Family History
Viceroy Sixtyfd
Lived in Era 13, got 1 heir(s) (Sixty) and was a member of Arrseonia
Seek ye an audience with Sir Sixtyfd, young knight? First ye must travel to his distant fiefdom in Old Edina. Then must ye joust with his chief knight, and prove thyself with a bow. Pass these challenges, and he shall hear thy petitioning. And then refuse whatever it was you wanted.
Son of the late and unlamented Sir Sixty The Lazy, who didn’t get round to writing one of these things, neatly outlining just why he gained his epithet, eh irony fans?
The young (ish) Sir Sixtyfd is an aspiring and utterly frustrated warrior at present (but that’s a story for another place) Easily identifiable on the field of battle by his somewhat **cough** unconventional choice of banner: a garish display of green, pink, black and brown faced with what looks like Mr Potato-head. Holding a gun.
And the less said about the combat socks the better.
Member of the wise and peaceful Kingdom of NARRSE; an utterly charming and friendly kingdom with absolutely no military ambitions at all. No really. We like bunnies and everything.
The lovely (and by no means warlike remember) members include the witty and verbose Viceroy Abacus, the not bossy at all Viceroy Spooky, Our Noble Liege Antathius LONG MAY HE REIGN, Sir White with his warfighting skills (the exception that proves the rule) and many others who I'll get round to writing about tomorrow.
Bet you can't wait, eh kids? ;-)
Viceroy Sixty
Lived in Era 14, got 10 heir(s) (Sixty, Sixty, Sixty, Sixty, Sixty, Sixty, Sixty, Sixty, Sixty, Sixty) and was a member of Arrseonia
Ah, the typical Elf: tall, sylph-like, elegant and pointy-eared. Sixty is none of these.
Son of an indolent waster *cough I mean 'Wizard' *cough*, young Sixty decided to carry on the family traditions of building massive towers and still having terrible LoS, providing effective (if erratic) CMS and writing drunken, sacastic coments in the main forums.
Tough life but someone has to.
Still a member of mighty ARRSE, although we are rather expanded of late. All hearts Veteran or Recruit alike still thrill when they hear the first stirring notes of our rousing national anthem "Let's Keep The Green, Brown, Black And Pink Flag Flying High"
*goes to sleep*
Awake again (not his favourite state of affairs) Sixty looked woozily around and noticed that he was dribbling in his tea...where was I?
Ah yes, ARRSE. We still have our core players but have some recruited some new blood including a long-haired German Troll , a Lord High Creator of the Chatroom and an American who builds loads of towers but still has terrible LoS, provides effective but erratic CMS and enjoys writing drunke.........................Hang on!
Viceroy Sixty
Lived in Era 15, got 1 heir(s) (August Von Gneisenau) and was a member of Rumour
Part the third.
During a very pleasant New Year celebration young (ish) Sixty made the mistake of standing next to Viceroy Abacus. Consequently he had an epiphany and realised that he was born to be a dwarf (either that or Abs is a giant but I digress)
Dwarfism proved to be a mixed blessing whereby Sixty had shedloads of gold but no magic at all. This WILL be rectified when his pointy ears grow back and Balin will be first up against the wall when the revolution comes.
Let's keep the green, black, pink and brown flag flying high!!
Viceroy August Von Gneisenau
Lived in Era 16, got 1 heir(s) (Fop) and was a member of Rumour
In 1815, once more chief of Blücher's staff, Gneisenau played a very conspicuous part in the Waterloo campaign. Senior generals such as Yorck and Kleist had been set aside in order that the chief-of-staff should take command in case of need, and when on the field of Ligny the old field marshal was disabled, Gneisenau assumed command of the Prussian army. Even in the light of evidence that many years' research has collected, the precise part taken by Gneisenau in the events which followed is much debated. It is known that Gneisenau had the deepest distrust in the British commander, who, he considered, had left the Prussians in the lurch at Ligny, and that up to the hour of victory he had grave doubts as to whether he ought not to fall back on the Rhine. Blücher, however, soon recovered from his injuries and, with Grolmann, the quartermaster general, he managed to convince Gneisenau. The relations between the two may be illustrated by Brigadier-General Hardinge's report. Blücher burst into Hardinge's room at Wavre, saying Gneisenau has given way, and we are to march at once to your chief.
On the field of Waterloo, however, Gneisenau was quick to realise the magnitude of the victory, and he carried out the pursuit with a relentless vigour which has few parallels in history. In reward he gained further promotion and the insignia of the Black Eagle which had been taken in Napoleon's coach. In 1816 he was appointed to command the VIII Prussian Corps, but soon retired from the service, both because of ill health and for political reasons.
For two years he lived in retirement at his estate, Erdmannsdorf in Silesia, but in 1818 he became governor of Berlin, as successor to Kalkreuth, and member of the Staatsrath (Council of State). In 1825 he was promoted to General Field Marshal. In 1831 he was appointed to the command of the Army of Observation on the Polish frontier, with Clausewitz as his chief-of-staff. At Poznan he was struck down by cholera and died on 24 August 1831, soon followed by his chief-of-staff, who fell a victim to the same disease in November.
As a soldier, Gneisenau proved the greatest Prussian general since Frederick the Great. As a man, his noble character and virtuous life secured him the affection and reverence not only of his superiors and subordinates in the service, but of the whole Prussian nation. A statue by Rauch was erected in Berlin in 1855, and in memory of the siege of 1807, the Colberg grenadier regiment received his name in 1889. One of his sons led a brigade of the VIII Army Corps in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870.
Several German navy ships, including the World War I armored cruiser SMS Gneisenau, the World War II battlecruiser Gneisenau, and a post-war frigate were named after him.