Philipe Descartes

Charging an unprepared goblin.

Born to a black smith in Viefin, Bretonnia he had a mild upbringing comparing to the peasants in the area. His father tried to teach him black smithing, but to no avail. They boy couldn't shoe a horse or repair a wheel, but laying with girls and swinging a club seemed something Philipe could do fine. Lost at how to discipline him they sent him to their lord's armé where he went into training as a man-at-arms. He was disciplined and trained in combat most of the winter, and when summer came they went into Axe Bite Pass with the Knights. Their lord was tasked with keeping the pass between Bretonnia and the Empire clear of Bandits and Greenskins. Philipe took on the military life, and when the winter came he was experienced enough to train new recruits with the sergeant. Summer came again and they set out to clear the pass for trade once again. The summer had been going fine, but the Orc force they were attacking was larger that anticipated. The Man-at-arms was used as bait to lure out the Orcs, once down in the valley Imperial Mercenaries would open fire with their crossbow and the knights would charge into their flank to break the Orcs, sending them running. Or so was the plan. As already mentioned the group of Orcs was larger than scouts had reported. The knights not interested in losing a battle or their life chose that the Man-at-arms where expendable and left the site, for the Orcs to slaughter them. Philipe was one of the first to notice the knights leaving, and saw his own doom before him. The Imperial Mercenaries did their best, but couldn't do much compared to the knights. With sorrow in his hearth Philipe began to flee, and soon his comrades where fleeing with him. The Mercenaries tried to give them covering fire while they also fled the battle. Philipe was the only Man-at-arms who was not cut down by the Orcs as they butchered his friends. Later he found shelter with the Imperial Mercenaries. He swore never to trust in knights again and began his career as a Mercenary in the Empire. As they went into Reikland Philipe's ĺuck seemed to hang on and he won almost every gamble. When winter came he traveled between Inns, living from Gambling the less lucky.

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