The Magyars
After the magyar raiders looted his demesne, they fled before Ralph could reach to them with the bulk of his army, leaving just destroyed cities and dead people in their path. Not being able to do anything yet, Ralph gave himself some time to think, despite the disconfort of his serfs.
After some days, her decided that the only way to deal with it was lowering taxes a bit. The people would feel grateful enough to not revolt against him, the economy would recover faster if the people had more money to expend on rebuilding and offset their losses, and the best of all, the counts would show more loyalty to him in the future.
Ralph decided to send Lady Annaliesa along with Waldemar to announce his decision to the affected counts.
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When Elizabeth found out about the departing courtiers, she felt suddendly alone, and scared. Besides the servants, the only persons left were her teacher and Agneth, the other fosterling. No one would oppose Ralph if he tried to take advange of her.
For the moment, he was busy trying to secure his power after the Magyar invasions, but what would happen after that?
Following his husband habits, she headed for the church to pray. She wanted to be safe, if only in her own home.
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