Hammer time...

Years of suffering under the ambitious eye of King Edward Simon of England led to this moment. The time was right for the long awaited scottish uprising led by the infallible Lord Moray Robert, and William Wallace in 1297.

The scots quickly gained the favor of most nobles in the north while the Edward Simon flawlesly brought the Nobles Bruce and Galloway in the south under his will. The scots took advantage of their survival skills and set a strong secure camp in the unforgiving mountains of the north, knowing that it would be brutal for the english to mount an attack in those altitudes. Alas, bad planning led to Wallace having to disband early in the war, having moved to a small castle too close to the winter season.

The english had a very hard year during 1300 trying to mount an offensive with very low number cards. This year Moray Robert waited to build up their units efficiently using the limited supplies provided by their small mountain castles. Meanwhile he attempted to bring back Wallace to no avail. Unfazed he moved on...

Around 1301, Moray Robert controlling the majority of nobles by 1, decided to move south on to the bottle neck at Mentieth, the site of many bloody feuds as history will later show, to have a secure hold on his victory. The tactic was fairly effective, but like Napoleon and Hitler with Russia, Moray's men were not prepared for the brutal winter ahead. Most of his men were left out on the field to freeze and starve due to poor planning for the upcoming Winter.

This left many many scottish nobles weak and weary with no supporting units. Wallace would come back at this point of the war only to be disgraced by finding his army in shambles. No motivational speech could save them at this point. This combined with 2 consecutive years of very good card draws by Edward Simon, led to the eventual victory of the English by controlling all nobles and showing them that no good ever comes out of revolting. Just Submit! So for tonight at least, there is no freedom for the poor scottish folks who laid their trust on the greedy and foolish Moray Roberts..... only crumpets and tea.