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“The air stinks! Smells like dead rats and rotten mutton. Piss everywhere, and the kids drink this foul, putrid water that runs down the alleys. At least its not too hot, winter and all... Hold onto your purse, thieves here will cut the hide to your belt before you can blink. Fight 'em? You better be real good with a knife. Whores we have, the most exotic in the East as you would expect. Talk to me later about that, anything you desire is here .. for a price .. Spices, gold, the rarest of gems and rugs, play it safe and you'll go home to become a rich man. Yeah, one more thing. When you see a Knight, step aside, don't say a word .. even kindly and don't stare . They're all trained killing machines, I don't care what anyone says otherwise. They're nice fellows usually, but catch one drunk or angry and you'll go home in pieces. This advice is for all three Orders. The Templars are forever a mystery, and probably the smartest. The Germans are unbearably fierce and the Hospitallers always have incredible food and never tire. Take their meat, say 'thanks' and then get away quickly.”
Muslim hinged, counterweight, catapult in action during siege of city / 13th century
Manuscript painting - PHGCOM / Wikipedia
| “Welcome to Acre, a cursed city this winter of 1291 waiting for the savage Mamluks to take it down. Me? I don't hate the Muselman. All's fair in love and war, and God is God wherever you find him. Hell, some believe He is a She! Don't misunderstand, our Christian knights are incredible fighters but we don't have enough of them. And there's no open field for the Templar Charge. Where the hell is the Pope or the Kings of Europe when we need 'em? We've heard rumors for years about an alliance with the Horde. Can you imagine that! Franks and Mongols fighting side by side! The last I heard, the Pope demanded the Mongols convert and the Khan demanded the Pope and the Kings of Europe submit to him. Hell will freeze over before any of that happens. They say King Henry on Cyprus will send some fighters, but where are they? .. Well … here we are, step inside, watch your step, its time to get slam, deep drunk .. If you sense death around the corner, well that's Acre, the city where dreams go to die. Remember, you're in the Kingdom of Jerusalem .. what's left of it .. “
This incredible, eyewitness journal of Acre's defeat and the ending of the Kingdom of Jerusalem ... continues ..
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