Winter Events - Sir Alister

◆ A wandering soothsayer predicts that you will bring doom to the peasants of your manor. Peasants gain +3 Hate (Landlord).
◆ Your neighbor of Allington, Sir Morydic (the son of Sir Leo the Upright), offers you the chance to hunt together. Test your Hunting or Falconry. On a success, you’ve impressed the young knight and you become fast friends. On a failure, it’s mostly arguing and you grow to resent each other by the end of the trip.
List your new neighbor, their Glory rating, and your relationship status on your Estate Record.

◆ Well runs dry on your manor. Permanent 1 Lot damage.
◆ A blackbird nests in your manor this year. Take +2 to all Winter Phase rolls (this will cancel the -2 to Stewardship & Household Survival from the bad weather).
◆ Together with Lady Karys, you evaluate the state of the population and lands, supervising the works going on at your manor. Do you: (1) spend more time tending to the Manor (check Folklore and Stewardship), (2) tending to the Troops (check Battle, Horsemanship, and a Weapon Skill) or (3) tending to personal development (check any 3 Skills)?

You are ordered by the King and Earl to garrison Terrabil for the winter. It's boring, cold, and you miss your family. The garrison commander, Sir Thebert, as a Christmas gift grants you £6.

◆ Your cousin Cadawg is attacked and killed by bandits.
◆ Your child, Michael, appears to be developing with a mental handicap (cretin) child.
◆ Good fortune! The ladies at court hear tales of your prowess in bed. Gain +5 banked courtesy for a random marriage roll.

Don't forget to apply -3 to all Stewardship rolls this year.

◆ Your charger is particularly sure-footed at the moment. +3 Horsemanship for the next year.
◆ Your mother, Lady Crystine, is rumored to have engaged in adultery with a knight of Silchester. This could sour local relations with your family. Roll 1d6. 1=True, 6=False. Otherwise, you’re not sure of the truth of the matter and the rumor persists.
◆ Your peasants dig up Gold Ring worth £3 while working in the fields!

Further:
◆ Together with the steward or wife, you evaluate the state of the population and lands, supervising the works going on at your estate. Do you spend more time tending to the Manor (check Folk Lore or Stewardship), tending to the Troops (check Battle, Horsemanship, or a Weapon Skill) or tending to personal development (check any 3 Skills)?

Don't forget to apply -5 to all Stewardship skills this year.
◆ Your younger brother, Tomos ap Godfrey, converts to paganism . Choose: Abide by their decision =Check to Love (Family), and reduce all your religious traits by 1 (see page 33 of KAP 5.2). Cast out =Check to Cruel, Spiritual, Prudent and -1 Love (Family).
◆ The scarecrow in your fields really worked this year. Vermin cleared from the manor and fields. If you had no vermin, the next time you do, skip that event.
◆ A good fortune! Your steward comes upon unexpected raw materials. Gain £10 for the building of an improvement or enhancement.

◆ Your sister, Afanea, thanks for you funeral expenses and whatnot, but now needs help with a dowry of £10 so she can find a good husband after Sir Brys died assaulting Llud's Hall. Yes=Check to Generous and they marry. No=Check to Selfish and -1 Love (Family).

◆ Your younger sister, Violett, is raped and killed without mercy by a neighboring knight, Sir Byrne (eldest son of Sir Bierce of Broughton). Roll Love (Family) vs. Just, if Just then settle the issue in your lord’s court or by arms, if Family start a blood feud = every year roll 1d6 on a roll of 1 a kin member dies - on a roll of 6 one of theirs die.

◆ Good fortune! Gain the service of a mercenary knight named Sir Neilyn, who befriends and serves you. He was one of the knights from Llud's Hall who witnessed your skill there and pledged his sword to you.