La Chanson de la Victoire (The Song of Victory): La Petite Arpenteuse (Non, SV, you are a General of France in the Napoleonic War!)
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Magoose
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I don't think we're waging genocide on the Sicilians and despite appearances with Chamans killing civilians, we are... not actively waging genocide like Cromwell did to the Irish.
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I mean... you can. But you gotta give people the heads up first.
Or at the Very least, Brian.
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Severin at the Scene of a Slaughter
Colonel Denis Martin Severin looked up as the thunder of cannon and crackle of musketry in the distance broke through the pounding of the rain and howling of the wind. Sure, his ridiculous, poncy hat was blown off into the mud, exposing him to the elements, but that was just another casualty of battle. de Lisle would just have to give up on the hat thing. With the battle joined, it was time to relieve Chamans, and no one wanted to hear the order 'Hold until relieved,' so Severin intended to be as quick about it as possible.
"Time to go save Chamans' Reserve Corps, lads! We'll be big damned heroes! Republican Guard, advance!" Advance they did, to the tune of
Le Pas Accéléré to set a quick pace. A bawdy rendition of one of de Lisle's tunes joined the song of wind, rain and march as Garde du Nord and Garde du Sud moved to reinforce Chamans.
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Seeing the state of the battle from Chamans' position was both better and worse than expected. Better in that Chamans' green boys had held like old salts, and worse that the enemy had moved to withdraw rather than get stuck in. Antoine had requested a spoiling attack to prevent the enemy from reforming for another push, and he would deliver. Dismounting from his horse, he drew pistol and saber, shouting: "Guard! With ME! Fix Bayonets!" Severin led the assault to the tune of Pas de Charge at quick time.
Marching quickly, then breaking into a headlong, downhill sprint, the Guard smashed into the muddled mass of disorganized Neapolitans with a resounding battle cry. Sword in hand and with a prayer on his lips, Severin tore his way into the thicket of men before him, his boys right on his heels. He quickly lost track of time, focused as he was on the orgy of blood and violence surrounding him. Distantly, as if through a haze of blood, he could hear cannon fire and screaming, but that was nowhere near him at the moment. Having lost his saber somewhere in some unfortunate soldat's ribcage, Severin had picked up a loose spade, hacking away at limbs and bodies as if it were an axe.
It was only as he was striking men more in the back than the front that he realized the enemy was routing. At this realization, a vicious grin crossed his face. "After them lads, they're running! Cut the cowards down and let the Lord have them!" As his men pursued, Severin picked up a nice officer's saber from the mud and mire, absently shaking off the dismembered hand still tightly gripping it. Quickly cutting down a passing Neapolitan soldat, he let out a whistle; this sword was not just a showpiece. A stomp and twist of Severin's boot put an end to the God-forsaken wailing of the poor, 'disarmed' officer he had liberated the saber from. Grinning broadly, Severin waded back into the melee with a shout that was partly crazed, partly a roar, and entirely too gleeful.
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Spotting the dandy man riding down hapless Neapolitan soldats, Severin reconsidered his opinion of Murat. If the prissy ponce was able to get his hands dirty with the rest of them as his blood-spattered uniform told, maybe he wasn't so bad after all. Now to keep Chamans in check. Didn't Antoine know that there was a certain order to pillaging? It was loot, then burn.
Colonel Denis Martin Severin looked up as the thunder of cannon and crackle of musketry in the distance broke through the pounding of the rain and howling of the wind. Sure, his ridiculous, poncy hat was blown off into the mud, exposing him to the elements, but that was just another casualty of battle. de Lisle would just have to give up on the hat thing. With the battle joined, it was time to relieve Chamans, and no one wanted to hear the order 'Hold until relieved,' so Severin intended to be as quick about it as possible.
"Time to go save Chamans' Reserve Corps, lads! We'll be big damned heroes! Republican Guard, advance!" Advance they did, to the tune of
Le Pas Accéléré to set a quick pace. A bawdy rendition of one of de Lisle's tunes joined the song of wind, rain and march as Garde du Nord and Garde du Sud moved to reinforce Chamans.
