In the 10th century Prince Igor of Kiev was killed by the Drevlians during their uprising. This was an error. Igor's wife Princess Olga was left as regent for her son. The Drevlians demanded she marry their prince so the Kievan Rus would be under their rule. They sent 20 men to her press the issue. They were put in a boat and carried by her servants to the center courtyard of the castle. Where the boat and men were dumped in a hole then buried alive. She then sent word that she accepted the proposal but she would need the Drevlians to send their best and brightest to accompany her so that her people would be suitably impressed. Seeing it as a great honor, she got exactly that.
Upon reaching her home, she asked the men if they were weary from their journey and offered them use of the bathhouse. After all of the men entered, she had her servants bar the doors and windows then had it burned down. Word reached the Drevlians of a funeral feast that was being prepared for her former husband, and that all of the Drevlians were invited. They got there and were plied with food and drink. Then killed. At this point the remaining Drevlians realized that they were on her shit list as she prepared an army. They begged for peace, offering tribute. She demanded three pigeons and three sparrows from each house. The Drevlians thought they were getting off lucky.
She had bundles of pitch and tar tied to the feet of each of the birds and the bundles were lit with the birds released. Where they promptly returned home and lit the houses of the Drevlians on fire. As they fled their city, her army was waiting. Some Drevlians were killed. Some made into slaves. The rest paid tribute.
The historical accuracy of this is somewhat debatable. We know Olga existed, she was the first Christian ruler of the Rus. She shows up in some of the records of the Byzantine Empire. We know the Drevlian rebellion happened. We know it was put down by Olga. Beyond that...who knows.
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That novelty tinder profile on the last that was factually inaccurate. Which means I'm struggling to maintain my erection.
Well, ground squirrels do.
I don't think I was previously aware of ground squirrels.
Very good.
Man, you don't want to cross this lady.
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21c should totes pixel this
@21stCentury
Well you had a good run together. There's no shame in these things ending
Mcmuffins are great. You are wrong about this one and I regret nothing.
before you answer, let me remind you that I am the worst
If just for an Egg and [Pigmeat] McMuffin, okay.
Otherwise,
Oh come on.
You're just a bit of a brat.
the [chat] brat pack
That's almost as dumb as the climax to the movie "Barbarians", where the villain fails to kill the heroes because he forgot that he's missing his trigger finger, which he lost at the beginning of the movie and at least 15 years previously.
In that case I stand with House Corgi.
grinding loot drops
grinding loot drops
shit a boss
that hit hurt
have to use a heal now
hope he doesn't hit me
now he's dead
shit all greens
for hours
I've seen worse twitch streams.
Have you by chance caught any of Death Parade?
that show is super interesting
http://news.nationalpost.com/2015/02/16/woman-stalks-couple-posting-fake-ads-for-parties-and-sex-services-after-they-outbid-her-on-dream-home/
Edit: Good God, the first review on this is long as fuck, he keeps coming back and adding more to it.
Its real good!
It was a pretty long dream.
It was on a porch on a sunny day at a nice round porch table like you see in Home & Garden magazines, complete with tall glasses of iced green tea or lemonade or whatever.
And I was behind the eyes of my D&D character, a 6'4" blue angel man in a super fluffy grizzly bear fur coat who summons angels and is vaguely based on Ruby Rhod.
And he was having a nice conversation with Athena. Probably the one from Puzzle and Dragons, but not all anime.
And they were talking about how oh Athena's shield isn't a problem because she can just shrink it down to a reasonable size so she's not being a goose to people when she's wandering around town all bashing them with the shield all day.
Maybe it's good that I don't dream much anymore.
... Croatia?
AKA the Irridentist Claim of Italy to the Dalmatian Coast.
But it does have the line "Romeo! Oh Nomeo!" which will be with me forever.
As a team, B&C win. But Juliet had the best lines.
I haven't watched Death Parade but I have been tempted to break my "only watch a show once it is complete" policy for Rolling Girls since that seems amazing