Would the 14 year old that was made A Baroness before she was even born be annoyed that her title was actually a bribe to buy her mothers silence?
I had A 1st edition Dungeons and Dragons Dream last night and I have a question about it
Basically theirs A 14 year old Baroness whose mother was A Commoner and whose father is unknown and the official reason that she was made A Baroness before she was even born is because her mother somehow managed to save the life of The, at the time, Crown Prince, how was never revealed, The Dream said it was hushed up thanks to The DND Version of The Official Secrets
The way she did it was so dangerous and was of such great benefit to the country that the mother was offered the title of Senior Baroness who was granted rulership of A Very Large Barony but she said she wanted it to go to her as of yet unborn child, The now 14 year old Baroness, being made A Senior Baroness who was granted rulership of A Very Large Barony before she was even born
Then 11 days after her 14th birthday The 14 year old Baroness's mother is on her death bed and tells The 14 year old Baroness/her daughter, the truth, she never carried out some task for The, at the time, Crown Prince that was very dangerous and greatly benefited the country, rather she had a brief affair with The, at the time, Crown Prince, you were the result and you being made A Senior Baroness and being granted rulership of A Very Large Barony before you were even born was a bribe to ensure my silence over the fact that at the time you were the kings illegitimate granddaughter and it also ensures my silence that you are now the new kings illegitimate daughter
Then The 14 year old Baroness's mother dies with a smile on her face, and the reason she's smiling is because she's glad that her daughter, after 14 years, 1 week and 4 days, knows the truth, that at the time she was the kings illegitimate granddaughter and she's now the the kings illegitimate daughter and that now that her mothers dead the king, her former lover, couldn't punish her even if he wanted to
My question is would the 14 year old that was made A Senior Baroness ruling A Very Large Barony before she was even born be angry? and if so how angry? that her title was actually a bribe to buy her mothers silence about the fact that at the time she was the kings illegitimate granddaughter and she is now the new kings illegitimate daughter?
I'm not sure that she would, after all by making his illegitimate Daughter A Senior Baroness ruling A Very Large Barony before she was even born her father ensured that she would have a very good life and that his former lover would also lead a good life and he didn't have to do either, to put it another way in all likelihood the mother of his illegitimate Daughter would never come forward and even if she did no one would believe her without undeniable proof and he'd made sure that their wasn't any and if she'd tried she'd have been executed for treason and her daughter, if born, would have been made a life long indentured servant to A Noble
Here's The Barony as it is 44 days after her 14th birthday
The Barony consists of the following
It has 1 tiny castle, 5 massive fishing communities, 5 very large semi nomadic communities of cattle herders, 5 large, 3 large and 1 very large villages, 34 large farming communities and 54 massive Farms in it
It has a population of 3.557 Adults and 1,904 Children or a total of 5,461
It nets The Senior Baron or Baroness 97,720 Gold Coins per year, but that’s before costs
Take away costs of 19,540 Gold Coins per year for The King and The Church, 36,800 Gold Coins per year for the garrison, 43,600 Gold Coins per year for the castle staff and advisors, the minimum amount of The Baronies income to the poor and/or people in need or 4% or another 1,884 Gold Coins per year to the domains poor and/or people in need another 1,332 Gold Coins for 6 times the number of levels worth of Spells The High Magistars Spellbooks or costs of 102,162 Gold Coins per year
But then you knock off 10% of 78,292 Gold Coins or 7,830 Gold Coins per year that in return for loads of extra privileges The Garrison, the castles Soldiers, Hunters, Baliff’s, 4 lesser and 3 Greater advisors, The Magical Advisor and The Guard Captain willingly take gives costs of 94.332 Gold Coins per year, which leaves her with 3,988 Gold Coins per year
