Romano-British for Dux Britanniarum

This is the first of my two Saxon Nobles or Adeligs, junior leaders that assist my Warlord.

I used the name generator on the Too Fat Lardies blog to roll up the name “Saebert” for this character. Then, using the tables in the Dux Britanniarum rulebook I found that his age was 34, quite an old man by contemporary standards. He has a physique of average build and has an existing reputation. Appropriately enough that reputation is “Old”, so clearly his men think he’s been lucky to last this long as well! Fortunately, this is not one of the reputation descriptions that have an impact on the campaign.  However, what does have an impact is Saebert’s roll on the Character Attributes table where he gains the “Lustful” attribute and is described as coveting the women of others. This means that should Saebert ever rise to command the warband, he will have a penalty in gaining the loyalty of his men, although this is probably more of a problem for a Romano-British character than for a Saxon.  A roll on the background table shows that Saebert is the son of a peasant, born in a hovel in northern Germany. Fortunately, he is not the Warlord as that roll would reduce his starting wealth.

Saebert is the command figure from Footsore’s Early Saxon Heavy Infantry Command set.  He had an open hand which was rather wide and wouldn’t close round my usual wire spears. Instead, I gave him a spare Gripping Beast axe cast from metal which I think looks better. A bit of greenstuff was used to extend the thumb around the axe handle slightly and to embed it in the open hand. I thought about trying to do his eyes, but then decided against it, as in real life you would have to be up very close to see through the vision slits of his closed helm.

Saebert’s fellow Adelig “Berhthun the Devil” is next on the painting desk!