mythusmage
Prince
4000 BC: Winchester founded
The people have come together to establish one of our villages as our capital. Because it is my childhood home they are now flocking to the village of Winchester, and so the trappings of government have started to gather there. For this reason we no longer call Winchester a village, but a town instead. Since Winchester is now a town I have decided to form bands of warriors to explore the lands outside our domain and to protect Winchester from possible enemies. Alfred the Great
3980 BC: Researching Toolmaking
My wise men are bored and at odds. Seeing as they're getting rowdy and causing trouble it is my decision to put them to gainful work. For this reason they are now researching the mysteries of Toolworking. Not that we don't know how to make tools, but it keeps my wise men out of trouble, and they may learn how to make and use tools better than we now do. Alfred the Great
3860 BC: Learn Oral Tradition
My warriors have encountered a village of strangers. These people have a tradition of tale telling that makes our informal ways seem inadequate. From them we have learned the power of story telling and are now establishing a formal corp of tale tellers. Some of my advisers say we should start constructing special places where story tellers can hold forth. Alfred the Great
3870 BC: Horses discovered
The warrior band I sent out to explore has encountered a most interesting animal. the nomadic locals call it a Horse, and tell of a game they play in which they ride on the back of the beast. Nothing too well developed, maybe we will develop it further. Alfred the Great
(Translators Note: As Alfred noted in his journal, the Anglo-Saxons already knew how to make tools when he decided to start a formal research program. But, contrary to what Ethelred of the University of Baumberg would have you believe, the research program Alfred the Great instituted did show how toolmaking could be better done, allowing for the introduction of spearmen to the nascent Anglo-Saxon military.
To the contrary, his story of learning Oral Tradition from base savages has the odor of urban legend. Our ancestors knew how to tell stories already, and one would think that formalizing the art and establishing special places where stories could be told would be a case of organic development. No need for a research project in other words. Our esteemed leader is known for his tendency to exaggerate and invent things. At 6,000 years old he also tends to forget things.
More to come. Alf-wine of the University of Winchester)
(Alfie's Addendum: The arrogance of youth is amazing, isn't it?
)
The people have come together to establish one of our villages as our capital. Because it is my childhood home they are now flocking to the village of Winchester, and so the trappings of government have started to gather there. For this reason we no longer call Winchester a village, but a town instead. Since Winchester is now a town I have decided to form bands of warriors to explore the lands outside our domain and to protect Winchester from possible enemies. Alfred the Great
3980 BC: Researching Toolmaking
My wise men are bored and at odds. Seeing as they're getting rowdy and causing trouble it is my decision to put them to gainful work. For this reason they are now researching the mysteries of Toolworking. Not that we don't know how to make tools, but it keeps my wise men out of trouble, and they may learn how to make and use tools better than we now do. Alfred the Great
3860 BC: Learn Oral Tradition
My warriors have encountered a village of strangers. These people have a tradition of tale telling that makes our informal ways seem inadequate. From them we have learned the power of story telling and are now establishing a formal corp of tale tellers. Some of my advisers say we should start constructing special places where story tellers can hold forth. Alfred the Great
3870 BC: Horses discovered
The warrior band I sent out to explore has encountered a most interesting animal. the nomadic locals call it a Horse, and tell of a game they play in which they ride on the back of the beast. Nothing too well developed, maybe we will develop it further. Alfred the Great
(Translators Note: As Alfred noted in his journal, the Anglo-Saxons already knew how to make tools when he decided to start a formal research program. But, contrary to what Ethelred of the University of Baumberg would have you believe, the research program Alfred the Great instituted did show how toolmaking could be better done, allowing for the introduction of spearmen to the nascent Anglo-Saxon military.
To the contrary, his story of learning Oral Tradition from base savages has the odor of urban legend. Our ancestors knew how to tell stories already, and one would think that formalizing the art and establishing special places where stories could be told would be a case of organic development. No need for a research project in other words. Our esteemed leader is known for his tendency to exaggerate and invent things. At 6,000 years old he also tends to forget things.
More to come. Alf-wine of the University of Winchester)
(Alfie's Addendum: The arrogance of youth is amazing, isn't it?
)
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