#greatswords

Greatswords Pt 1

video edit: gesugesu music: purple-planet.com

Indeed, the fact that the realm is at peace makes it more likely that you'd see leading noblemen and royal officials carrying ceremonial greatswords that symbolize the power and influence of their houses.

It depresses me how many people seem to seriously think DA2's two-handed weapon animations are "unrealistic" compared to Origins' or Inquisition's. Is it so hard to do some basic research and find out two-handed weapons weren't actually heavy and bulky? No one would use them if they weighed as much as video games imply.

Tarkus trying out other Greatswords from other Lands with Oscar being a Supportive Bro and some Old Knight just Approves...

Ooh, yes, the heavy planks of sharp metal which are most impressive in any fantasy setting. Or a real setting, with any skill. These swords all count under the Longsword (any Longswords or Falchions specifically), Greatsword (anything not a Longsword or Falchion, and not the last group), or a special subtype of weaponry I homebrew generally called the Execution Sword (which includes the Armorbreaker types, Executioner's Swords, and the beautiful Ikakalaka type blades) which I have some specific stats for. The latter is kind of rare and special, but it was different enough to not include with its own statblock.

Albrecht Von Biermann, momentan Chef von Hohenbiermann, herrschend Markgraf von Brannenborg, und Kurfürst Des Selbst Kaiserreich Des Menscheit. A nominal vassal to The Imperial Household of The Empire of Mankind, The Biermann Margraves of Brannenborg are both relative newcomers and political lightweights in the affairs of Imperial politics, warfare, and intrigue. For the overwhelming majority of it’s history spent as a member state of The Empire of Mankind Proper, The Margraviate of Brannenborg has been a true backwater in terms of it’s relative strategic value as one of the seven electoral principalities of The Empire of Mankind. Carved out from part of the neglected remnants of House Bartholemew’s former “Kingdom of The Midlands” before their dynasty’s extinction well over a century before, the lands that would eventually become The Margraviate of Brannenborg within The Empire of Mankind Proper were pawned and eventually sold by the last Bartholemew King of The Midlands to The Emperors of Mankind to help pay for his equally desperate and futile war effort against the rebellious barons and burghers that eroded the political stability within The Kingdom of The Midlands during the twilight of it’s existence as one of the traditional and established powers of the civilized world. As a reward for his years of meritorious service as a household general in service to The Imperial Army of The Emperors of Mankind. Friedrich Biermann, a man of non-noble birth and status, was elevated to the status of feudal aristocracy and awarded hereditary, dynastic rule over the newly acquired lands that would become “Die Markgrafschaft Brannenborg.” As implied by both it’s historic and present strategic value as one of the four “secular,” or otherwise “lay” electoral principalities of The Empire of Mankind, a privilege that was only granted at a whim to Friedrich II Von Biermann for his military support against the partisans of Emperor Vespasian VII’s political opposition for his lawful election as Emperor of Mankind, the lands of The Margraviate of Brannenborg are at once impoverished, neglected, and under-developed. Having only been colonized and settled by “Northern,” or “Austere” Imperial immigrants and settlers during the century following Friedrich Von Biermann’s official coronation and anointment as “Der erster Markgraf von Brannenborg” and “Gründungschef von Hohenbiermann,” alongside the cultural and ethnic assimilation of the autochthonous “Albic” population through the religious services and church schools sponsored by a culturally and ethnically Northern Imperial clergy. The constituent lands of Brannenborg are ones overrun by wild forests, swamps, and marshes, and ones that are equally characterized by both their sparse population and poor infrastructure. These outstanding circumstances, alongside the historic mismanagement of past Margraves born to Hohenbiermann, contribute to Die Markgrafschaft Brannenborg’s status as a true backwater based on the southernmost frontier of The Empire of Mankind Proper, at least by contrast to all other major states that constitute The Empire of Mankind. Under the reign of previous Hohenbiermann Margraves, the land was treated as both a source of quick income and as a petty excuse to hold electoral power within the Imperial Diet at Nymphenburg, or the official seat of The Emperors of Mankind within The Empire of Mankind Proper. Under the leadership of Albrecht Von Biermann as Current Head of Hohenbiermann and reigning Markgraf von Brannenborg, has the prestige and