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Dukasaur wrote:1st Assassination Good King Wenceslaus 935]Duke Wenceslaus I, better known as Saint Wenceslaus (or Svatý Václav in Czech -- Wenceslaus in Czech is Václav and therefore Saint Wenceslaus is Svatý Václav, the patron saint of Bohemia.)

Saint Wenceslaus ruled Bohemia from 924 to 935 A.D. He was the Duke of Bohemia and never used the title King in his lifetime. (The title King was posthumously awarded to him by Holy Roman Emperor Otto I.) The first Wenceslaus to use the title King was Wenceslaus I Premyslid of the 12th Century, which does result in some confusion if one doesn't pay attention to the dates.

At a time when much of Eastern Europe was still pagan, Wenceslaus was a fervent Christian. His piety was legendary. Unlike some "saints of convenience", the sainthood of Wenceslaus stands up to scrutiny. By all account he devoted much time and energy to charity, was humble and chivalrous. His assassination by his brother was considered a martyrdom and Wenceslaus was canonized.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenceslaus_I,_Duke_of_Bohemia

wikipedia wrote:Wenceslas was considered a martyr and a saint immediately after his death, when a cult of Wenceslas grew up in Bohemia and in England.[3] Within a few decades of Wenceslas' death four biographies of him were in circulation.[4][5] These hagiographies had a powerful influence on the High Middle Ages conceptualization of the rex justus, or "righteous king"—that is, a monarch whose power stems mainly from his great piety, as well as from his princely vigor.[6]

Referring approvingly to these hagiographies, the chronicler Cosmas of Prague, writing in about the year 1119, states:[7]

But his deeds I think you know better than I could tell you; for, as is read in his Passion, no one doubts that, rising every night from his noble bed, with bare feet and only one chamberlain, he went around to God’s churches and gave alms generously to widows, orphans, those in prison and afflicted by every difficulty, so much so that he was considered, not a prince, but the father of all the wretched.

Several centuries later the legend was claimed as fact by Pope Pius II.[8]

"Wenzeslaus by Peter Parler" by Peter Parler (?) - http://www.heiligenlexikon.de/Biographi ... slaus.html where this photo is published as Public Domain. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... Parler.JPG


Wenceslaus was murdered and usurped by his younger brother, who went on to be known as Borivoj the Cruel.

To mark the assassination, you will play in five 4-player Assassin games. All will be Sequential, Automatic, Sunny, No Trench, with No Spoils (as befits a humble, pious leader, who would never seize spoils in war.) Two will be on the CSFR map and three will be on the Christmas map.

Creative Component: Today Saint Wenceslaus is best known in the West due to the carol Good King Wenceslaus. Rewrite a verse of this carol to celebrate this tournament and/or Conquer Club. Post your verse NO SOONER than the day I send the first invite in this phase, and no more than 7 days after that.

Zbynja wrote:"Bring me flesh, and bring me blood, that is all that matter
Thou and I shall see all fight, in glorious battle"

roll me in pls, thanks

aspalm wrote:Creative Component (to the tune of Good King Wenceslas)
"Every day I roll the dice, hoping for some six-es,
And every day they just get worse, and my cards are never mix-es.
Why do I keep on playing this game, flat rate and escala-ting?
I'd surely have a lot more fun drinking beer and masturba-a-ting....."

mackadoo wrote:The game's called Conquer Club and if, my time runs low I'm frantic.
I joined a clan and play the game, with those who are fa-na-tic.
I roll the dice and move my troops, and kill and plun-der spoils.
I sit so long sed-en-tary, my ass de-vel-oped boils.

Creative Component Entry

molespe wrote:Praiku

Waiting for my turn
I desesperate
But then Duka sets a new game

Peteee wrote:Ork boss Petee last looked out
On the feast of Praha
When the foes lay round about
Fought and dead and beaten
Greatly were the dice rolled that night
Though the cards were cruel
When a poor foe came in sight
losing through the duel

Dukasaur wrote:Another one that came in via PM:

Zbynja wrote:"Bring me flesh, and bring me blood, that is all that matter
Thou and I shall see all fight, in glorious battle"

roll me in pls, thanks