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Seeing the state of the battle from Chamans' position was both better and worse than expected. Better in that Chamans' green boys had held like old salts, and worse that the enemy had moved to withdraw rather than get stuck in. Antoine had requested a spoiling attack to prevent the enemy from reforming for another push, and he would deliver. Dismounting from his horse, he drew pistol and saber, shouting: "Guard! With ME! Fix Bayonets!" Severin led the assault to the tune of Pas de Charge at quick time.
Marching quickly, then breaking into a headlong, downhill sprint, the Guard smashed into the muddled mass of disorganized Neapolitans with a resounding battle cry. Sword in hand and with a prayer on his lips, Severin tore his way into the thicket of men before him, his boys right on his heels. He quickly lost track of time, focused as he was on the orgy of blood and violence surrounding him. Distantly, as if through a haze of blood, he could hear cannon fire and screaming, but that was nowhere near him at the moment. Having lost his saber somewhere in some unfortunate soldat's ribcage, Severin had picked up a loose spade, hacking away at limbs and bodies as if it were an axe.
It was only as he was striking men more in the back than the front that he realized the enemy was routing. At this realization, a vicious grin crossed his face. "After them lads, they're running! Cut the cowards down and let the Lord have them!" As his men pursued, Severin picked up a nice officer's saber from the mud and mire, absently shaking off the dismembered hand still tightly gripping it. Quickly cutting down a passing Neapolitan soldat, he let out a whistle; this sword was not just a showpiece. A stomp and twist of Severin's boot put an end to the God-forsaken wailing of the poor, 'disarmed' officer he had liberated the saber from. Grinning broadly, Severin waded back into the melee with a shout that was partly crazed, partly a roar, and entirely too gleeful.
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Spotting the dandy man riding down hapless Neapolitan soldats, Severin reconsidered his opinion of Murat. If the prissy ponce was able to get his hands dirty with the rest of them as his blood-spattered uniform told, maybe he wasn't so bad after all. Now to keep Chamans in check. Didn't Antoine know that there was a certain order to pillaging? It was loot, then burn.
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Magoose
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Canon. +10 to you sir.
Although, one thing I shall note about Severin and Murat.
Murat is not well-liked by Severin, and Chamans needed to make sure both men are not trying to murder each other.
Davout has... interesting opinions of both men, but Chamans is the one who became the mans.. friend.
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Yeah, I think the biggest problem isn't getting Sicily, it's actually holding it that's gonna be a problem. I mean, as much as we like to think we're being nice, we are still basically gonna requisition Sicily as much as possible to get to Egypt, a move that no one at the receiving end liked very well.. IOTL, when the French actually invaded Sicily, they faced a huge amount of revolts and got kicked out.
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Magoose
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Indeed.
Why do you think I offered the Garrison options?
We're fully prepared for shit to blow up after you leave and you need to plan accordingly to secure your interests.
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Question, what about the Constituional Clergy? You know, the French attempt at reforming their church. It pretty much split France down the middle, would be interesting to see what we'd be doing with that. Have an appearance from Abbe Gregoire or something.
Magoose
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To be completely honest... We have a smidge of a plan, but we have not focused on that in our plans for France's Chaotic state.
We're going to try when Therese gets home, but we make no promises in that appearing in a major way while you are gone on campaign.
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Brutal repression and reprisals, here we come!
Magoose
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I seem to remember you asking for us to show the darker side of the napoleonic wars and campaigns, and stated how we were far too moral and saintly, and wished for us to act with more moral ambiguity. and enter into more morally ambiguous territory in terms of our actions to maintain our forces, and complete our objectives.
Cyber and I took it to heart, and as a challenge.
Now welcome to being America in Iraq, circa 2003.
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Murat and Severin are the classical clash of common man infantry vs. mounted nobility. They're both the peak of their class, don't give orders they wouldn't execute themselves, and are very charismatic. But the difference is best shown in the film depiction, IMO, of John Chard and Gonville Bromhead in Zulu. Murat believes that as a cavalryman and an officer he is fundamentally better than the poor bloody infantry. But it's also on his to look his most prim, proper, and dashing amidst the blood and gore: If the common soldier sees him gallantly riding into the enemy, then they'll become inspired and fight on. It's why Ney, for all Murat's egocentrism and other flaws, took a shine to his fellow heroic cavalryman. Cut from the same cloth those two were, only one of them is a proper general. Severin, on the other hand, believes in inspiring through directly shouldering the same burden. The only reason he'll take up a sword is if his bayonet breaks, and the only reason he'll get on a horse is if he alone has to go somewhere fast. So Murat just looks like a jackass that keeps wealth from the soldiers, and only shows up at the last minute to steal the glory. Which in its own way removes Severin from the prospect of high command: He is far too eager to stay on the frontlines like a Celtic king of old, and thus be out of control of a wider force.