fortunes of both The Hohenbiermann Dynasty and Brannenborg changed exponentially for the better. With the advent of the religious reforms preached by Karl Von Luxembourg at The University of Wörtzburch in Das Herzogtum Von Solingen, has Albrecht managed to take advantage of the political unrest and religious upheaval caused by The Luxembourgian Reformation as a means of both acquiring further political autonomy from, and curbing the political supremacy and excesses of the devoutly and staunchly conservative Emperors of Mankind based at Nymphenburg. Albrecht Von Biermann as the reigning Markgraf von Brannenborg and a Prince-Elector of The Empire of Mankind has made a point of showing his political, military, and financial support to both Karl Von Luxembourg and his reformation by being the second hereditary, dynastic ruler in both the history and the entirety of The Civilized World after his paternal uncle Friedrich I, Der erster und herrschend König von Middenland und Der Gründungschef von Hohenrotbart, as well as the first secular, aristocratic prince in the history of The Empire of Mankind to decree state legislation to officially convert to The Luxembourgian Reforms on behalf of both his household and subjects, as well as offering political asylum to both Karl Von Luxembourg and any followers of his reformation from within and without The Empire of Mankind Proper. In terms of his foreign policy without the frontiers of The Empire of Mankind, Albrecht Von Biermann as Der herrschend Markgraf von Brannenborg, Der momentan Chef von Hohenbiermann, and secular, hereditary Kurfürst Des Selbst Kaiserreich Des Menscheit has actively pursued the “cultivation,” or otherwise “forgery” of an extraimperial personal union between Die Markgrafschaft Brannenborg within The Empire Proper with neighbouring Das Königreich Middenland uniquely without The Empire of Mankind Proper by impressing upon his hereditary ties to Friedrich I, Der erster und herrschend König von Middenland und Der Gründungschef von Hohenrotbart as his paternal uncle. In his initial proposition outlined within the subsequent treaties of Marienburg and Brannenborg-An-Der-Havel, Albrecht Von Biermann as Der momentan Chef von Hohenbiermann, Der herrschend Markgraf von Brannenborg, secular, hereditary Kurfürst Des Selbst Kaiserreich Der Menscheit, and paternal nephew to Friedrich I offered to establish mutual heredity between Hohenbiermann and Hohenrotbart for both Die Markgrafschaft Brannenborg and Das Königreich Middenland should either dynastic household grow extinct through the male bloodline. Friedrich I as Der Gründungschef von Hohenrotbart, Der erster und herrschend König von Middenland, and paternal uncle to Albrecht Von Biermann elaborated upon the initial proposition of his paternal nephew with the conditions that Das Königreich Middenland never be incorporated into The Empire of Mankind as a member state, as Imperial law restricted, or otherwise excluded any member state outside Hohenluxembourg Des Königreich Schönbrunn and “the hereditary state” and “the dynastic house” of The Emperor-Elect from endowing the patriarch of their ruling household with royal titles, that Albrecht Von Biermann and all of his prospective successors as “Die Markgrafen von Brannenborg officially convert to The Luxembourgian Reforms on behalf of their dynastic household and their hereditary subjects by the time of their official inheritance to Das Königreich Middenland from the then extinct, male bloodline of Hohenrotbart. So as to simultaneously protect the religious liberties of all subscribers to The Reformed Church of The New Gods in Das Königreich Middenland, while also encouraging the spread and proliferation of The Reformed Church of The New Gods in Die Markgrafschaft Brannenborg, and that Albrecht Von Biermann and all of his prospective successors as Die Markgrafen von Brannenborg serve as both regents and godfathers to Friedrich I’s infant son Kronprinz Friedrich-Albrecht Von Rotbart in the event of his untimely passing away, as Friedrich I as the first and reigning König von Middenland and founding head of Hohenrotbart had only and finally succeeded in producing a lawful and legitimate, surviving male heir by his late 70′s. Albrecht Von Biermann, in direct response to his paternal uncle’s elaborations, both sweetened and concluded the subsequent treaties of Marienburg and Brannenborg-An-Der-Havel with the condition that Friedrich I and all his successors Die Könige von Middenland officially hold the title of “Der Markgraf von Brannenborg” plurally with the title of “König von Middenland” rather than directly incorporate Brannenborg as a province of Middenland uniquely situated within The Empire of Mankind Proper, as a means of both preserving and retaining the awesome power, authority, and privilege associated with secular, hereditary “Kurfürst Des Selbst Kaiserreich