It is now 769 1 year later, Samuel of Calgari has finally secured his rule over Tlemcen and now is able to dream bigger dreams
shortly after retaking Tlemcen form the Saracen Samuel's realm has been under constant Jihad but the truth is he already has had 3 years under a mercenary band and gained a reputation for brutally disposing of his enemies. Once he beheaded all the soldiers he captured and then boiling the flesh off their skulls and sending every last skull to the Sheikh who dared declare Jihad on him so scaring his enemies into submission wasn't a new tactic for him.
Now however he had yet to get married so he decided to get to work,
and thus decided to secure a future for his dynasty...
In terms of the duke's well being, a nun from Sardinia had recently moved into a monastery in Samuel's land where she gained a reputation treating patients in the leper colony and Samuel thus decided that the nun will be working in his own court. Whether she was an actually competent physician was about to be put to the test.
Having a wife to bear you children and a physician to keep you healthy was all well and good, but in the end if he sat idle for too long the flame of reconquest would die out but one has to start small so he tested his levies on a neighboring sheikh to test the waters before tackling any bigger neighbors.
Afterwards he turned his attention to one of the more powerful sheikhs to be absolutely sure,
the two armies were to meet in figuig...
(location of where the battle of Figuig took place)
The Tlemcleni army despite only having a year to build up after Samuel's Initial conquest of the land, could easily throw its weight around and take on the numerous Sheikhs in the Maghreb with no Issue (the only true threat to Samuel's reign was Ummayads to the north but they currently had no interest in north Africa).
After winning in Figuig Samuel would lead his armies to Tendra to make sure every last man was killed and to his surprise the Enemy commander Amayas abandoned his men and hid in a nearby cave hoping to live to tell the tale. He wouldn't
Samuel had the element of surprise at their duel with his first swing drove Amayas deeper into the cave and the next one hitting when he was off guard, then Samuel had chopped his head of and took it with him placing it on a spike near his camp after the battle.
Stories often tell of the Blood-Stained Samuel walking out of the cave and onto a hill closest to the fighting and raising the head Amayas high into the air, making the enemy flee as he walked down the hill though there isn't enough evidence to prove or disprove this.
and the sheikh's capital Taza was taken care of shortly afterwards
The next move was made against the high chief of Marakech to further cement his power over Mauritania and to land his veterans,
meanwhile however Augusta (Samuel's wife) had given birth to a son. Naming him Guantine she would watch over him while her father was constantly at war with his muslim neighbors.
Meanwhile still Marakech was swiftly occupied,
and it's chieftan surrendered.
shortly after retaking Tlemcen form the Saracen Samuel's realm has been under constant Jihad but the truth is he already has had 3 years under a mercenary band and gained a reputation for brutally disposing of his enemies. Once he beheaded all the soldiers he captured and then boiling the flesh off their skulls and sending every last skull to the Sheikh who dared declare Jihad on him so scaring his enemies into submission wasn't a new tactic for him.
Now however he had yet to get married so he decided to get to work,
and thus decided to secure a future for his dynasty...
In terms of the duke's well being, a nun from Sardinia had recently moved into a monastery in Samuel's land where she gained a reputation treating patients in the leper colony and Samuel thus decided that the nun will be working in his own court. Whether she was an actually competent physician was about to be put to the test.
Afterwards he turned his attention to one of the more powerful sheikhs to be absolutely sure,
(location of where the battle of Figuig took place)
The Tlemcleni army despite only having a year to build up after Samuel's Initial conquest of the land, could easily throw its weight around and take on the numerous Sheikhs in the Maghreb with no Issue (the only true threat to Samuel's reign was Ummayads to the north but they currently had no interest in north Africa).
After winning in Figuig Samuel would lead his armies to Tendra to make sure every last man was killed and to his surprise the Enemy commander Amayas abandoned his men and hid in a nearby cave hoping to live to tell the tale. He wouldn't
Samuel had the element of surprise at their duel with his first swing drove Amayas deeper into the cave and the next one hitting when he was off guard, then Samuel had chopped his head of and took it with him placing it on a spike near his camp after the battle.
Stories often tell of the Blood-Stained Samuel walking out of the cave and onto a hill closest to the fighting and raising the head Amayas high into the air, making the enemy flee as he walked down the hill though there isn't enough evidence to prove or disprove this.
and the sheikh's capital Taza was taken care of shortly afterwards
meanwhile however Augusta (Samuel's wife) had given birth to a son. Naming him Guantine she would watch over him while her father was constantly at war with his muslim neighbors.
Meanwhile still Marakech was swiftly occupied,
and it's chieftan surrendered.
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