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Bree, Part 2
So since several readers liked my earlier story about Bree, the mercenary pikewoman, I went ahead and wrote a story about one of her battles. It turns out that while apprehensive over matters regarding her father in the first story, … Continue reading →
Posted in Medieval Fantasy, My Stories
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Tagged Bree, chain mail, heavy infantry, infantrywomen, medieval fantasy, medium armor, my stories, my writing, pikewomen, swords
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Bree, Part 1
Hey, folks! So I don’t know if I’ll get the chance to get in a writeup this weekend, I’m afraid. Instead I’m going to go ahead and post a couple pieces of short fiction about Bree, a mercenary soldier I … Continue reading →
Posted in Medieval Fantasy, My Stories
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Tagged Bree, chain mail, heavy infantry, infantrywomen, medieval fantasy, medium armor, my stories, my writing, pikewomen, swords
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Barbarian, by Hugo Solis
Barbarian, by Hugo Solis “These battle-scarred brutes believe in one simple tactic, the best defense is a good offense. Because their fighting style is so wild and undisciplined, Barbarians are not found among races which are smaller in stature or … Continue reading →
Posted in Gaming, Medieval Fantasy
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Tagged art, barbarians, berserkers, daggers, gaming, glaives, Gray Sky Games, harpies, Hugo Solis, leather armor, light armor, monsters, polearms, Realm of Strife, role playing games, spears, swords
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Third MJ Commission
“As much as it strains credibility, General Derron and Captain Vola have one of the strongest marriages I’ve ever seen. Derron lost his first wife around eight years before I was born. At the time Vola was a freewoman cavalry … Continue reading →
Posted in Blog news, My Stories, Period Fantasy
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Tagged blog news, breastplate, bronze armor, Captain Vola, cavalry armor, cavalrywomen, First Empress, General Derron, Greco/Roman armor, hoplite armor, hoplites, linothorax, MJ Barros, MJ Barros commissions, my novel, my stories, my writing, officers, soldiers, swords
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First Empress soldier designs: Anache Pathfinders
Anache Designs “What we’ll essentially be doing is using the hairy bastards’ guerilla tactics against them, but with military organization and training. Typically when the Gan tribes attack, they do so with scattered war bands of thirty to seventy, rather … Continue reading →
Posted in My Stories, Period Fantasy
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Tagged Anache, ancient armor, character designs, equipment designs, First Empress, Greco/Roman armor, javelins, linen cuirass, medium armor, my novel, my writing, pathfinders, Queen Viarra, rangers, scouts, shields, skirmishers, soldiers, swords
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First Empress soldier designs: Heavy Skirmishers
Heavy Skirmisher Designs “Men and women with linen cuirasses and oblong shields. Once they’ve exhausted their javelins, we redeploy them to bolster the phalanx or flank enemy formations. They don’t hold the line as solidly as regular hoplites, but they … Continue reading →
Posted in My Stories, Period Fantasy
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Tagged ancient armor, character designs, equipment designs, First Empress, Greco/Roman armor, javelins, linen cuirass, medium armor, my novel, my writing, Queen Viarra, shields, skirmishers, soldiers, swords
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First Empress solder designs: Crossbows
Crossbow Designs “I’m rather offended that they think we’d fall for such an obvious trap. Of course they’ve hidden archers behind that wall. They pretend to offer parlay, then shoot our delegation down before we can retreat back out of … Continue reading →
Posted in My Stories, Period Fantasy
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Tagged ancient armor, character designs, crossbows, equipment designs, First Empress, Greco/Roman armor, light armor, linen cuirass, my novel, my writing, Queen Viarra, swords
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First Empress soldier designs: Barbarian Mercenary Auxiliaries
Barbarian Mercenary Designs Tall, bearded, and powerfully built, the raiders bore shields and weapons of war that morning. Spears were most common, though some carried axes, broadswords, or javelins. The younger raiders bore simple round shields, smaller than those carried … Continue reading →
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Tagged ancient armor, axes, bows, brigandine, character designs, equipment designs, First Empress, Greco/Roman armor, leather armor, medium armor, my novel, my writing, Queen Viarra, shields, spears, swords
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First Empress soldier designs: Medium Hoplites
Medium Hoplite Designs “We learned right off that our regular hoplite spears are much too long for forested combat. The eight- to ten-foot reach gives us a massive advantage against warriors in the field, but in the woods all they … Continue reading →
Posted in My Stories, Period Fantasy
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Tagged ancient armor, character designs, equipment designs, First Empress, Greco/Roman armor, hoplite armor, hoplites, linen cuirass, medium armor, my novel, my writing, Queen Viarra, shields, spears, swords
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First Empress soldier designs: Marines
Marine Designs “Attack! We’re under attack!” one of the pirates shrieked. Sleepy-headed corsairs jerked awake, scrambling in confusion as Doric and his marines bailed off the sides of the ship and charged up the beach. Their thirty-six hoplites against the … Continue reading →
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Tagged ancient armor, character designs, equipment designs, First Empress, Greco/Roman armor, hoplite armor, javelins, linen cuirass, marines, medium armor, my novel, my writing, officers, plate armor, Queen Viarra, sailors, shields, slings, spears, swords
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Sartorially Smart Heroines 