If they weren't going to shoot/shank the shit out of each other if left in a room, they might actually get along.
Magoose
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Plaus always said that, during bringing Murat to the Army, was that Severin and Murat would need to be controlled to prevent them from dueling each other out of flights of honor, but had enough respect for each other to fight to first blood and laugh it off with a beer afterward, saying they would try again tomorrow.
Their Rivalry is something we are going to explore in more detail, the more time the men work with each other, and the longer this campaign will continue. Especially if the campaign splits the army up like Team RWBY at the end of Volume three, and forces them to fight back to each other.
There is also the friendship between Chamans and Severin that @AvidFicReader lovingly created during the beginning portion of the quest when we first arrived into the Army of the Rhine, with the mutual respect between two different types of officers.
Or that just cements their hatred, knowing they aren't so different.
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I mean we could but I feel like we'd still go to Egypt in the end because the reasons for going there remain the same and any argument for not going to Egypt now is going to feel weak in light of our insane victories.
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Oh yeah, I almost forgot, happy pride month to the LGBTQ+ members of Sufficient Velocity! It should be remembered that the French Revolutionary state was one of the first to legalize homosexuality, however flimsy it was.
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Always Late
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Severin realizing he's something of a glory hound and Murat concluding he's no paragon of martial viture.
Yup, those're killing words.
... you're lucky I don't have spare time for omakes, I can't get the image of Fate/Napoleon out of my head because it's basically a RWBY design.
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Are we gonna have any LGBTQ+ characters in this quest?
Sir_Travelsalot
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Considering the time period this is set in, there's every possibility that any number of (non-historical) characters are and simply hide it (except Therese, since the whole quest for the most part has been from her perspective and she's never made any mention or hint towards such). In any case, we're here to fight the Republic's wars and scramble to keep our government from collapsing (again).
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economy ladies and gentleman
build up the economy,filled stomachs dont give a fuck
Magoose
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Speaking of. Just to show that this world hasn't gone to complete shit even with the chaos in France.
You know what, just because:
The Decriminalization of Homosexuality in France: https://rolz.org/embed?jgyx2ov3nq:kpetl3po +https://rolz.org/embed?jgyx2ov3nq:kpetmeb8= 108
Because sometimes... even in chaos, in hardship and brutality that the world shows, showing the depths of peoples hatreds and prejudices,
Love can still find a win.
While the catholic church may cry foul. Civil unions in France between two partners of the same sex is legal, if frowned upon by... well, everyone not a die hard liberal who sees this .
And while Buggery and sexual relations with a fellow soldier in the Army is still illegal, once they are out? or at home on leave, in private... Two men can be in a relationship.
We might even have to deal with that.
While Brian, and Therese, are... straight due to the times they live in and being peasants growing up in rural Catholic France, and just Plaus and us agreeing that they were early in the quest... we are not going to shy away from historical characters who were gay to be only straight and well hide them out.
Even fictional characters we have created are going to be... well not straight.
When they appear, and their relationships are brought up in conversation (which you can initiate out of curiosity they will not ignore them.
however, it will not be the main focus (obviously).
Once again, I shall say this.
If they are historical, and they appear, and they were gay or otherwise, we'll stay true to history.
Fictional?: They'll appear, but it is more in the background, something of a statement that is seen as a throwaway line, but adds so much more if one digs a little deeper.
But this is not a quest of Romance. At least not entierly.
This is a quest of War! Of Peace, and men and woman alike try to achieve it.
Did you guys know that the Pirates are actually more liberal to even accepting colors people in their ship and they took the pirate rule very seriously like the holy bible one
Magoose
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Sir_Travelsalot
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Yes. Piracy was also, funnily enough, the first recorded line of work that came with universal health and life insurance. As in, if you were killed or became crippled while sailing with a crew, you would be entitled to a greater share of the final amount of wealth attained. And if you died, your share would be paid to your family/next of kin instead.