3. Effective against sharp points and blades of
spears, swords, axes, etc.
Helps the skin from being cut, which lowers
risk of infection
Advantages--easy to move in, easy to repair.
4. Is worn on entire body
Made out of large metal plates
Covers chainmail
5. Plate armor also protected war animals, such
as horses and elephants.
This plate armor was made of leather and
steel
6. Specially trained and bred for battle,
and to be a battle horse
Over 24 hands tall
Easily trample people
All of Goldenlake’s knights have a destrier
▪ Allows them to be above almost all fighters,
giving them height advantage.
Armored
8. POLEARMS
BATTLEAXE (spears, pike, glaive,
Close contact
partisans, et cetera)
Single/double-hand
Razor-sharp blade on
axe staff between 4 and 14
Could be hurled as a
ft. long
missile
9. MACE/FLAIL CLUB
Close contact weapon BATON
Either wood or metal QUARTERSTAFF
Simplest of weapons
Cheap to produce
HOT OBJECTS
•Could be poured/dropped on attackers
•Very painful. Will seriously injure, if not kill
• Could be water, oil, rocks, sand, tar
•Oil and tar will stay on victims and make
them flammable
10. Lord is equipped with at all When Fighting:
times: Mace/Flail
Dagger Glaive or other
▪ Small knife, easily hidden polearms, if not
▪ Used to stab and slice mounted
Sword Battleaxe
▪ Lord Roslyn favors a double- Warhammer
edged sword
Sword
▪ made of steel
sharply honed edge Lance
flexibility not to shatter in use Spear
Fists/Feet/Arms etc.
▪ Portable
▪ Accessable
▪ Useful against unarmoured and
unarmed opponents
11. May use all serfs’ weapons Chainmail Armor
Sword Plate Armor
Polearms Shields
Spear
Pike Kite shields
Glaive Rounded at the top of the shield and
Partisan tapered at the bottom providing body
cover
Halberd
Heater Shields
Poleaxe
Smaller, suited to horseback
Quarterstaff (if dismounted) The Buckler
Dagger
small round, metal shield which could
Lance be hung from a belt.
Mace reserved for hand-to-hand combat
Flail The Pavise ( Wall Shields)
provided protection when reloading
crossbow
The Targe (or Target shields)
traditional Scottish round shield
12. CASTLE ON HIGH LAKE
GROUND Easily hide traps with
Allows full view of plants
surrounding land for Bog near Lake slows down
attackers attackers from the west
Nearest forest is far Trenches around castle
from castle; not close prevent spread of fire and
enough for attackers limits people entering; only
to hide two entrances to castle,
Easier for archers to well guarded
defend Trenches around farmland
prevent spread of fire and
people entering
13. Developed in the 12th and The space between the first two
13th Centuries and offered walls was known as the 'death
the best protection against hole'
attack. Being trapped within the walls
Main feature were walls. (3) would almost certainly result in
death for attacker
Inner wall made of thick The entire castle surrounded
stone with turrets for guard with a deep and wide trench
lookouts filled with sharpened stakes
Surrounded by equally thick Entry would be across a
but lower walls drawbridge
This is so archers on the inner
Curtain walls allow for
monitoring of siege attackers
walls can fire over the archers
on the outer wall
14. Round Portcullis
No corners for attackers to hide in heavy grilled door that dropped
Only two entrances and exits vertically down
Allows entry to be monitored Nearly impossible to break through
closely Barbican
Moat/drawbridges Loops around to the two main
Moat filled with pointed stakes and entrances with multiple gates
surrounded with abatis eventually leading back into the
Drawbridges raised prevent easy barbican
entrance From loop holes in the walls, can
Moat at the bottom of hill- castle fire arrows
at top. Only small amount of men needed
▪ If attackers surpass the moat, we can to defend
see them coming Murder holes
▪ From above, can pour boiling oil or
water on attackers or drop stones
▪ Can be women doing this job
15. Chapel built into Once breached, the
gatehouse attackers will find
Attackers would be firing themselves attacked by
on the house of God archers protected by
▪ Thus God is on the crenellations
side of the
defenders
Defended by a portcullis
Contains loopholes and
murder holes
16. The Lord wears a button blessed by the Pope. It is
a tooth of Jesus Christ, Our Savior
The original Crown of Thorns is in the Manor
church (verified by the Pope himself)
Every soldier carries a wooden or metal cross
18. TREBUCHET SIEGE TOWER
Flings projectiles at
To protect
extremely high speeds attackers
into enemy territory Missiles launched
Far more accurate and
from top
efficient than other Height allows
medieval catapults attackers to enter
Capable of hurling 200-
over the wall
pound boulders instead of through
it
SIEGE WEAPONS CAN KILL THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
19. Ballista Springald
similar to a giant crossbow Works like ballista
worked by using tension Giant catapult
designed to aim huge Missiles fired included
wooden, iron-clad darts or ▪ Poisoned darts
arrows ▪ Arrows
Highly accurate, but less ▪ Bodies or body parts
range than that of ▪ Diseased or rotting carcasses
Trebuchet
Treachery Starvation
bribing a traitor to turn An effective siege strategy
against the inhabitants of
their manor a particularly unpleasant
method used when placing
a castle under siege
20. LONGBOW CROSSBOW
As tall as archer
Can be launched from
Faster than any
up to 400 yards from
previous bows; 10-12 target
arrows per minute
Allows for archers to
(depending on archer) attack without being in
Especially effective shooting range
against plate armor Easy to use
Accurate
21. Potent Incendiary
Ignites on contact with water
Launch from a trebuchet with a flaming branch; when it