Der Menscheit.” A title and privilege that been traditionally tied to Die Markgrafen von Brannenborg since it was originally awarded to Friedrich II Von Biermann as the second Markgraf von Brannenborg born to Hohenbiermann for acceding to the obligatory call to arms by his unconditional feudal overlord and suzerain Vespasian VII against the political and military opposition for his lawful and legitimate election as The 96th Emperor-Elect of Mankind. Many royal, princely, and clerical elites within and without the frontiers of The Empire of Mankind Proper have come to speculate that Albrecht Von Biermann’s legislative decree to formally convert to The Luxembourgian Reformation on behalf of both his dynastic household and hereditary subjects was directly, if not outright singlehandedly motivated by his dynastic ambitions to realize the merger of Die Markgrafschaft Brannenborg with Das Königreich Middenland into an extraimperial personal union as a means of gaining political, military, and economic leverage against the feudal supremacy and excesses of the devoutly and staunchly Conservative Imperial Household seated in their hereditary lands of “Der Reichstaat” or “The Imperial Demesne” who sought to exert their political authority and influence over all the member states of The Empire of Mankind by imposing religious uniformity under The Conservative Church of The New Gods over rest of The Empire of Mankind Proper. All the while acquiring hereditary control over his paternal uncle’s lands, armies, and wealth that were beyond the power, authority, jurisdiction, and influence of The Emperors of Mankind seated at distant “Nymphenburg.” Apart from his direct involvement with the proliferation of The Luxembourgian Reformation as the second hereditary, dynastic ruler in both the recorded history and the geographic enormity of The Civilized World after Friedrich I as Der erster und herrschend König von Middenlandand and Der Gründungschef von Hohenrotbart, as well as the first secular, hereditary “Imperial Princeps” or “Imperial Magnate” in the recorded history of The Empire of Mankind Proper to officially convert to The Luxembourgian Reforms on behalf of his dynastic household and his hereditary subjects, as well as his designs on merging Die Markgrafschaft Brannenborg and Das Königreich Middenland into an extraimperial personal union based on their shared heritage as “Die Sudkreuzritterstaaten,” “Die Teutogenstaaten,” or “Die Sudentscheidenstaaten,” or cultures and states born of the complimentary events of “The Southern Crusades,” or the religious wars and territorial conquests over the lands of the apostate, Albic tribes religiously subscribed to the druidic, cult worship “Erdøk” or “The Great Bastion,” and “The Sudsiedlung,” or the gradual and effective resettlement of “Austere” or “Northern Imperial” settlers and immigrants over the lands of The Former Kingdom of The Midlands with the complimentary, systematic, mass conversion and cultural assimilation of the apostate, Albic tribes autochthonous to The Former Kingdom of The Midlands. As well as their common background as the earliest religious converts to The “Reformed” Faith of The New Gods based on the theological reforms and treatises officially drafted and published by Karl Von Luxembourg at Die Universität Wörtzburch disputing the legitimacy and infallibility of “The Bishop of Romulus’” or “The Archpatriach’s” spiritual, cultural, and moral authority as “The Pontiff” or the anointed representative of The Canon Pantheon of The New Gods in the entire world, as well as protesting against the widespread corruption, the abuses, and the worldly excesses of the ecclesiastical and monastic clergy of The Conservative Church of The New Gods. Albrecht Von Biermann is also renowned for both his exemplary resourcefulness and his strict discipline as a military leader. Die Markgrafschaft Brannenborg under the leadership and stewardship of Markgraf Albrecht Von Biermann has acquired a reputation for fielding a highly disciplined, well trained, and professional force of pike-and-shotte infantry regiments significantly disproportionate to the economic and industrial yield and the demographic capacity of Die Markgrafschaft Brannenborg. Albrecht Von Biermann has also used a significant portion of the treasuries confiscated from the ecclesiastical and monastic clergy of The Conservative Church of The New Gods to take advantage of the latest technological advancements made in the design of gunpowerder-based, siege artillery to effectively nullify any of the great houses of “junker” aristocracy and nobility and the local “burgher” and “kollmer” enclaves in open revolt against his legislative decree to formally and officially annul his spiritual ties to The Holy Sept in Romulus in favour of The Luxembourgian Reformation by reducing their castles and fortified cities to ash and rubble.