, where they are unable to help anyone else but us.
Now with witchcraft popping up everywhere, many peasants our dying and we can do things to stop it, but our only question is “Why?” Why should we help these peasants. “They are inferior to us” is all we think when we see a peasant, and why shouldn’t we? These are the people who find jewels and gold to be mined, build the castles we live in, and make up more than ¾ of our army.
If we lost them everyone’s life would be much different, they are the people who sew our clothing, hammer steel to become armor, and cut many of our crops down to put into our soup. All these luxuries we have would become worthless, with us ourselves, preparing our food, building a castle, and all of our gowns would be worthless - we would work everything that normally is run by peasants. Many of these tools we’ve never seen or tried because of our origins in wealthy families.
These peasants are what makes us so powerful, and strong. If we even lost one and let the witchcraft spread, who knows what could happen to us, a dragon could come, an unknown invader could crush us without thinking.We have to keep these peasants alive for us to remain in power. If we let the magicians go, they could stop the witchcraft. If we isolated an infected person, they would never spread this witchcraft. If we let these peasants die, all our power is lost.
Dragons Means Death By: Lady Evangeline
In the small town Xanthos, there was a wild Ukrainian Ironbelly sighted to be tormenting it. The dragon went on a rampage, nearly destroying three quarters of the town in total. It was pure luck that two sorcerers were able to set water from a nearby lake and drenched the dragon, temporarily removing it’s advantage of fire. The knights were then able to put down the dragon, sadly not being able to just tranquilize it, which shows how dangerous these dragons are.
Dragons have been damaging villages for centuries. Just recently have humans advanced in the research of dragons and have found how to kill them. We still haven’t found a way to get them to stay away without the need of hurting them . (Some dragon blood is venomous and if killed the blood goes into the now contaminated water.)
There seems to be an increase in dragon attacks. In all of Europe, ten years ago the count was 347. It is now currently 478; 131 increased attacks! Scientists have assumed it’s because of the increasing number of dragons being born, despite the fact they can only have around three hatchlings every century. The most dangerous dragon, the Hungarian Horntail, has increased most in number. What makes this more disturbing is the fact that they can have up to five hatchlings. If we don’t start controlling the dragon population now, future generations of humans won’t thrive as it is now.
Some might say that dragons are harmless if trained, considering that there are many domesticated dragons. They probably have not read that almost 73% of domesticated dragons lash out when at adult stage. They have to be in chains afterward and then slowly trained once again. Other people have also described that water could keep dragons away. The data shows that all throughout Europe, of the 478 attacks, 294 attacks were against castles with moats. This might be because dragons are able to fly well above the average castle walls.
Others might also say that mothers are just keeping their eggs warm by breathing fire, unfortunately the fire can burn whole entire towns! The damage done is even greater and quicker than some wars we’ve had; if we compare square area to square area. Dragon research also has not yet shown ways to get dragons away from a certain area.
If we do not stop this atrocity, then our children and grandchildren are susceptible to be killed by a dragon. The rate of dragon attacks will have increased 21% in two decades, according to our scientists. This is quite extreme! By not killing the dragons we are hurting the human race. Although, there is hope if you happen to like dragons.
You can possibly join a dragon research group near you or you can have petitions to allow our king to send more money from the treasury to our cause. Anyone, including peasants, can sign a petition, so don’t worry if you think you’ll be left out! You can also help dragon proof towns with water. Go and help!
Which Armor Is Best? Chain or Plates? By: Lady Elizabeth
Last night, the knight Sir Du Bawn was knocked out during the jousting tournament by a squire. He was severely injured by the lance, with three cracked ribs and a broken arm. How could this happen you may think, to one of the better knights of this land? One word, chain mail.
If you may not have known, chain mail is the traditional armor used by our knights and soldiers. It is basically small rings of metal linked together and worn like a hauberk, which is best against slashes and grazes of the sword or spear.
But the problem is is that it is the weak link against the thrust or any attack with a large amount of power. That is where steel plates come in. This kind of armor is a layer of steel and leather straps/padding, protecting the body from the heat of battle and its powerful attacks. The fiefdom's blacksmith also agrees with this.
"After creating and testing different kinds of armor, I have found that steel plates are far superior. Although they may have less protected areas, that can easily be fixed by making a modified chain mail hauberk, one with support from leather cords."
Some might say that even though this is the better choice of armor, it has chinks in it that can be fatal. But there has been a development of full suits of armor with modified chain mail hauberks, closed greaves, and vambraces that are connected to cover the whole arm and shoulders. Also, breast plates can now be linked by leather straps so there is more manuverability for a knight's upper body, which means stronger and faster strokes, parries, and lunges.
If these words are not heeded, a Saxon invasion with their thinner and wider swords will surely bring us to an end. Also, if foreigners invade from the east, their remarkable archery will bring an end to our calvary and their chain mail armor. This could then lead to the end of the whole English population, along with the Scottish, Irish, and Spanish populus.
So please take my words to account, for this change in our ways could lead to the saving of millions of lives, both of the upper and lower classes.
King John - Fit to be King? By: Sir Mudkip Montbrai
On June 1st, King Richard the Lionheart gained control of Cyprus. Then, just a month later, he gains control of Tyre and Acre. Richard the Lionheart was truly a magnificent king, even until the very end. Then comes King John. He lost the lands of Aquitaine, Poitou, and Anjou. King John was involved in the murder of Arthur, argued with the fine Pope, and was excommunicated for fighting with Archbishop of Canterbury. This was lifted only when he behaved and approved of Stephen Langton to be the Archbishop.