Her lands also provide her with all the food, drink and minor luxuries she could ever want or need
And
Quite a lot of the money comes from the following sources of money and/or other stuff
Other income
3,005 Gold Coins per year from The Kings Justice
3,005 Gold Coins per year from fines
3,306 Gold Coins per year from highway tolls
2,004 Gold Coins per year from miscellaneous earnings
Facilities
The Barony has 52 Bakers, 36 Brewers, 25 Grain Mills, 19 Butchers, 15 Blacksmiths, 13 Cheese Makers, 12 Fullers, 12 Carpenters, 9 Tanners, 7 Taverns and 5 Gambling Dens that makes The Baron 21,950 Gold Coins per year
Personal lands
1 150 Acre Orchard that nets The Baron 3,750 Gold Coins per year
1 150 Acre Vineyard that nets The Baron 3,750 Gold Coins, 88x80 or 80x8 6,720 gallons of good wine and 62x35 or 2,170 gallons of fine wine per year
Money stuff from Animals The Senior Baron or Baroness owns
He or she has 194 Chickens, 118 Sheep, 62 Cows, 42 Goats and 38 Swine that nets The Baron or Baroness a extra 2,840 Gold Coins per year
Horse stuff
He or she has 5 Female and 2 Male Light Riding Horse’s, 3 Female and 1 Male Medium Riding Horse’s and 1 Super Light Male Stallion
Between them The 5 Female and 2 Male Light Riding Horse’s produce 5 Foals per year that 2 years after birth, so every 3rd year, can be sold for 500 Gold Coins each
And
Between them The 3 Female and 1 Male Medium Riding Horse’s produce 35 Foals per year that 2 years after birth, so every 3rd year, can be sold for 800 Gold Coins each
Defenders
When it comes to things police work, detective work, general patrols and peace keeping the work is done by A 315 strong combat trained civilian militia of 163 1st level, 77 2nd level, 40 3rd level, 20 4th level, 10 5th level, 4 6th and 1 8th level Men At Arms
The Church provides him with 253 Clerics that consist of 135 1st level, 57 2nd level, 30 3rd level, 16 4th level, 9 5th level, 4 6th level, 1 7th level and 1 8th level combat trained Clerics
The Barony has A garrison that gets free very high quality food and none alcoholic drinks, free high quality accommodation, free good quality alcoholic drinks and barring some sort of unforeseeable accident or emergency or disaster they get at least 8 paid days off a month
Healing wise The Senior Baron or Baroness ensures that they have access to Clerical Spells of up to 3rd level that cost them nothing and they have access to 4th level Clerical Spells that come with a discount of at least 50% and the discount can potentially go as low as 75% off
Normally either they wouldn't have any of those or they'd have to pay for them or they'd have some but not as much as what The Senior Baron or Baroness gives, they willingly get paid 10% less per year then normal and that's because even with that 10% pay cut they still end up with roughly 4.44% worth of stuff more per year then normal
And
The Barony’s 296 Strong Garrison is made up of 105 Light Infantry with Melee Weapons, 105 Light Infantry with Ranged Weapons, 50 Light Cavalry, 22 Medium Cavalry and 14 Very Heavy Infantry
Extra help employed for the day-to-day of the castle
Regular
30 Unskilled Servants, 20 Soldiers, 9 Hunters, 4 Doctors, 2 Bailiffs, 2 Estate type Reeves, 1 Heyward and 1 Chamberlain
Advisors
Lesser
2 Sherrif -their both 2nd level Thieves, 1 Provost -he's A 3rd Level Fighter, 1 Forest Type Warden -she's A 2nd level Ranger, 1 Herald -he's A 1st level Man At Arms, 1 Chaplain -she's A 4th level Cleric, The Castellan -he's A 4th level Fighter, 1 Chamberlain and 1 Chief Magistrate -he's A 4th level Paladin
Greater
12 advisors that consists of 3 Stewards, 3 Arcane Advisors, 1 Military Advisor, 1 Advisor on Self Defence, 1 greater Reeve, 1 on diplomacy, 1 on religion and 1 Divine Advisor that are each get 500 Gold a year
The 2 most powerful
Her Magical Advisor -she's A 11th level Magic User and The Commander of The Domains Forces -in some editions of DAD he would be classed as 1 or both of A Castellan and The Guard Captain and he's A 11th level Fighter
And
The 11th level Magic User that's The Baroness's Magical Advisor has 11 Spellbooks and 5 Spellscrolls that between them hold all 1st level, all 2nd level, 14 3rd level, 10 4th level, 7 5th level, 3 6th level and 1 7th Spells