Livonian Knight – or Swerd Brethern Knight

The autumn sun hung low over the marshy lands of Samogitia, its pale light glinting off the helms of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword. Master Volkwin rode at the front, his banner of a red cross snapping in the wind. The order had marched deep into enemy territory, intent on punishing the pagan Samogitians for their raids. The campaign had gone well at first — villages burned, cattle taken, hostages bound in ropes. Yet now, as September 22 dawned, the return march home had turned into somethi…

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