Charles the hammer

So after the Muslims conquered the Visigoths in Spain. But they wanted more than that so they went into the Franks and went to attack them. They were very proud and said they were like a wind that could not be stopped. But then they got stopped. The Franks in France asked there king to stop the Muslims. He said be of good cheer and went with a countless army of soldiers and went to attack the Muslims. The Muslims had gathered a lot of gold and other precious stuff and settled outside of the big city of the Franks. They wanted to conquer this city and get all of it's riches. The general of the Muslims saw that Charles was coming and was going to tell his men to drop all of their riches and go attack the Franks. But then he thought that they would rebel against him so he didn't do anything. So once they came close his army went to attack them and they fought all day and couldn't fight in the night because it was to dark. So they wanted until the first light of dawn and started fighting again but then they thought about their riches and went to protect them. The general tried to make them stay but they wouldn't. So the general got killed and once he was dead the other Muslims fled. Charles was then nicknamed Martel which means hammer in Latin. So Charles the Hammer because he stopped the Muslims.

Early Britian

So the Romans had just lost their giant empire. But there were still some soldiers on thee souther part of Britain. They didn't want them to be there so there warriors called Celts. They painted there faces and were almost naked. But they were fierce warriors and killed every last roman on their land. There is a story about there strength that goes like this.

So there was this guy named Criath. He was a very strong Celt and he had never lost a battle. But he felt lonely and he wanted to have some one to marry. But only one person was perfect for him. She had Hair as black as raven, skin as white as snow, and cheeks as red as blood. But she was being kept prisoner with a giant named Fuvor. So he went on his way and met a soldier. The soldier asked him can you see that bird over there on the others side of the world? Criath said no you, but you must have very good eyesight come join me on my journey. So the two knights now walked toward the castle and soon they saw a knight that had his ear to the ground. What are you doing Criath asked him? I am listening to the grass growing under the earth. Wow you must have very good ears. Join us on our journey to the castle. So now there were three knights. Then they walked and came to see another knight who had a rope tied around his legs. Why do you have a rope tied around your legs? said Criath. Well if I took the rope off then I would run so fast that I would disappear in the blink of an eye. Wow you must be so fast. Come join us on our journey to the castle. At last they came to the castle and they saw the giant giant. Let the woman with hair as black as the crows wing, skin as white as snow, and cheeks as red as blood, go. I will let her go after you fill three bottles of water from the well on the other side of the world. Hey you who can run so fast that you will disappear in the blink of an eye go fill three bottles of water from the well at the other side of the world. So he was off and in a minute he was at the well. He filled three bottles of water and started racing back but when he was half way there he thought, if I go now then I will be there in lest than a minute. So he laid down and fell asleep. Criath now said where is he, hey you who has very good hearing listen and see what he is doing. So he put his ear down to the ground and said He is snoring. So then he asked the guy who has amazing eyesight throw a rock at him to wake him up. So he did and he woke up and raced back with the water. So they gave the water to the giant and he was mad but he kept his word and gave them the woman. Criath married her and they lived happily ever after.

So the Celts were not just one giant people but they were all separate tribes and they had different rulers for each tribe. One of these rulers was called Vortigern. Other tribes from the north kept attacking him and he got mad, he wanted help. So he called to some barbarians that were called the Angles Saxons. They accepted the request and they settled in Britain. They liked the place and they called for more Angles Saxons, there was plenty of space here for more Barbarians. They came and they settled there and they were happy there. But the other Celts did not like all of these barbarians here. Poor Celts they first got attacked by the Romans and now the Barbarians. 


The barbarians also had a hero like the Celts. His name was Beowulf. The story goes like this.

So there was a giant beast named Grendel. He was as tall as two trees stacked on top of each other. The biggest men were as tall as his knee. He ate the soldiers and the king did not like this so he sent Beowulf and a few of his strongest men to go kill the beast. So they waited in the doorway until the beast came. They had locked the door and bolted it so he couldn't get passed. The king offered Beowulf a sharper sword but he refused and said "I will fight with no sword and no armor so I am equal to Grendel." so he took off the armor and threw away his sword and was ready for the beast to come through. At last Grendel came through and he went to grab on of the men but Beowulf grabbed his arm and started twisting it until he yelped in pain and the arm came off. He ran away and some of the men followed him. They found that he had jumped into a pond and he had drowned. They all cheered and were happy that the beast Grendel was dead.

Ex-barbarians

So there were these barbarians that went close to Rome and then they saw how they built houses and they bathed and they did a lot of stuff. Then the barbarians started doing this and called themselves the Gauls. Then some other barbarian tribes came and settled there. One of the barbarians tribes names were the Franks. Then they heard that the Huns were coming. They were afraid of the Huns. So they didn't like each other but they liked the Huns even less. So they joined together and the Leader was a Frank and his name was Merovius. He led them into battle and they defeated the Huns. But then they separated again. Then Merovius's grandson Clovis wanted everyone to be together and he wanted to be the leader, so he married a princess Clotilda. She was a Burgundian. He killed all of the romans in Gaul and made the Franks join alliance with him. Then he was ruler of all of the barbarian tribes. Clotilda was a Christian and she wanted Clovis to be a Christian too. But he refused and one day in a battle he saw that his men were being slaughtered. But then he asked God to help him and he would do anything if he won the battle and then his soldiers started fighting amazingly and he won the battle. He went to a bishop and he became Christian.

The Fall of Rome

The Romans did not fight good against the barbarians because they had so many units in there capital and they sent little armies to go fight the barbarians and they kept on getting crushed and there whole army got destroyed and the barbarians took them over.

I built this fortress with Keva planks. For the Romans but the Barbarians took it over.
There are still some Romans that want to kill the barbarians under the castle