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by Bilfred
on Jul 06, 2012
BAYKO BARON 4
BYZANTIUM 1204
The crusader camp outside Byzantium 1204 - unable to pay the blind octogenarian Doge Dandolo of Venice for their transport the crusader leaders listen to the old man's alternative suggestion
The Frankish trebuchets La Malvoisin and Le Mechant open the assault
The towers intended for Jerusalem roll forward against Byzantium, the bulwark of Eastern Christianity, instead
by Bilfred
on Jun 30, 2012
BAYKO BARON - 14
NEMANDIBLE HALL
Home of the Chinless dynasty since the 13th Century the present incarnation dates from the Victorian era, its predecessor having been destroyed in the nation's first insurance fire
Sir Arnold Grasp - plastic aerial millionaire, entrepreneur and local philanthropist but also proud husband to Lady Lavinia Grasp-Chinless and therefore Lord of the Manor. At his flank the ever-present Ms Thrash, his PA, sporting her trademark red boots. Rushing to serve his new master Umble - the under-sub-tween-neath-lower bootboy - attempts the trickey double handed fore-lock tug.
Sir Arnold casts a critical eye over his market garden. Ever the competitor the great man hopes to make his mark in the local community by sweeping the board at the annual Nemandible Parva Show - which his wife Lady Lavinia traditionally presides over
by Bilfred
on Jun 24, 2012
BAYKO BARON 18
CHINLESS COLLEGE
Founded by the returning crusader, Sir Nigel Nemandible, as atonement for his part in the Fourth Crusade (BB 4) the college has been creating Chinless Wonders ever since
The statue of Sir Nigel glowers down on his distant relative - Lady Lavinia Grasp-Chinless and the colleges new patron, her husband, Sir Arnold Grasp, the plastic Bayko aerial millionaire
Sir Arnold is here to inaugurate his own contribution to the college - the new centre court library. A perfect glass and concrete compliment to the Georgian Quad and Jacobean Hall
by Bilfred
on Jun 16, 2012
BAYKO BARON 12a
LA HAYE
18th June 1815
La Haye, a solidly built farmhouse on the Brussels/Charleroi road is fortified by Baring's KGL (King's German Legion) troops
A roadblock is erected, while greenclad riflemen take position in the nearby sand-pit
On the slope of Mt St Jean behind, the men of Bilandt's Dutch brigade - badly mauled at Quatre Bras two days before - now hold the forward slope. The bulk of the Allied army however lies concealed beyond the summit.
by Bilfred
on Jun 10, 2012
BAYKO BARON 23
NEMANDIBLE GENERAL
Built at the height of the Edwardian era Nemandible General Hospital is a testament to the style and confidence of that age - crowned by a forest of chimneys to provide an open fire in every ward and ranks of windows to deliver the fresh air and light that was needed the whole was topped by a brace of ornamental lanterns that concealed a state-of-the-art coal-fired ventilation system !!
To such practical ingenuity was also added the stylish refinement of a grand three-storey entrance hall and staircase.
While in back a therapeutic garden was included to cater for the convalescent - though, as can be seen, no consideration was given to the latest passing novelty - the horseless carriage
by Bilfred
on Jun 08, 2012
BAYKO BARON 3
ADRIANOPLE 378AD
378 AD The last Army of Rome in the East debouches from the Syllembrian Gates at Constantinople to advance against the Gothic host pillaging around the city of Adrianople
The Emperor Valens watchs his Praetorians pass in review while atop the wall the young tribune Nemanda laments his fate as garrison commander