King John has made several mistakes in the past, and has been losing land like there was no tomorrow. Do we really want a king who is losing us land, not gaining?
King John was also involved in the murder of Arthur. So we have a king that has taken the life of another human being personally. Murder shows violence in a person, and is a violent person really fit to rule? Do we really want this murderous person to represent England, and be our king?
Also, King John has argued with the Pope. THE POPE. The leader of the Church. The leader of the very root of our society. The church. The Pope is one of the most divine beings on Earth, and King John dares argue with him? Do we really want a king that would go against the power of the church?
Lastly, he did not approve of the Pope’s decision of making Stephen Langton the Archbishop of Canterbury. Thus, he was excommunicated. Then, he comes back on his knees, begging desperately to have this excommunication lifted. He is so desperate that he does not stick with his previous judgement and submits. I cannot help but be reminded of a situation like that of a parent and child when hearing of this. So once again, I ask, do we really want this land-losing, murderous, rebellious, child-like, submissive person to be our representative, our leader, our king?
No! No, I say! We can have someone better. If we come together, we can succeed in overthrowing the King. Please, consider carefully what a King is supposed to be, and ponder if John fits your thoughts on what it means to be a King.
Giant Attack! By: Lady Evangeline
So if you haven’t heard, even though news have been all over town, a giant killed two travelers. Seems out of the blue doesn’t it? It was a giant that prefered dark quiet caves and the travelers were loud. They also held torches since it was nightfall and they were very close to their destination. Luckily there were three travelers in total and one survived. Do you think that they should have set camp and not have torches on or that it was the giants fault? Comment down below. Smith, the survivor, describes the giant to be around twenty feet tall. Shorter than most giants which are usually over fifty feet tall when fully grown. Everyone assumes that it was a young one with a worser judgement that an adult. Do you think it was inhumane to have killed it?
Comments:
Cyenth15692: The giant obviously was afraid! Why did they have to kill it? It’s unfair and definitely inhumane. Knights could’ve captured the giant easily and you’d only need around ten knights and a strong net. Technically it was the traveler’s fault since they were the ones that held the torches they didn’t like.
12Toa: Um... it were the travelers that got killed. They paid a price and didn’t even do anything. They were the innocent ones! The giant attacked and he deserved to be killed. If he didn’t then the people of the small town would’ve all been killed.
Synthajkd: I think it definitely needed to be captured. It couldn’t just destroy a whole town! But it wasn’t cool that they killed the giant even though it killed the people. It didn’t realize what it was doing. To be fair the giant was a baby.
12Toa: Um... you mean a twenty feet tall baby that can easily crush trees just to play with them.
Advice Column By: Lady Evangeline
Dear Evangeline, My plow isn’t working up to par. I don’t know what is wrong with it but it isn’t burying the weeds properly. It’s always on the surface of the soil. What’s wrong? My son also bought the wrong type of horse to pull the plow. It looks like it’s an arabian and is quite fast, but I need a good stocky horse to be able to pull a heavy plow. Sincerely, Poor Plow
Dear Poor Plow, I highly suggest you go and buy a stocky horse. Your plow is probably dented and you will need to find a plow sharpener (50% off at Morror’s) to sharpen it. I, however, do not know much on the subject of the plow. If it still does not work you should consult a professional. Do you know anyone whose plow works brilliantly? Try to trade information. From, Evangeline
Dear Evangeline, I have been trying so hard to learn magic. My father was a magician, my grandfather, my great-grandfather and so forth. I’m absolutely horrid at doing magic! All spells I forget, all incantations tongue tied, all potions explode. My parents are terrified of me. How can I prove myself worthy of my family name? From, Desperate
Dear Desperate, Do you have a tutor? Maybe you are practicing the wrong type of magic. There are different kinds: elemental, chantings and so on. Is your wand not suiting to you? You should also try meditating to help you mind focus on the task, magic, at hand. Hope this helps! Sincerely, Evangeline
Obituary By: Lady Evangeline
Sir Dashiel
A knight by the name of Dashiel died in tournament against another knight, Meveleint. He was 20 and was jousting with an already cracked helmet that cracked from the joust before Meveleint. He was fairly poor and was looking to earn the 1000 gold coin prize of the Annual Jousting Tournament. Having his armor broken and the fact that he didn’t have a spare helmet, gave him a disadvantage. This in turn led to his death. He was quite a dashing Dashiel and many young maidens, who’ve taken fancy on him, are mourning his death.
Lilianne
Lilianne of Dushburry died this morning trying to deliver wheat to the bakery. It was ‘round four or five in the morning, too early for light. Having a large bushel of wheat and the darkness she couldn’t see the horse galloping toward her. On the horse was Sir Shoic who had bought a magical relic to gain light. Unfortunately, just as Lilianne came into the knight’s path, the relic malfunctioned. Lili was run over, although the wheat is perfectly safe and Bonnie’s Bakery will have bread in a couple hours.
Very LeTrie
Officially named Veronica, she was affectionately nicknamed Very by her mother. She was only eight when she died, which makes this even horrendous. She was found crushed by an ogre. Not much is known about why the ogre decided to attack, but Very did wander too far by the beast. She was studying to be a witch, although a pure witch not an evil one.