lands, will set fire to crops of other manor
This will cause them to try to douse smaller fire with water
▪ Water will ignite the Greek Fire; Greek Fire spreads in all directions
and will destroy most or all of defending manor
Potent Psychological Weapon
Our lake is close enough to retrieve water in case of
fire, but far enough away that if the enemy has Greek
Fire as well, our people and arable land will be safe
24. Serf children catch nonvenomous snakes by the
lake; these snakes are very similar in likeness to
extremely venomous snakes
Contact Allies; request assistance in battle
Hornwood Manor
▪ winner of their battle
Oakwood Manor
Construct Siege Weapons
Locate and obtain stores of gunpowder
Create more Greek Fire (recipe unreleased to the public)
Find entry spots in defending manor (sapping)
25. Try to work out a truce or surrender according
to Chivalric Code
Give 30 days to allow for truce or surrender
▪ 30 for the 30 pieces of silver for which Christ was sold
If refuse to surrender, negotiate
▪ Safe conduct: castle inhabitants could leave unharmed
▪ Weapons: Higher classes may keep weapons
▪ IF the opposition should decide against such a
surrender, no promises given
26. Launch Trebuchet of Greek Fire with burning branch
into other manor’s farmland, causing distraction
Serfs will try to douse the fire using water, igniting the
Greek Fire
During distraction, a small group of knights will enter
castle through sapping tunnel; release snakes for
distraction; find the lord; disarm and capture him. If
situation becomes desperate, the knights may injure
or otherwise maim their captive
Other soldiers will locate the castle treasury and loot
all valuables. Escape using sapping tunnel. Set fire to
sapping tunnel once everyone is through
27. From Siege Tower, launch flaming arrows at
threats
Retreat back to Goldenlake or other allied manor
until fire burns out; then divide land and loot
between the three through a parley of lords
Keep other manor’s lord in dungeon with a small
array of guards until any survivors pay a ransom.
Otherwise, take all valuables on his person and
make him a serf working the fields
29. Create 2-meter sharpened stakes for archers to carry
Create Abatis (medieval barbed-wire)
Tree branches driven into the ground with ends sharpened and
pointing outward; place around base of inner wall of castle
Train often; once every fortnight train serfs
Ditches around farmland, castle, serf housing; keep out people
and fire (drawbridges for everyday use)
Sentry towers watch surrounding area
Surplus supplies stored
Create traps
Contact Allies; request assistance in battle (once intentions made
known)
Hornwood Manor
▪ winner of their battle
Oakwood Manor
30. When attackers are spotted, send out Calvary to
meet attackers
Behind Calvary, archers and other foot soldiers
Calvary peel off once attackers make known
intentions
Archers put stakes in V formation line
Impenetrable and hard to take out
Horses will either spook or, if jump, impale both
horse and rider
Spaced so that only foot soldiers can get through
31. Foot soldiers drive in stakes with lead mallets that can
be swung to use as weapons
Foot soldiers can attack from the safety of the stakes
The archers need protection– can retreat behind to
attack
The stakes are barriers, keeping attackers out and
giving archers mobility on the battlefield
In the case that the enemy chooses to sidestep the
archers and their stakes…
Battlefield littered with trou de loup. Foot soldiers, serfs,
and knights have trained among them– will not fall in
32. If attackers penetrate stakes, serfs will battle
If attackers near castle, women and children
pour boiling oil on attackers from outer wall
while archers from inner wall attack
Knights defend castle inside death ring and in
barbican
Lord and his/her children as well as young
children of other classes in innermost ring of
castle
33. If under siege:
Set fire to siege engines using arrows
Volley arrows through loopholes
Fire crossbow bolts
Hurl rocks (using slingshots for
children)
Drop hot rocks, tar, sand, water, or oil
on attackers
34. This should not happen.
Siege should be
negotiated by the rules
of the Chivalric Code
The Knights’ Code of Chivalry as described in the Song of Roland
To fear God and maintain His Church To guard the honour of fellow knights
To serve the liege lord in valour and faith To eschew unfairness, meanness and
To protect the weak and defenseless deceit
To give succour to widows and orphans To keep faith
To refrain from the wanton giving of At all times to speak the truth
offence To persevere to the end in any enterprise
To live by honour and for glory begun
To despise pecuniary reward To respect the honour of women
To fight for the welfare of all Never to refuse a challenge from an equal
To obey those placed in authority Never to turn the back upon a foe
35. Goldenlake rides into battle, declaring
its presence by flying its cornflower
flag depicting a slice of golden sun. The
enemy is well prepared. But so are we.
Who will win? It’s up to you.
Some of the types of chainmail that would be worn were, a knee length shirt, socks, a hood which protects your head, a collar hanging from the helmet, and mittens.
Parts of the body that was protected soley by the plate armor was: calf, ankles, knee cap, thigh, arm pit, upper arm, lower arm, fingers, chest, back, neck, face, and eyes.
Part of the reason the destrier was so good for battle was because: it had a dense body, broad back, strong legs, and dense bones. It was massive, 24 hands tall, which is REALLY tall.An interesting fact was that it’s mask was decorated with spike horns to resemble the unicorn.